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jingle_jangle wrote:I saw something like this in a Virenamese furniture store in Westminster, CA., a few years back.

Who are the Virenamese? Is that one of those tiny Pacific Islands like Tonga?

I could either tell you that that's how they pronounce it, or go looking for spell-check...It's not a panacea, but does spot the obvious/oblivious clunkers...

OK, here's a nice one...anyone wandering through the "luthier" categories on Ebay will recognize the name. This guy Antonio Tsai sells a s**tload of inlaid parts and also inlaid handbuilt instruments...he's somewhere in the Far East, though.

This one is in our own backyard (SC)...note the headstock...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0158239029

A NICE Martin on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0098674752

Elys?!?!
Tell us how it plays, once you get it in your hands.

AHhahhahahahaahahaha!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :middle:us

Don't let this one FLY away!

Muwaaahahaha!
(okay, maybe i have bad taste in guitars)

jingle_jangle wrote:A NICE Martin on Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0098674752

Heck, at that low price I think I will order TWO

I wonder if the Roy Rogers photo comes with it?

sowhat wrote:Elys?!?!
Tell us how it plays, once you get it in your hands.

It will probably sound like ****. I did not buy this one to play, though. I just bought it to get a close look at Tsai inlay work, that's all

ajish4 wrote:AHhahhahahahaahahaha!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :middle:us
Don't let this one FLY away!

The text of the listing doesn't even match the photo OR the listing title! What an ugly guitar. I bought that teardrop thing for $100 just to see the neck inlay up close, not to play it. But this one would hurt just to look at up close - what is with the heel anyway?

Elys, YOU bought that spermy-teardrop thingy? I actually put an esnipe bid on it, then pulled it the last minute.

I didn't think it would sound very good, and to me it wasn't worth $130.00 to check out my own intuition.

It will probably sound like ****. I did not buy this one to play, though. I just bought it to get a close look at Tsai inlay work, that's all

Would make a nice part of "oddities" collection (wall design, etc), and besides, much cheaper than our old "friend" MVP's (or was it MPV?) work. Still, i hope it will sound better than you think.

MVP has vanished. I guess he took the hint...

jingle_jangle wrote:Elys, YOU bought that spermy-teardrop thingy?

Yep - there is a place on the Group W Bench wall-of-shame already set aside for it, right next to the Paul Wilczynski Memorial Beach Boys Guitar with custom groovy black vinyl pickguard (a personal recommendation of Paul Wilczynski Himself IIRC)

http://cgi.ebay.com/MusicVox-SPACERANGE ... dZViewItem

Hmm, this would be PERFECT for Prince! LoL!