Zandard $7500

[bry4321]

Sure, you can buy the original for a few hundred thousand, or you can own this one for $7500. Provenance: @elduave to @bubs_42 to @tommy p. I will post links to earlier Zandard threads when I have a chance. Initially selling in-person in DC metro area to HFC’er or to your trusted helper to buy and ship it. If no one local bites I will reconsider shipping. It is only 9.4 lbs according to kitchen scale but weight is a problem for my shoulder. Thanks for looking! 

 

Or buy this: 

 

[bry4321]

 

 

 

 

 

[bubs_42]

It is a great guitar, that guitar looks amazing and sounds amazing. 

[tommy p]

If I could still play, I'd buy it back.  It was a Holy Grail of a guitar for me and spent 16 years in my guitarsenal.  When I had my Cheap Trick tribute band, I rotated through all of my 25 guitars and usually took 3-5 to my gigs.  That was the ONLY guitar that went to every gig.  I miss playing it terribly (double meaning intended 😂).

Edited September 30 by tommy p

[cmatthes]

The 3 Zandards were all spectacular instruments and each one had a different top selected so they wouldn’t look identical.  I remember taking pics of them for Elduave’s shop when they came in and was kinda kicking myself that I had just ordered a Greenburst Standard at the time and couldn’t swing both!  
 

The way Standards are getting up there, this one is right on the money and less than what a new Gibson copy of one sells for!

 

[Ham Rex]

On 9/29/2026 at 9:55 AM, bry4321 said:

Sure, you can buy the original for a few hundred thousand, or you can own this one for $7500. Provenance: @elduave to @bubs_42 to @tommy p. I will post links to earlier Zandard threads when I have a chance. Initially selling in-person in DC metro area to HFC’er or to your trusted helper to buy and ship it. If no one local bites I will reconsider shipping. It is only 9.4 lbs according to kitchen scale but weight is a problem for my shoulder. Thanks for looking! 

 

Or buy this: 

 

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Dot neck instead of Crowned and Bound?

Does it apply just to 4 digits?

[Dave Scepter]

6 minutes ago, Ham Rex said:

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Robin Zander + Standard 

[bry4321]

7 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

May I ask why it is called a Zandard?

Dot neck instead of Crowned and Bound?

Does it apply just to 4 digits?

Good question! From @Hamerica:

 

I believe that the guitar in question is #0004 and originally was a gift from Rick Nielsen to Robin Zander. Hencefore, the nickname Zandard. 

If you have purchased the recently released 30th Anniversary at Budokan, you can get a couple of shots of the Zandard in action with Rick. 

It is also on page 125 of the Guitars of the Stars book that Bill Rich put out a few years ago. 

The Elduave run of three is one of the coolest limited Standard runs in a long time. 
 

From @elduave

Jol and I where talking. The conversation steered to the run of 3 Standards I wanted built that where to color match the Guitars Of The Stars #0004. He referred to them as the Zander Standards. I asked why, he said that #0004 was made for Robin, but Rick absorbed it into his stash. Later I just put the 2 words together, ZANDer stanARD.