jginsj Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I'm going to let a TLE and a Special go. The TLE is close to mint. The Special is definitely a player with lots of stories ingrained into it, but no breaks and it's a solid, functional guitar. It has two mini-toggles with Bill Lawrence pickups (which I love, they are super hot and searing). I'm just throwing it up here because I sold a 25.5" TLE on Ebay and MC2 missed out on that one, which I felt bad about and wished I had offered it up here first but an Ebay deal is an Ebay deal so I didn't feel right about reneg'ing on the winning bidder. And by the way, the winning bidder on that one was a buyer from Russia who begged me to let him bid and said it would be no problem to ship over there. It turned out to be a major, major PITA and I will never do it again, so sorry folks but these guitars are going to be staying in their birth country.
crunchee Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 I occasionally sell stuff I don't need on eBay, but the only items that I will export are small music collectibles (CD's, etc). Out of country buyers get all hot and bothered when they want to know why I won't sell outside the US for certain items. THIS f'rinstance (what you said) is exactly why I WON'T. I like money, but I don't need the added aggravation.P.S. Good luck on your sale, I'd be curious to see what you've got!
jisham Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 How about pics and a price for the TLE? Thanks.
jginsj Posted December 2, 2008 Author Posted December 2, 2008 How about pics and a price for the TLE? Thanks. Here are a couple of pictures. I'm actually starting to vascillate on the TLE, it is almost mint condition and it took me a long time to score a sunburst one. So, for now I'm on the fence and a may change my mind, but for your viewing pleasure....
tomteriffic Posted December 2, 2008 Posted December 2, 2008 Are the pups on the Special original?John says above that they are Lawrences. They look like the old 350's to me.Price on the TLE John?
jginsj Posted December 4, 2008 Author Posted December 4, 2008 Asking price for the TLE?What I paid, $1000 plus shipping.
jginsj Posted December 5, 2008 Author Posted December 5, 2008 Some more pics of the Special for those who requested. It's actually in better shape than I remember after looking at it last night, I called it a player but it's actually in way better shape than most of the Specials people call "players". Just the normal dings and dimples on the edges, a very small spot of rash, not even through the finish on the back, that I tried to photo but it was hard to capture, and a scratch on the back of the neck. The headstock isn't even really murdered as is usually common. And of course the standard finish checking. It's an '80...
boog204 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 price on the special? Some more pics of the Special for those who requested. It's actually in better shape than I remember after looking at it last night, I called it a player but it's actually in way better shape than most of the Specials people call "players". Just the normal dings and dimples on the edges, a very small spot of rash, not even through the finish on the back, that I tried to photo but it was hard to capture, and a scratch on the back of the neck. The headstock isn't even really murdered as is usually common. And of course the standard finish checking. It's an '80...
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