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Post by Leftee on Jan 2, 2021 16:05:32 GMT -5
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 2, 2021 16:32:35 GMT -5
I'd give $3500 for it.
Really though, these kind of things leave me speechless. Maybe they should package it with that crazy, overly gaudy and expensive commemorative monstrosity that Martin trotted out a few years ago.
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Post by LesTele on Jan 2, 2021 17:07:58 GMT -5
I was really tempted until I realised that there were no cables included. I’m out.
$25K. Good grief.
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Post by reverendrob on Jan 2, 2021 17:24:21 GMT -5
All I can say is fools, money.
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Post by budg on Jan 2, 2021 18:10:13 GMT -5
That’s crazy . Doesn’t really look like anything I’d even remotely interested in even if I was filthy rich . Fool, meet money.
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 2, 2021 18:34:00 GMT -5
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 2, 2021 20:46:38 GMT -5
Hmmmm the original link redirects through BizRate and then back to a Sweetwater page for a headphone amp.
Perhaps they sold all two that they had in stock.
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Post by LTB on Jan 2, 2021 20:49:58 GMT -5
Hmmmm the original link redirects through BizRate and then back to a Sweetwater page for a headphone amp. Perhaps they sold all two that they had in stock. Try it again Gino. First time it just went to blank page but second try shows the stuff any idiot would be happy to buy! **Not referring to you** |
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Post by Riff Twang on Jan 2, 2021 21:26:42 GMT -5
Not the kind of deal I'd ever be interested in. I predict if someone buys a set as an investment, they'll have to wait a long time before they could even recoup their initial outlay.
Like most things of this nature, the value plummets as soon as it leaves the shop.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 2, 2021 23:02:35 GMT -5
Holy Shmoly.
I guess if this is the only set they made, they can ask $25K for it. Somebody will buy it.
I'll wait for the limited run when the price comes down to $18K.
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Post by Blacksunshine on Jan 3, 2021 3:06:22 GMT -5
See now I kinda like that, it appeals to my gaudy side, lol. Although price wise, I wouldn't pay anything over $105,000, so I'll pass.  |
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Post by DrKev on Jan 3, 2021 6:12:50 GMT -5
Ain't no way that stuff is worth $25k. Holy heck, that's as bad a grift as Gibson's fake bumblebee caps.
I once played a $12,500 Martin. I was visiting the Martin factory with my dear aunt and uncle who asked "so what's the difference between the fancy one and the plain black one?" The plain black one was their $500 bottom of the entire range. So I said "well, this one sounds like an acoustic guitar, see?" and I played one and then picked up the other and said "and THIS one sounds just like an acoustic guitar".
It was a very beautiful guitar though. And when I pointed out the tonal differences they could hear them too, and they realized that the price tag was as more about the workmanship on the gold leaf and mother of pearl inlays, and the prestige, than sound.
We had a very good day. Fond memories indeed.
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Post by modbus on Jan 3, 2021 18:23:06 GMT -5
Are these (especially that Martin) money laundering schemes?
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 3, 2021 19:03:37 GMT -5
I think I saw one of those Martins, used, for a paltry eighty grand or so.
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Post by theprofessor on Jan 3, 2021 19:24:41 GMT -5
I realize that the price is out of line in principle, but that whole set up is so far from my aesthetic sense and current playing agenda that I’d think twice about dropping $250 on it. And I’m not saying that with hyperbole.
Yuck.
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Post by LTB on Jan 3, 2021 21:28:33 GMT -5
That would by a house in some areas or a very nice car or 3 or 4 great cars for that matter 😳 |
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Post by LVF on Jan 3, 2021 21:40:31 GMT -5
Hmmm, why not buy with their easy payment plan. You could easily save about 19K.  |
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 4, 2021 7:20:20 GMT -5
That's a bit more than I paid for my house.
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Post by langford on Jan 10, 2021 11:55:03 GMT -5
I might buy one as an investment.... if the case candy includes 12 or so ounces of gold. The guitar and amp would be a small hedge against market losses.
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Post by SteveM on Jan 10, 2021 12:55:28 GMT -5
Yikes, that all I got.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 12:58:23 GMT -5
In 1963 at a pawn shop on Beale St. in Memphis I bought a Teisco Del Rey single pickup guitar with pasteboard case, strap, cord, pick, chord book and Kent amplifier all for $65.00. All brand new. Similar package.
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Post by guildx700 on Jan 10, 2021 20:06:59 GMT -5
They need to triple the price to make it seem like it's really something special.
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Post by Lefty Rev on Jan 11, 2021 15:32:44 GMT -5
What are they smokin'?
(And no, I don't want some.)
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