PSA: 1955 Fender Esquire At DGS

[crunchee]

No affiliation.  Nice interior gutshot photos, even has a rout for a neck pickup (apparently by '55, Fender used the same bodies for Esquires and Teles regardless).  Has a masking tape label inside the control cavity with a 1955 date and "Gloria".  Expensive but as Stan Jay used to say, "Go find another one".

Used Esquire '55 – Dave's Guitar Shop (davesguitar.com)

[kizanski]

My '58 Esquire was a beast.

Those were the days. 

Sold it for substantially less than this one, that's for sure.

[RobB]

29 minutes ago, crunchee said:

Expensive but as Stan Jay used to say, "Go find another one".

Oh, yeah? Seems to me that’s your job, “Stan.” I mean, you run a guitar shop, right?

[crunchee]

32 minutes ago, RobB said:

Oh, yeah? Seems to me that’s your job, “Stan.” I mean, you run a guitar shop, right?

Not anymore, he's dead now and has been for several years, and apparently so is his old store, "Mandolin Bros.", from looking at their old website.

[RobB]

Pffft! Figures…

[Travis]

2 hours ago, crunchee said:

No affiliation.  Nice interior gutshot photos, even has a rout for a neck pickup (apparently by '55, Fender used the same bodies for Esquires and Teles regardless).  Has a masking tape label inside the control cavity with a 1955 date and "Gloria".  Expensive but as Stan Jay used to say, "Go find another one".

Used Esquire '55 – Dave's Guitar Shop (davesguitar.com)

I thought you said “Sarah Jay”

 

IYKYK….  😂

[santellavision]

Holy Moly, that's a lot for that. I sold my '59 about 10 years ago for 1/3 of that and it was in EX condition.
 

[Cboss]

What is an educated guess on what they bought it for?

[JGale]

I’ll take “Put it a closet and hope like hell they get their money back someday” for $800 Alex.

[crunchee]

2 hours ago, Cboss said:

What is an educated guess on what they bought it for?

If you're referring to DGS when you say 'they', maybe 'they' didn't buy it...it might be on consignment, where DGS gets a cut of the take whenever the sale happens.

[Cboss]

Yes Dave's. Maybe consignment, but also maybe somebody walked in and said what will you give me for this

[stedge]

Dgs woulda paid 50-60pct of retail i suspect - if they bought rather than consign it.  But why would they buy it?
 

i would think they consign and keep 25-30 pct plus any charges to the seller/owner for set up and other “necessary” upkeep.   Zero risk.  Maybe if it sells for big bucks cut the pct a little.   But make a lot of $$ for little effort and investment  

 

[hamerhead]

"Shipping calculated at checkout. "

Gee, Dave....

[cmatthes]

I sold my mint ‘61 Slab board Esquire for $4,980 in 1997, which would be the equivalent of maybe $10k today.  That was probably a bargain!

[DarkHammer]

23 hours ago, santellavision said:

Holy Moly, that's a lot for that. I sold my '59 about 10 years ago for 1/3 of that and it was in EX condition.
 

What would you expect a 1955 Fender with original parts to sell for? Considering prices on Gibson from the same period this is not a bad price. 

[santellavision]

3 hours ago, DarkHammer said:

What would you expect a 1955 Fender with original parts to sell for? Considering prices on Gibson from the same period this is not a bad price. 

I would say around $20k if it were clean and all original. This one is way over-priced. But, since Bonamassa has cornered the market, there aren't many left - haha.

[crunchee]

On 6/13/2024 at 2:32 PM, santellavision said:

I would say around $20k if it were clean and all original. This one is way over-priced. But, since Bonamassa has cornered the market, there aren't many left - haha.

If it sits for too long (however long that is), DGS has been known to reduce the price on vintage gear.  Kinda depends on how long buyers can sit on their hands waiting for that to happen.  Dave's has a 1940 Super 400 archtop that's been sitting around their store for about a year, and it's been marked down.  It's still there, though.