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CTGull Global Moderator MOD/ADMIN Posts: 4,633 Location: Connecticut Playing guitar since: Early 80's & 2011	Big Baby Taylor Jan 7, 2017 17:39:33 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by CTGull on Jan 7, 2017 17:39:33 GMT -5 There's a Big Baby Taylor with the Taylor bag on the local Craigslist for $60 for the past 5 days. So tempted to offer $50!!
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Big Baby Taylor Jan 7, 2017 22:28:18 GMT -5

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Jan 7, 2017 17:39:33 GMT -5 CTGull said:

There's a Big Baby Taylor with the Taylor bag on the local Craigslist for $60 for the past 5 days. So tempted to offer $50!!

Yikes! I would.

I'd grab that baby (pardon the pun!) for only 50 bucks for sure!!

Not the greatest guitar on the planet, but for 50 bucks??? It becomes one of the greatest guitars on the planet for that price! lol. Provided it's in very good shape that is. Caveat Emptor and all that.

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 7:10:46 GMT -5 via mobile

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My problem is I already have way too many guitars, and have many of the greatest guitars for a low price. That seems to be my specialty. The absolute best deal has to be the vintage very desirable Yamaha FG-180 for $20. Even with the very unplayable high action I could have sold it with no strings for $200 to the right person. It currently hangs with the neck off waiting for a neck reset. Then I could probably get $500 for it. But I've been waiting years to find one I could afford. I don't think it will be going anywhere soon.

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I occasionally see bargains like this but they're almost always 1 to 2 hours away in major cities (New York, Boston) where I'd rather not travel to. And it makes it impossible to hide it from the wife!

Friday I just missed what i think was a vintage Yamaha FG-345 for $60 in Boston. 2 months ago I sold my FG-345 for $200. I was actually ready to drive 2 hours for that one, but when I replied it had already been sold.

Yesterday there was a Koa ukulele for $65 in NYC that sells for $265 new. The only problem is the bridge popped off. I can fix that! But I don't need it and it's in NYC. Yuck.

Last year there was the Seagull Artist for $100 that someone strummed a little too hard on, again in NYC. WAY too hard! If it was local I probably would have gotten it. 1.5 hours into Manhattan, not what I want to do.

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CTGull, I hear ya bro! Preach it! For me it's Toronto or anything just on the other side of it, the east side. I don't care how great the deal is, I don't do Toronto and I won't even drive through it. It's horrible. Wouldn't set foot in that city unless you paid me, and it'd have to be a pretty big payday too.

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"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
- Jesus, from Matthew 11:28-30

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 13:10:41 GMT -5 via mobile

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Jan 8, 2017 10:51:12 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

CTGull, I hear ya bro! Preach it! For me it's Toronto or anything just on the other side of it, the east side. I don't care how great the deal is, I don't do Toronto and I won't even drive through it. It's horrible. Wouldn't set foot in that city unless you paid me, and it'd have to be a pretty big payday too.

I can be tempted to take the long drive to NYC for the right guitar. A guy in NYC has been advertising a Yamaha FG-180 with a damaged truss rod. No price. A woman in a other forum (north of NYC) was looking for tuners for her FG-180 that had been replaced with ugly ones. I recommended this guitar. I offered to swap them for her if she would sell me the FG-180 carcass and her old tuners for $50. She agreed but backed out at the last minute. I've contacted the guy with the guitar and he described the problem. I know I can fix it and offered to buy it but I've emailed him twice in the past month and he's ignoring me. Bummer.

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 13:12:09 GMT -5

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Post by ladyssolo on Jan 8, 2017 13:12:09 GMT -5

Seriously TonyKgull? Toronto? I have been to Toronto several times (granted pre-9/11/2001 when the US made us get a passport to travel to Canada,) and I found it a delightful city - Pleasant, clean, helpful, and friendly people (granted it depends on what a person is used to.) The big cities around here are unsafe, dirty, and unfriendly. The only thing I found a little unsettling was the apparent lack of a speed limit on the freeway, but I adjusted quickly

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 13:57:59 GMT -5 via mobile

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I finally offered $50. She replied and said it was sold. She also said she both 2 of them for under $70 on one of those shady bidding sites, Quibids. I tried it 2 or 3 years ago. You always get outbid at the last second. You pay a small fee to bid. Hundreds of bids plays for the item. Someone wins for cheap. Everybody else loses.

