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I've been looking around, and suddenly I get the idea that a black Standard would be completely awesome. What would be a good price for those guys? Anyone want to make me an offer?

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They exist. It was a stock color for that model for many years - both the bound body and the "50s style" with pickguard that was catalogued in the late '90s.

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The non-Custom Standards should fall well below the $2k mark though.

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Dave's Guitar Shop has a used 'Black Beauty' Standard Custom for $2250. No affiliation from me, though, but it does look cool!

Wow, that thing is ridiculous! Looks to me like it wouldn't look out of place at a metal show or a wedding

The non-Custom Standards should fall well below the $2k mark though.

That said, does the Black Beauty seem reasonable? I can't afford to keep buying and selling at a (large) loss, so what would be fair value for something like that, or other comparable Standards?

Thanks for answering the questions!

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That said, does the Black Beauty seem reasonable? I can't afford to keep buying and selling at a (large) loss, so what would be fair value for something like that, or other comparable Standards?

Thanks for answering the questions!

If you're talking about the Black one with multi-ply binding, etc. at Dave's, that is certainly a reasonable price. New, from a dealer, that would probably cost you somewhere in the upper $3k range. Base list for a Standard (new) is almost $5k - WITHOUT all the custom add-ons that one has.

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After all these exquisite examples, I think an ebony fretboard would be the way to go with it. I just love the extra bit of attack you get on those things, AND it's a great compliment to the finish.

Damn you enablers! I think I just jumped headfirst into shark-infester waters...

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After all these exquisite examples, I think an ebony fretboard would be the way to go with it. I just love the extra bit of attack you get on those things, AND it's a great compliment to the finish.

Damn you enablers! I think I just jumped headfirst into shark-infester waters...

Regardless of the guitar I have for sale, I have always disliked the aesthetics of a black guitar with a brown rosewood fingerboard. Maple or ebony fingerboards if the body is black. I know tone and playability come first but just my .02

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Good gosh Feynman, that is a Standard! Where did you find it? Is it for sale (he asks, without having two nickels to rub together to his name)? :)

Link, please, if you can.....

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1979 production, black opaque, rosewood neck, crowns and inlays, bound..0150...

excellent re-fret and polish job under pirateflynn's direction. I sold it and eventually bought it back from him.

:) picture from serial steve's archive after he bought from his brother cmatthes.

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also, I've got the black opaque sunburst, 8-0213, bound and crowned, as they're a pair, a match of old school '4-digit' hamer axes. From the golden era!

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both guitars for the nominal price of $7500 dollars, shipped two-day air...

How does this offer appeal to your BLACK hamer gas.

Peace, kilroy posts.. :)

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Who you calling an enabler?

This one kills me, so it might as well kill you too.

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Sweet Lord... It even has the 10th inlay...

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Sweet Lord... It even has the 10th inlay...

Yep. And all... B...B...B... BOOMERS!

More proof: The best inlays humanly possible for a Standard are the boomers. I dare someone to change my mind on that... :)

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Who you calling an enabler?

This one kills me, so it might as well kill you too.

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Un-fucking-believable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:):)

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