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Grog

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Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« on: July 13, 2013, 05:43:34 AM »
It's been almost two years since the JMJ 20/20 sold on Ebay, I haven't seen one since. One popped up & sold on Gbase when I wasn't looking, but that's about it.

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-20-20-ned-steinberger-1987-silver-luna

They never popped up with much frequency before, but it's like they disappeared! Where have all the Fugly basses gone??
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2013, 08:13:47 AM »
Any idea how many were made?
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2013, 09:22:18 AM »
The consensus on this board was probably less than 100. Walter Carter thought about 12, we figured that to be quite low.............
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2013, 01:20:59 PM »
I'd play one of those.  No seriously, I would.
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2013, 07:22:24 PM »
There just about have to be more than 12. But if there were less than 100, then no surprise that you haven't seen any for a couple of years.
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2013, 02:12:35 PM »
What would be a decent price for one of these,  I wonder?
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2013, 03:54:55 PM »
No idea on a price but I presume that these are all in the hands of collectors now...

Uwe and Jules have one each... is it Grog that has a brace...?
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2013, 05:32:22 PM »
Jules paid just under $500 for his, that was over four years ago. Grog paid much less than that for his first one but IIRC quite a bit more for his second.
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2013, 05:40:30 PM »
Back in the closet where they belong ;)

The 80's are making a come back really!

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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2013, 06:13:34 PM »
I paid too much for both of them. My Luna Silver one was for sale at Mike's Music for over a year at $1,000.00. I offered him $800.00. I ended up getting it for $900.00, including shipping and a modifiable hard shell case. I think I held the record for over paying for one when I bought the Ferrari Red bass, $1280.00 plus shipping, but it was super clean. The JMJ bass went for about $50.00 more, so I got out of that record! If I would have bought the JMJ bass before his road manager bought it, I think I could have had it for $350.00, they were asking $500.00.
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2013, 11:44:37 PM »
I think I just found two of them ....

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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2013, 11:51:21 PM »
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Re: Where have all of the 20/20's gone??
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2013, 04:48:18 AM »
I believe anybody buying a 20/20 these days is a committed case and will stick (no pun intended) with it without batting (pun intended) an eyelid. They are period pieces by now.
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