got a guy on a facebook thread selling a 1924 gibson a jr snakehead with a cracked back for $600. i certainly dont need it. with shipping id be into it for $700. is it worth it. i dont need it it would bea flip project for me.
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got a guy on a facebook thread selling a 1924 gibson a jr snakehead with a cracked back for $600. i certainly dont need it. with shipping id be into it for $700. is it worth it. i dont need it it would bea flip project for me.
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Johnson A mandolin
Washburn M118SWK
Yes I'm a dork and yes I like pez
Several hundred of your closest friends are now on Facebook looking for that mandolin
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
i figured. lol. saves me spending $700 on something i dont need. i hate buying things wiyhout physically being able to touch it from someone i frankly dont know and seems too eager to get rid of it.
Johnson A mandolin
Washburn M118SWK
Yes I'm a dork and yes I like pez
Here are a couple of photos. Dirty. No bridge, no case, bad back crack, goodness knows what else. Not worth $700 if you ask me, unless you have a spare bridge sitting around and can do all the restoration yourself. Possessing no repair skills, I would have to pay someone to fix this, and even when all fixed up it would still be worth less than $1K.
If you are a member of "The Mandolin Group" on Facebook, you might have seen this already.
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I might pay a couple of hundred for that if I ran into it but only because I do have the stuff laying around.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Dude was asking $800 and got no takers. Now he says he's in a bind and needs $600 for it by the end of today. Unfortunately for him, my suit of white armor is still at the cleaners.
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just the answers i was looking for.
Johnson A mandolin
Washburn M118SWK
Yes I'm a dork and yes I like pez
It doesn't really look that far from being playable, but like the others have said, it is all about price. Agree with Mike, about $200 would be my limit....
... And now it's in the Classifieds, with no photos. Caveat emptor.
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I was just going to post that
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
it might turn out to be a great player. got the pick guard. is it original? and tuners look original. someone should make an offer, b ut don't look at me. it doen't look far from playing condition for a good fixer.
The mandolin surely has potential, but the seller is asking far too much and has been less than forthcoming about the condition. I actually offered him $400 for it a month ago; I do have a nice spare Cumberland bridge and a couple of vintage A-style cases sitting around, so with a little help from my friends I could have made it into a presentable instrument and flipped it. But with a $400 initial investment my margin would be pretty thin.
Emando.com: More than you wanted to know about electric mandolins.
Notorious: My Celtic CD--listen & buy!
Lyon & Healy • Wood • Thormahlen • Andersen • Bacorn • Yanuziello • Fender • National • Gibson • Franke • Fuchs • Aceto • Three Hungry Pit Bulls
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