"EC, EXCEPT NEEDS WORK..."

[jingle_jangle]

http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/10U-5369.htm

Ouch.

[longhouse]

$1950.00... does Johnny's spirit inhabit the guitar?

[cjj]

Aw heck, a little superglue and it'll be good as new...

[Scastles]

What a real shame.

[jimk]

Oh yeah, that's one of those guitars where they put the decimal point in the price in the wrong place.
JimK

[Dave12]

"Yes, but it's a DRY heat..."

[chrisdski]

Here's Elderly's description of Excellent Condition, as this guitar is described as. Maybe they consider the separated headstock a finish crack?

Excellent Condition : Very clean, might have some minor wear, dings, scratches, or finish cracks, but otherwise very close to new condition.

http://www.elderly.com/vintage/abbreviations.html

[ken_j]

Don't shoot the messenger. Personally I don't agree with their current condition standards.

Exceptions
We also often will give you the cosmetic rating and then qualify it by stating "except . . ." The exceptions may sound as if the rating should be in a lower category. Technically that may be correct...

[cjj]

Don't shoot the messenger. Personally I don't agree with their current condition standards.

Exceptions
We also often will give you the cosmetic rating and then qualify it by stating "except . . ." The exceptions may sound as if the rating should be in a lower category. Technically that may be correct...

Those exceptions don't exactly cover this one, to continue

Technically that may be correct, but we find that if, for example, we rate a beautifully clean guitar as "GC" because it has a 1" repaired side crack that is hard to see, it gives the incorrect impression of the guitar...

What we are saying is that cosmetically this is a really nice guitar but we want you to know that it is not absolutely perfect.

Yeah, cosmetically, it's really nice, but not even close to perfect...

[scott_s]

So Elderly expects to get more money for it in broken condition than if they invested in some repairs?

[cjj]

So Elderly expects to get more money for it in broken condition than if they invested in some repairs?

Yeah, it's not like it was broken by Pete Townshend...

[jps]

EC?

What is their definition of VG condition?

[windchimp]

A little duct tape and she'll be good to go!

[86kubicki]

So what would one of these go for if the headstock was actually attached to the rest of the guitar?

[Halbert]

So what would one of these go for if the headstock was actually attached to the rest of the guitar?

I have a 2009 price guide that says $3400 in excellent condition...