A very special SG from Germany

[Dave W]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-GIBSON-VERY-SPECIAL-SG-made-in-USA/121958875807?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

[Basvarken]

Yeah that's the Greek sign for bottle opener... 

[nofi]

this really gets tiresome. why do people even bother?

[FrankieTbird]

That vendor has the most hacked-up guitars I've ever seen.  And they want top dollar for every one of them.  They had a completely butchered Embassy bass up on ebay forever, not sure if its still there.

[66Atlas]

ACCKKK! My eyes! 

[nofi]

these guys always have a bunch of beat up/half destroyed gear they want beyond top dollar for. this guitar is in good shape but the price? minor celebrity connection if you believe it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/80s-JACKSON-FIREBIRD-NEW-PICTURE-PROOF-EX-ROBBIN-CROSBY-RATT-/121955533733?hash=item1c651dc3a5:g:6sAAAOSw0vBUmKsj

[gearHed289]

Looks like something Todd Rundgren would have played in the late 70s.

[66Atlas]

these guys always have a bunch of beat up/half destroyed gear they want beyond top dollar for. this guitar is in good shape but the price? minor celebrity connection if you believe it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/80s-JACKSON-FIREBIRD-NEW-PICTURE-PROOF-EX-ROBBIN-CROSBY-RATT-/121955533733?hash=item1c651dc3a5:g:6sAAAOSw0vBUmKsj

And how is the photo of a girl holding a different guitar "proof" of its celebrity connection I wonder?  At any rate, I seem to recall the reverse firebird being referred to by a Jackson employee as the "crosby model" so I'm not sure that writing on the neck means much but maybe the cryptic words explain something 

[Granny Gremlin]

I was about to say.  Totally not the same axe.

[Dave W]

That does it, I'm writing famous names on the heels of my bolt-ons. I wonder how much my Tele will be worth once people realize it was custom made for Mark Twain.

[Highlander]

Is that Mark "Bomba" Twain from Reigate, near Mozambique...?

[Rob]

 

Is that Mark "Bomba" Twain from Reigate, near Mozambique...?

[Dave W]

Is that Mark "Bomba" Twain from Reigate, near Mozambique...?

Yes, and I also have one made for Charles Dikkens, the well-known Dutch author of Rarnaby Budge. 

[Highlander]

Ah, I can see you're more than a match for me...

[nofi]

apparently with celebrity guitars comes celebrity shipping cost.

500 dollars, indeed. even if it is in germany.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/80s-JACKSON-FIREBIRD-NEW-PICTURE-PROOF-EX-ROBBIN-CROSBY-RATT-/121955533733?hash=item1c651dc3a5%3Ag%3A6sAAAOSw0vBUmKsj&nma=true&si=v8KjCUDSMX8LsvnVABEv6Wjh5eQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

here is another bargain from these folks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRETSCH-CORVETTE-made-in-USA/121965846989?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131230161411%26meid%3D81c94e3705b8480abd089ba4be3758cf%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D121955533733

there is a nice complete one at reverb.com for 1165.00.

https://reverb.com/item/2127167-original-vintage-gretsch-corvette-i-c-1960-cherry-w-case-tremolo?_aid=pla&pla=1&gclid=CJab_qWs3MwCFVglgQodmfAKpA

but i digress...