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 21:59:23 GMT -5

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Jan 8, 2017 13:12:09 GMT -5 ladyssolo said:

Seriously TonyKgull? Toronto? I have been to Toronto several times (granted pre-9/11/2001 when the US made us get a passport to travel to Canada,) and I found it a delightful city - Pleasant, clean, helpful, and friendly people (granted it depends on what a person is used to.) The big cities around here are unsafe, dirty, and unfriendly. The only thing I found a little unsettling was the apparent lack of a speed limit on the freeway, but I adjusted quickly

Back in the day, ya, Toronto used to rock. It actually used to be known as "Toronto the good." (Hasn't been called that for a long time now though). I used to love TO, heck, I used to be bias in my love because I was born there.

But, it has gone downhill severely since then for too many reasons to list here.

Long story short, you could say it like this: for some people, Toronto is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.

For the rest of us, we just avoid it altogether if possible.

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"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
- Jesus, from Matthew 11:28-30

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 8, 2017 23:53:27 GMT -5

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Jan 8, 2017 10:51:12 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

CTGull , I hear ya bro! Preach it! For me it's Toronto or anything just on the other side of it, the east side. I don't care how great the deal is, I don't do Toronto and I won't even drive through it. It's horrible. Wouldn't set foot in that city unless you paid me, and it'd have to be a pretty big payday too.

TonyKgull, Toronto is a great city to visit. Finding a parking spot downtown is not always easy, but I'm not sure what your problem is. Toronto is below the national crime rate; well below cities like Victoria BC, Winnipeg Manitoba, St. John's NL, and even it's neighbor Hamilton.
The Twelfth Fret is probably one of the best acoustic music stores in Toronto and it is in an area where it's easy to find a parking spot.
There is also some great entertainment in Toronto. I've seen many fantastic performers in many genres, jazz, folk, singer/songwriter, rock, rock-a-billy, swing, blues, classical. . . in Toronto. You could see top notch entertainment 7 nights a week. You'd sometimes have to flip a coin to decide who to see. I agree that I wouldn't want to live there after spending the last 40 years in a relatively small town (Port Hope), but, as the saying goes, it's a great place to visit.

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 9, 2017 8:22:31 GMT -5 TonyKgull likes this

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Jan 8, 2017 21:59:23 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

Jan 8, 2017 13:12:09 GMT -5 ladyssolo said:

Seriously TonyKgull? Toronto? I have been to Toronto several times (granted pre-9/11/2001 when the US made us get a passport to travel to Canada,) and I found it a delightful city - Pleasant, clean, helpful, and friendly people (granted it depends on what a person is used to.) The big cities around here are unsafe, dirty, and unfriendly. The only thing I found a little unsettling was the apparent lack of a speed limit on the freeway, but I adjusted quickly

Back in the day, ya, Toronto used to rock. It actually used to be known as "Toronto the good." (Hasn't been called that for a long time now though). I used to love TO, heck, I used to be bias in my love because I was born there.

But, it has gone downhill severely since then for too many reasons to list here.

Long story short, you could say it like this: for some people, Toronto is a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there.

For the rest of us, we just avoid it altogether if possible.

It was called Toronto the Good because it shut down at midnight

AT that time Montreal was the Sin Capitial of Canada.

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Big Baby Taylor Jan 9, 2017 10:43:34 GMT -5

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Jan 8, 2017 23:53:27 GMT -5 Jim said:

Jan 8, 2017 10:51:12 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

CTGull , I hear ya bro! Preach it! For me it's Toronto or anything just on the other side of it, the east side. I don't care how great the deal is, I don't do Toronto and I won't even drive through it. It's horrible. Wouldn't set foot in that city unless you paid me, and it'd have to be a pretty big payday too.

TonyKgull, Toronto is a great city to visit. Finding a parking spot downtown is not always easy, but I'm not sure what your problem is. .....

Not just "my" problem, lol, lot's of people. But you nailed it in the end. Like I said, it's ok if you just wanna visit the place. But trust me, I live right next door to Toronto and it's one of the biggest messes in Canada. Again, for too many reasons to list here. You'd just have to live here and know about and hear and experience everything that is Toronto on a daily basis to understand how messed up it is.

But hey, there is one definite reason I'd go there. The only lottery office that will cash tickets in excess of somewhere around a thousand bucks is there. So if it's to cash in on a 1000 bucks or more, I'm definitely A-OK with Toronto for a few hours! ha ha!

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"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
- Jesus, from Matthew 11:28-30

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