You have to read this Harmony Central thread

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:18 pm

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1441773

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:14 pm

Hmm. Not bad!

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:16 pm

Can't wait to see how this turns out!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 12:55 am

It's got to be BS, hasn't it...?

100% true story.

In 1975 in Bristol UK I bought a 6 string Gibson guitar/banjo (The Gibson Guitar & Banjo Co) label inside for 100 UKP. The banjo was in the Arcade in Bristol and they sold a few musical instruments and some other more junky stuff. This was quite a lot of money in 1975 but the guy would not move on his price.

I paid the 100 on Thursday and took it to London on Saturday. I shlepped around the shops in Shaftesbury Avenue, got a lot of interest but no takers. I ended up at Orange. The guy there looked very impressed by it and phoned a chap called Claude, he turned out to be Steve Howe's personal tec and within an hour both Claude and Steve Howe, and me, were in Orange doing a deal. I walked away without the Banjo but with 450 UKP in my pocket. At the time a new 4001 was about 300 UKP.

From time to time I see one of those photos of Steve Howe with gazillions of guitars around him, but have never spotted this banjo?

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 3:48 am

these things happen quite often. I've personally witnessed the "old classic car in the shed" story occur--right around the corner from me, my wife and I spotted a '66ish Tbird with weeds growing through it under a lean-to. Last thing I needed was another money draining hobby, but sure enough, about a month later I saw the car in a resto bodyshop lot--someone found their jewel.

Hope this one works out for all concerned....

Bill

wj350 · Post by **wj350** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:17 am

Sounds like it's a Gretsch of some kind--single cutaway. Still sounds like a pretty darn good $100 spent...

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:23 am

Sounds like BS the has gold knobs...read Les Paul..sounds a bit manufactured. Things do happen though, As Paul W will attest to, I recently found a mint '64 blonde Bandmaster piggyback with covers and a road case for $300! It's good to be alive...

will_nesbitt · Post by **will_nesbitt** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:04 am

Did I see a Gibson mk III in the avatar of one of the members there?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:16 am

That could be true ... but it sounds like a classic urban legend story ...

I usually see the opposite ... somebody has an 80s strat and tries to pass it off as a 60s or 70s instrument ...

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 9:22 am

It's a Nashville!