BadgerDave

That actually seems like a reasonable price. Just $1K more than the perennially for sale Whitford Eclipse.

Did you pick it up, by any chance? Just wondering if it's a reasonable weight. The GC in Rockford had one that felt like it was 10 lbs. or more.

I've placed items in my cart a few times when I'm shopping for similar things. It's a convenient "save for later reference" feature. I've often received discount offers from sellers of items I've placed in my cart.

Adding a couple of higher resolution photos. These were taken with my iPhone. No filters or retouching.

SOLD Great playing and sounding Artist Custom. Rosewood fretboard, frets are in very good condition with some slight wear, but probably 90+% of original height. Weight: 7lbs. 6 oz. Neck depth: 0.87" @ 1st fret, 0.95" at 12th Original Seth Lover pickups and (I assume) original Tone Pros locking bridge and tailpiece. I'm pricing this well below market for a perfect similar model because of the following: There is a professionally repaired binding separation in the top waist curve; There is a small unrepaired binding separation in the lower cutaway; There are tiny indentations on the back behind the upper horn. these are shallow and slightly larger than pin pricks. Photos of these imperfections are attached. No COA, but it includes an interesting vintage Hamer merchandise order form. Price: $1,750.00 plus $150.00 shipping, Continental US only. Sorry about the shipping cost and limitation, but that's just the reality of the market at the moment. If you're in the Chicago or Madison, WI area, I'm happy to arrange an in-person hand-off and waive $100 of the the shipping.

And then there's this: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Hamer/Vintage-Vintage-1982-Hamer-XT-Series-Amber-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc?algoliaQueryID=102d49b9f66c2626e993382b85c9d96a&algoliaIndexName=guitarcenter I'm about 20 miles from the Rockford GC store and tempted to go and tell them how many errors and omissions are in that listing.

I believe it is. I probably should have done some research. I don't recall that the promotion or previews that I saw provided any hint of the drastic change that occurs midway through the movie. I just wasn't prepared or in the mood. No psychological damage, but it pretty much ruined one weekend evening. At least it wasn't as dissapointing as the Spinal Tap sequel.

I sold it, of course. Still regret that.

I'm in the minority here, but I absolutely hated this movie. At least the second half of it. I knew nothing about it going in and watched it with my wife on the reccomendation of a friend. We were expecting something entertaining with a good soundtrack. A movie about a Neil Diamond tribute act set in Wisconsin is going to be a fun watch, right? That's how it started, then suddenly, it turned into something completely different. I won't spoil it for others, but 🥵

I ordered one through BCR Greg. IIRC, the specs were satin transparent orange with P-90s and tortoise binding. on the neck and body It was a great guitar and very light, probably 7 lbs at most. Sounded amazing.

I recently did some significant downsizing of gear that I've accumulated over the years, mostly larger amps and speaker cabinets, but some guitars as well. I had already decided that I didn't want to ship or deal with individual sales, so selling or trading to Guitar Center was the easiest option. Like you, I wanted to have a good idea of the retail value of my stuff so I could determine if what GC was willing to pay was reasonable compared to what I could get if I tried to sell everything individually. Google and AI were worthless. Ebay wasn't much better, mostly because it didn't have recent sales of most of what I was selling. But the "sold" prices they did publish seemed suspect as well. The two sources that were reliable were Reverb and Guitar Center. On Reverb, I searched sold listings and filtered by "most recent first". I then deducted the cost of shipping and Reverb's seller fees to get a "net to me" estimate. I searched Guitar Center's "Used and Vintage" listings and assumed actual selling prices are 10% less. My primary goal was to clear out large, heavy and seldom used gear. I ended up trading everything for two guitars, Because I was trading rather than getting cash, I received very favorable offers. Based on my research, better than 60% of retail. Considering that we ended up with GC paying me $300 in cash after the trade, I also saved the 10% (Illinois and Cook County) sales tax on the guitars I purchased.

Thanks for all of the comments and interest. This one is sold. Excellent condition, all original, wiring looks untouched, no visible fret wear. 7 lbs. 4oz. Some tarnish on the pickup covers. No finish defects other than very light swirling as is unavoidable with a black finish. I doubt there is a cleaner one out there. $1,299.00 plus insured shipping. $100 east of the Mississippi, $150 west. (I'm probably going to lose money on that. I just paid $200 to ship a guitar UPS ground to California.) Plus transaction fees if the buyer wants to use and added-charge form of payment. Willing to meet within a reasonable distance of the western Chicago suburbs/ Rockford area and waive the shipping.

I was in and out pretty quickly. Nothing really caught my eye. Lots of well worn Gibsons and Fenders at very optimistic prices. I was mildly interested in finding a 70's LP Deluxe at a reasonable price and weight. No luck. I saw one deluxe. The rare red sparkle finish but very faded and overall in poor condition. Asking $22,500.00! 😳

Definitely

@bubs_42 @Travis @RacerX If anyone in the Chicago area is interested. I can bring these to the Chicago Guitar Expo https://www.dejawuguitars.com/guitar-show-calendar/chicago-vintage-guitar-expo-wedp6 Willing to let these go for well below market prices for an in -person deal. The Anniversary is in near mint condition, 100% original with untouched wiring and perfect frets. As clean as a used black guitar can be. $1,200 w/ Hamer logo HSC The Artist Custom has DiMarzio DP309 PAF 57 pickups but otherwise original. It's in excellent condition with the OHSC. Priced at $2,500 Has some very slight binding seperation in the upper cutaway. It had Duncan Seth Lovers installed when I got it, not sure if these were original. I'll include these for an extra $100.00. I