Value of 1980 Special?

[Jakeboy]

HFC fam, 

'I have a 1980 skinny neck Checkerboard Special I am considering selling or trading. I would say very good condition for a 36 year old guitar. Several chips to the wood on the rim. Back and top are in excellent shape....the neck has 5 tiny specks where nitro has flaked off.  Matching creme 1980 period-correct Dimarzio triangular feet PAFs are installed. Sustainblock with narrow spacing.

As I said I believe it is in very good condition, but I have no clue what these go for now.

Top is a beautiful figured maple lemonburst to red that has a lot of flame.

 

Ballpark range?

Thanks in advance.

 

mark

 

 

[Hbom]

Priceless!

[Jakeboy]

Lol you may be right. I am pulling her from sale consideration for now. I have some cool single coils I want to try in there as 0006 covers all my buckered needs currently.

[sixesandsevens]

I'm no expert, but I'd start with Studio pricing and go lower or higher based on how much you want to sell it.

Mine's got quite a few more chips and dings than yours, and I'd probably ask $800 at least for mine with newer Hamer HSC.

[hamerican gigolo]

Worth more than 8 bills.

[mrjamiam]

1 hour ago, sixesandsevens said:

I'm no expert, but I'd start with Studio pricing and go lower or higher based on how much you want to sell it.

Mine's got quite a few more chips and dings than yours, and I'd probably ask $800 at least for mine with newer Hamer HSC.

Not an expert either, but I have both a wraptail Studio and a checkerboard Special.  They're not making any more of either one, of course, but my Studio doesn't have the older wood, the original DiMarzios, and especially not the sustain block bridge that can't be had independently for love or money.  OK, maybe for money, but it won't be as cheap and easy as getting a new wraptail.  So I'd think twice about going lower than Studio pricing.

[atomicwash]

Jay could touch up those neck chips.  He did wonders on my '79 Sunburst.

[Steve Haynie]

Those chips are so minimal you could leave them alone and the value will not change. 

[Jakeboy]

Thanks for the answers. I just put the jazz master type single coil pups in and man they sound good in this guitar. It is bright for a hog guitar and with the 500k pots the bridge bites without being strident. I also swapped the rings for black ones. I'll post a pic.

[Jakeboy]

Much darker lighting, but I like how it looks and I love how these pups sound. Smooth in the neck, rocking teleish in the bridge...sustainblock is very Fenderish...and sweet jangly chime that is very sweet in the middle position.