Post by CTGull on Apr 22, 2017 19:17:01 GMT -5
1 week ago I saw an ad on Letgo for a 1930 May-Bell model 82 arch top guitar for $80. The pictures show it's missing the bridge and a crack in the top. I can fix that. offerup.com/item/detail/258348268/ It sounded interesting but I didn't want to pay that much. I did a little research, didn't find much. www.slingerlandguitar.com/MayBells/MayBell82-01.htm
I found it down to $20 today. Offered $10. He asked for $15, which I agreed. He wouldn't be home until 5pm, about 3 hours later. I messaged again at 5:26, he same come, I asked for the address. So we drove 40 minutes to see it.
Got there about 6:15pm. He showed me the guitar. He said he had found it, so getting anything for it is a win for him. The fretboard extension had 2 screws in it, the neck had been glued back on with a very bad neck angle. I can fix that. Then he turned it over. The back was a poorly trimmed piece of glued on paneling!!!! I turned it down. He said $10. I turned it down again. We left empty handed.
I think that's only the second time I've turned down an interesting cheap guitar to fix.
I found it down to $20 today. Offered $10. He asked for $15, which I agreed. He wouldn't be home until 5pm, about 3 hours later. I messaged again at 5:26, he same come, I asked for the address. So we drove 40 minutes to see it.
Got there about 6:15pm. He showed me the guitar. He said he had found it, so getting anything for it is a win for him. The fretboard extension had 2 screws in it, the neck had been glued back on with a very bad neck angle. I can fix that. Then he turned it over. The back was a poorly trimmed piece of glued on paneling!!!! I turned it down. He said $10. I turned it down again. We left empty handed.
I think that's only the second time I've turned down an interesting cheap guitar to fix.
? I don't blame you for turning that one down. 
If so, that's hilarious! Would have loved to see that.
