Party Like It's 1993
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:18 pm
You may recall a discussion here about a stripped 1964 1993/360S-12 being sold on ebay last fall. After some discussion, the ebay ad was pulled, much to the chagrin of some forumites. Then silence.
Until now.
I confess I was the buyer, though I didn’t set out with that intention. Here’s how it went down.
The auction was pickup only in Castro Valley CA. I wasn’t going there anytime soon, but I was curious and emailed the seller for the serial no. of this guitar. He replied “DH” and asked me what it meant. I informed him it was a 1964 build and a rare one at that, being an export model.
We exchanged phone numbers and talked. I found out he was an old rocker who was having health problems and decided to get rid of his gear. He gave me the scoop on the guitar. He bought it used in 1966 (he still had the receipt) and played in a band around the Midwest US for a while in the ‘60s. Then he put the guitar away. He said the original Fireglo finish had worn off in spots and that his brother had stripped off the rest of the color and tried to refinish it in clear but never “finished” the job. He then used it as a six-string, replaced the nut and removed six of the tuners. So it was half stripped, half coated with something clear, but otherwise all original.
I made him an offer on the guitar and he accepted. I sent the funds to him and, as luck would have it, a friend was making a business trip to the area later that week and agreed to pick it up for me. [What happened next could fill up several pages and maybe we’ll get to that some other time.] The guitar arrived about a week later. There was Fireglo in the TRC and control cavities and the headstock slots. I decided to have it refinished in Fireglo and just got it back last week. Here’s some pics.
Until now.
I confess I was the buyer, though I didn’t set out with that intention. Here’s how it went down.
The auction was pickup only in Castro Valley CA. I wasn’t going there anytime soon, but I was curious and emailed the seller for the serial no. of this guitar. He replied “DH” and asked me what it meant. I informed him it was a 1964 build and a rare one at that, being an export model.
We exchanged phone numbers and talked. I found out he was an old rocker who was having health problems and decided to get rid of his gear. He gave me the scoop on the guitar. He bought it used in 1966 (he still had the receipt) and played in a band around the Midwest US for a while in the ‘60s. Then he put the guitar away. He said the original Fireglo finish had worn off in spots and that his brother had stripped off the rest of the color and tried to refinish it in clear but never “finished” the job. He then used it as a six-string, replaced the nut and removed six of the tuners. So it was half stripped, half coated with something clear, but otherwise all original.
I made him an offer on the guitar and he accepted. I sent the funds to him and, as luck would have it, a friend was making a business trip to the area later that week and agreed to pick it up for me. [What happened next could fill up several pages and maybe we’ll get to that some other time.] The guitar arrived about a week later. There was Fireglo in the TRC and control cavities and the headstock slots. I decided to have it refinished in Fireglo and just got it back last week. Here’s some pics.
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