Just when you think the Loar F5 prices are out of this world you come across the unbelievable in Gibson vintage that brings you back to reality. George Gruhn at www.gruhn.com has Mother Maybelle Carter's famous '28 Gibson L5 guitar which in many respects is as famous as Monroe's Loar F5 mandolin which we think brought over a million dollars. Gruhn is asking a modest $575,000 for this historical guitar. This seems like a real steal of a deal when you compare Eric Clapton sold his '29 Gibson L5 which I don't think I ever saw him with it either live or on record for a whopping $959,500. That's about 7 really sweet Loar F5 mandolins if you are counting. Who would ever have thought that "Slowhand" would beat out the original "Slowhand" guitarist, Mother Maybelle! Something is bad wrong with this picture. Looks to me Eric would buy Maybelle's L5, pick it a few times and resale it for a quick double of his money.
See Eric's L5 at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5295941/
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