The Last Bass Outpost

Gear Discussion Forums => Gibson Basses => Topic started by: Blazer on September 07, 2008, 07:26:54 PM

Title: Epiphone J180E John Lennon guitar on the 'bay but it needs some reassembly...
Post by: Blazer on September 07, 2008, 07:26:54 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-EJ-160-John-Lennon-Guitar-Luthier-Project_W0QQitemZ150291648736QQihZ005QQcategoryZ47067QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

My question as a professional repairman/luthier myself is, when does a "Restauration project" guitar turn into being classified as "A heap of splinters?"

Aside from maybe the pickup there's nothing salvagable on the remains of this guitar.

Title: Re: Epiphone J180E John Lennon guitar on the 'bay but it needs some reassembly...
Post by: Bass VI on September 07, 2008, 08:21:28 PM

No sense at all to me, an opening bid of $14.95 and $37.00 shipping, so roughly (no pun) $50.00+  ??? ??? ??? for what?

Title: Re: Epiphone J180E John Lennon guitar on the 'bay but it needs some reassembly...
Post by: Dave W on September 07, 2008, 10:48:48 PM

It's a bargain! With a couple hundred dollars worth of new materials and a couple of months of intensive labor, you'll have a glued together smashed Epi Lennon that you could have bought for $500 new.  ;)

Title: Re: Epiphone J180E John Lennon guitar on the 'bay but it needs some reassembly...
Post by: ramone57 on September 08, 2008, 04:16:28 AM

it would look nice next to that charbroiled EB-2.