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Our friends at fender have recreated the guitar andy summers from the police used, by making it look worn, dented, scratched and putting a few cheap modifications on it.

 

for sale at £8,998.. :o

 

 

 

Soundcontrol

 

Some people really have more money than sense. :huh:

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Companies have been specialising in reproduction guitars since Jimi Hendrix's day. With so called "authentic marks and blemishes"

 

Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.

BTW his guitar was called the frankenstrat, due to it staring off with a strat body.

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The new shop on eccy road has some very nice guitars in that would cost a lot more so they say.

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Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.

 

I have, and I'm still in shock. How I lusted after Eddie Van Halen in the late 70's. What a waste.

 

:) Sierra

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Companies have been specialising in reproduction guitars since Jimi Hendrix's day. With so called "authentic marks and blemishes"

 

Indidentally have you seen the state of Eddie Van Halen recently.

BTW his guitar was called the frankenstrat, due to it staring off with a strat body.

http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM07/Content/Fender/PR/EVH.html

^ the guitar i was talking about is called frankenstein... as eddie states in the great article in Guitar World this month..where he looks fine... ok his voice is souding odd due to the cancer he had but he's looking healthy.

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Back to the original point... It's kinda ironic cos andy summers bought his telecaster off some kid in the 70s for only $200!! And it was already modified!! I don't think fender would be churning out repros if the kid still owned it would they.

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I have to agree G Bone. (You any relation to the legendary T-Bone Walker, guitar God?)

 

I've been in the Eccy Rd shop and found the ponytail man off hand and rude.

 

I took a top end,mint Strat in to test the water re them buying it and he gave me the usual b******s about them being worth next to nothing and that he could get them brand new at the drop of a hat.

 

The model was discontinued in 2003 and they're like rockin' horse s***e so I assume he's got a time machine as well as bad hair.

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Back on track, i found this website selling vintage instruments. Link

 

Nearly £45,000 for a 52 Tele. How can you spend that much on one instrument? That's insane.

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Didn't Kurt Cobain always play some cheapo copy? No doubt you could spend thousands to replicate that one too.

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Didn't Kurt Cobain always play some cheapo copy?

He had a love of Fender Mustangs with a hint of Fender Jaguar thrown in. Not cheapo copies per say.

 

Source: Kurts Equipment.com

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