POST # 606 EBAY PRICE GUIDE: gretsch ROC 11 CIRCA 1970,S RARE GUITAR

Here's a rare solid-body model from Grestch in the 70's, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see how much it sold for.


Here's the blurb from the seller



MADE IN THE USA

VERY COOL GRETSCH GUITAR

VERY RARE , CIRCA 1970,S MODEL

GRETSCH ROC 11 MODEL, ALL MAHOGANY GUITAR, LP STYLE SET UP 2 HUMBUCKERS, 2 VOLUME , 2 TONE CONTROLS

SUSTAIN FO DAYS, KILLER FAT TONE.

HARDSHELL CASE INCLUDED, FREE INSURED SHIPPING INSIDE THE USA, OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE EMAIL FOR SHIPPING QUOTES.



























Sold For: US $1,500.00

POST # 605 Charles Mingus on Appreciating Art

You haven’t been told before that you’re phonies. You’re here because jazz has publicity, jazz is popular…You like to associate yourself with this sort of thing. But it doesn’t make you a connoisseur of the art because you follow it around…A blind man can go to an exhibition of Picasso and Kline, and not even see their works, and comment behind dark glasses, ‘Wow! They’re the swingingest paintings ever, crazy!’ Well, so can you. You’ve got your dark glasses and clogged up ears.

POST # 604 Did you know that According to Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker was the first player to ...

According to Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker was the first player to realize that the Fender Bassman amp gave a fatter and more overdriven sound than Fender's other guitar combos.

Buddy Guy switched from the Les Paul to Strat after his guitar was stolen from a club.

POST # 603 Robben Ford Style Lick no 20

Here's a Robben Ford style blues lick over A.

POST # 602 Did you know that Danelectro was founded by Nat Daniel in 1946 ....

Danelectro was founded by Nat Daniel in 1946 in New Jersy and later crancked out Silvertone (for Sears), Coral and Danelectro brands.

Nathan Daniel also previously desined the Epiphone Electar amp of the late 30's.

POST # 601 MUSICIANS' BLINDFOLD TEST No 20 PIANO

Inspired by Downbeat Magazine's classic "Blindfold Test"; where prominent musicians are asked their thoughts upon hearing a record without prior knowledge of the personnel and the recording.

Here you get to hear 1 chorus or more of the solo. What do you like or dislike about the solo? Can you tell the artist and the song / changes to the tune?

POST # 600 EBAY PRICE GUIDE : DON GROSH SET NECK BRAZILIAN QUILT CUSTOM GUITAR

Gorgeous maple top on this hand built guitar with Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard to boot.
Scroll down to see how much it sold for. Here's the blurb from the seller.



GORGOUS DON GROSH HAND-BUILD SET NECK
EARLY MODEL, AMAZING QUILT TOP



If you are familiar with Don Grosh's custom builds then you know what you are about to see described. If not, then you don't know what you've been missing.

An amazingly talented luthier, this is a custom hand-built guitar that will put any Les Paul (original or clone) to shame. The guitar plays better than it looks, and that is saying something. Quilted maple top, with a rare Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard. Ebony headstock veneer.

Incredible tone, worthy of the Don Grosh name. This guitar was built with an attention to detail that cannot be described. Incredible note articulation and sustain. Everything you ever wanted in a Don Grosh Set-neck which is one of the rarest and most expensive models he builds. The owner of this guitar will have difficulty putting it down!

The pictures tell the story. Excellent condition, with some minor surface rash in the back wood that cn be buffed out, and is too fine to show up in close up Macro photographs. I tried. When was the last time you saw a Grosh Set Neck with a Brazilian fretboard for less than $4,000? Well, here is your chance to get one....there is never going to be another made like it by Don for a comparable price...that's for sure.

Will be shipped as shown with its original case. No COA, but I will include the full spec sheet that was emailed to me by Don (pictured). Free shipping in CON-USA, international buyers welcome, but please be aware that shipping will be at cost, using Fed Ex international economy. Use the international price in description below as a guide only...exact price will be passed along.


Check my feedback, and buy with confidence. Fully guaranteed to be received as described, and full refund (return shipping at buyer's expense) if the guitar is not 100% as described

PLEASE CLICK ON MY OTHER AUCTIONS IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME RARE, CUSTOM MADE, HANDCRAFTED GUITARS; MADE BY SOME OF THE FINEST LUTHIERS AT AMAZING BELOW MARKET PRICES!


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On Mar-05-11 at 06:48:54 PST, seller added the following information:

I JUST DID A TOTAL THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE GUITAR FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. I PROBABLY OVERSTATED THE DEGREE OF RASH ON THE BACK WOOD. HOWEVER, THERE IS A TINY, NEARLY IMPERCEPTIBLE INDENTATION ON THE LOWER EDGE OF THE GUITAR...POSSIBLY A SURFACE IMPRESSION IN THE WOOD THAT WAS THERE WHEN IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. IT WILL NOT PHOTOGRAPH! I TRIED. SINCE I ADVERTISE MY GUITARS AS 100% RETURNS IF NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, I WANTED TO ADD THIS "BLEMISH" WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD NEVER SEE, BUT WHICH (IN MY OPINION) IS THE ONLY REAL FACTOR THAT KEEPS IT FROM BEING LISTED AS MINT. IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE AT ALL...I JUST BELIEVE IN 100% DISCLOSURE. I HAVE SEEN GUITARS COME FROM THE FACTORY WITH MANY MORE MARKS THAN THIS, BUT I WANT THE BUYER TO BE TOTALLY SATISFIED WITH THEIR PURCHASE. DID I SAY THIS GUITAR PLAYS OUTSTANDING, WITH NO ISSUES WHATSOEVER???






























