Robin - anyone have one?

[kizanski]

Just now, topekatj said:

I was thinking Jazzmaster

That too.

[ChugD]

Picked up another Machete yesterday.  Neck-through construction, beautiful ebony board.  I think it is a 1989 but doesn't have the usual serial number on the back of the headstock.  I had a 1988 Medley, transparent green, swamp ash top, mahogany body and neck, neck through, same pickups.  I regretted selling that one until now.

[kizanski]

On Reverb: Great price on a 1990 Ranger in Japan!!

Mother of toilet seat tops are very rare.

[ChugD]

1 hour ago, kizanski said:

On Reverb: Great price on a 1990 Ranger in Japan!!

Mother of toilet seat tops are very rare.

This might make for a nice pickguard.  

[santellavision]

There's a nice Robin Fleety on 'Verb. I bit high priced, but maybe a call to them direct, might get a deal. I dig when he ran the grain on an angle.

https://reverb.com/item/37292632-robin-fleetwood?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Criteo-US-Conversions-2021Q4&utm_content=900x600&cto_pld=Cff5eC5jAACA3jlIw6ePug
 

Edited October 18, 2023 by santellavision

[topekatj]

4 hours ago, santellavision said:

There's a nice Robin Fleety on 'Verb. I bit high priced, but maybe a call to them direct, might get a deal. I dig when he ran the grain on an angle.

https://reverb.com/item/37292632-robin-fleetwood?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=Criteo-US-Conversions-2021Q4&utm_content=900x600&cto_pld=Cff5eC5jAACA3jlIw6ePug
 

I hope whoever has that guitar listed buys it a birthday cake every year they keep it listed, damn shame someone (like me, fer instance) isn’t playing the finish off of it DAILY!

Edited October 19, 2023 by topekatj

[ChugD]

13 hours ago, singlehum said:

That one has been listed on Reverb for years.  Timing might be right for a discount...

If one wanted to get in touch with them directly...   https://guitarhouse.net/

Edited October 19, 2023 by ChugD

[kizanski]

Ok, here's one that's as rare and cool as they come.  AND it's reasonably-priced!

WITH the OHSC!

On Reverb

Edited November 10, 2023 by kizanski

[The Shark]

9 hours ago, kizanski said:

Ok, here's one that's as rare and cool as they come.  AND it's reasonably-priced!

WITH the OHSC!

On Reverb

I don't want the bass player leaning over my shoulder the entire night.  

[singlehum]

Wonder where this one is...

Edited to call dibs of anyone here has it...😄

Edited November 17, 2023 by singlehum

[kizanski]

6 minutes ago, singlehum said:

Wonder where this one is...

I sold it to Kashola.

Serial number 101001, by the way...

[ChugD]

25 minutes ago, kizanski said:

I sold it to Kashola.

Serial number 101001, by the way...

That is fantastic.  What is the story behind it?

[stedge]

Pretty nice one.

[kizanski]

38 minutes ago, ChugD said:

That is fantastic.  What is the story behind it?

Dave Wintz had put Robin Guitars on a temporary hiatus (which turned out to be permanent) in 2010.  

He told me some months later that he had some leftover guitars that he was finishing up here and there.  Among them were this Apollo and a Savoy with a natural top, so I bought them both. 

[velorush]

This is pretty spectacular and reasonably priced:

 

[stedge]

Yep. Was on ebay before reverb.  Looks like fun and i like the wrap.
 

Not what i am looking for (recently bought a nice Avalon), though,  so im still lookin.  Prob will be for a while!  Fixed on an artisan (usa) at the moment.  But you never know.  My mood changes often enough. 

[ChugD]

29 minutes ago, velorush said:

This is pretty spectacular and reasonably priced:

I use funny ways to get myself to not buy a guitar unless it moves me on a higher level.  "It is missing the truss rod cover", "If it only had a reverse headstock", "neck binding would make me buy this".

[stedge]

Yeah. Same here. Also…. My appetite is more limited given space constraints and an upcoming move.  So it must be the right one - or a super deal on just a good one. 

[velorush]

Really cool Avalon at Sam Ash San Diego.  $1,614.99 with $12.50(?) Shipping:

 

[stedge]

Got my plain jane avalon.  It is a good guitar.Just watchin reverb etc for an artisan or something that floats the boat. 
 

[donner]

13 hours ago, stedge said:

Got my plain jane avalon.  It is a good guitar.Just watchin reverb etc for an artisan or something that floats the boat. 
 

Congrats for a tiny, but tasteful music corner!

[santellavision]

Got a email from Willie Moseley last week. He's with Vintage Guitar magazine. He's writing a book on the history of  Robin guitars. Sounds very cool. He's using some pics of my guitars. 

[stedge]

Thanks, Donner.  The real noise room is elsewhere, ie my office nook. It is packed tight w way too much crap. 

[ChugD]

The Lone Ranger.  Surrounded by Machete's...what will he do?  Be sure to tune in next week.

[kizanski]

1998 Avalon on Reverb

Seller lists it as a 2010,but it's a '98.

His opening sentence is not only inaccurate, it's seizure-inducing: "As new, a 2010 last run made by Robin Avalon Electric Guitars, Made in the USA!!!!!"

He closes with "Robin Guitars ceased productions in Texas in 2010. So this beauty has sat in its case ( air conditioned ) for over 10 years."

I don't know where he got 2010 from, or where one can find an air conditioned guitar case, but the serial number is clearly from 1998, if he had bothered to look.  Also, the standard humbucker mounting rings are a dead giveaway.