The drummer in my band has had it under his bed for years and just started noodling around with it. He brought it out last night just for kicks - to let me set it up for him, play it and give him some feedback on it. I've never been much of a vintage guy. I've never owned one and I've played very few. This one - while it was really nice - didn't blow me away. Great neck and (obviously) classic P-growl but it just didn't move me to any great extent. Preferences, I guess. Anyway, he had NO IDEA it's value and when I threw some ballpark numbers at him, his jaw hit the floor. Funniest reaction I've seen in a long time. I will say though that the neck was beautiful .... nicely broken in, straight, dry, rounded edges from years of play. The only thing non-original about it was it had been re-finned back in the early 70's from burst to Natural but fairly well done. So .... what do you all figure it's worth? As I said, everything else right down to the pickguard screws was original. I gave him a number of about $5K based on what I've seen lately ..... close?!?