DON GROSH SET NECK BRAZILIAN QUILT CUSTOM GUITAR EXC+
HAND CRAFTER W. BRAZILIAN FRETBOARD AND EBONY HEADSTOCK

Item condition: Used

Ended: Mar 11, 201117:15:29 PST

Bid history: 7 bids


Winning bid: US $2,700.00

POST # 599 Scott Adams on Creativiy vs Art

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

POST # 598 Did you know that Most Les Paul 'Gold-tops' have gold paint applied to the top (hence the name) but ...

Most Les Paul 'Gold-tops' have gold paint applied to the top only (hence the name) but Gibson also made "all gold" Les Pauls with gold body, top, back and sides during the 50's!

POST # 597 Robben Ford Style Lick no 19

Here's an altered dominant lick over G7.

POST # 596 Did you know that Leo Fender was influenced...

Leo Fender was influenced by the 1940's fashion for limed ash and oak furnitures as well as the natural 'blonde' look of archtop Epiphones when coming up with his Telecaster.

POST # 595 MUSICIANS' BLINDFOLD TEST No 19 GUITAR

Inspired by Downbeat Magazine's classic "Blindfold Test"; where prominent musicians are asked their thoughts upon hearing a record without prior knowledge of the personnel and the recording.

Here you get to hear 1 chorus or more of the solo. What do you like or dislike about the solo? Can you tell the artist and the song / changes to the tune?

POST # 594 EBAY PRICE GUIDE: 1990 Ibanez Joe Pass JP20 MINTy Case WOW!!

Mint condition Joe Pass JP20 from Ibanez, sure looks pretty! See how much it sold for at the end of the post. Here's the blurb from the seller:



1990 Ibanez Joe Pass JP20 MINTy Case WOW!!

Here is a 1990 Ibanez JP20. Super Duper Clean. Check out all the pics. all original, plays and sounds great. Even has it's original case.

Condition is an easy 9 of 10. I would call it 96% easy. Some pick marks on the guard. Just the very lightest play and age related wear...Very easily one of the nicest we have seen. SEE PICS!!!

No fret wear.

Comes in it's original case as pictured.




























Ended: Feb 03, 201110:27:38 PST

Bid history: 1 bid


Sold For: US $1,550.00

POST # 593 Steve Cropper on Changing Strings and Robben Ford

I never changed them until they broke. I’ve worked with a lot of great guitarists in the studio, and some of them—like Robben Ford—would change strings after every solo. That drove me nuts at the time. But maybe it wasn’t so bad, because I guess they could hear them going dead. My ears didn’t hear it—and I don’t know if the microphones heard it— but they heard it, so whatever made them happy. I don’t think Robben Ford still does that, but he still plays his kazoo off.

POST # 592 Did you know that Early example of the Jazzmaster came with an...

Early example of the Jazzmaster came with an anodised aluminium scratch plate.

Jazzmasters were introduced in 1958 and at $329 was $50 more expensive than the Strat.

It was the first guitar from Fender to feature a rosewood fingerboard.

The new 'lock-off' vibrato was to prevent tuning problems if a string breaks.

It also featured a new enlarged headstock design.

The Buzz Stop, a base plate with string-tension bar that bolts down to the Jazzmaster style tremolo can be installed to increase string pressure in the saddle to improve tone.

POST # 591 Robben Ford Style Lick no 18

A sweet sounding lick over A blues.

POST # 590 Did you know that Ray Butts' EchoSonic amps....

Ray Butts EchoSonic amps of the 1950's with its slapback echo sound was used by Scotty Moore, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, Luther Perkins (guitarist for Johnny Cash) and Roy Orbison.

The Echosonic was designed and hand-built by Ray Butts. While only 68 ever being built, the Echosonic found a unique place in history with a built-in tape echo (loop) unit. This patented tape loop echo system was one of the first guitar effects ever built, permanently installed in a high-quality custom-built guitar amp and speaker cabinet combo.

Vintage tube-powered echo effects include the Fender-distributed EccoFonic, Mastro Echoplex, Watkins/WEM Copicat, Binson Echorec and Meazzi Echomatic. You can hear Hank Garland play the opening phrase of Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" with the EccoFonic.

POST # 589 MUSICIANS' BLINDFOLD TEST No 18 GUITAR

Inspired by Downbeat Magazine's classic "Blindfold Test"; where prominent musicians are asked their thoughts upon hearing a record without prior knowledge of the personnel and the recording.

Here you get to hear 1 chorus or more of the solo. What do you like or dislike about the solo? Can you tell the artist and the song / changes to the tune?






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