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381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:08 pm
by bdawson7
at a local shop today. The first of these models I've ever seen & touched & played! It is lovely, and its at a store near Boston: South Shore Music, Weymouth, MA. : http://www.justplaymusic.com/ (not listed on their site though.(why not?) )

He said they just got it in the past week, and had waited for 5 years, which I could only assume is just when they started to think about placing an order, and also an exaggeration.

They also had, IIRC, a 330/12 FG, 360/12 Ruby, 330/6 FG , 360/6 JG + a MG with a fantastic fingerboard.
The FG on these were really fantastic – getting really deep-dark-red at the edges, almost red-brown, and coming in to an almost AmberFG center, not white or pink at all.

Alas, no camera on me! :?

Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:51 pm
by jdogric12
bdawson7 wrote:and had waited for 5 years, which I could only assume is ... an exaggeration.
Not entirely un-possible with a model such as this.


bdawson7 wrote:Alas, no camera on me! :?
No smartphone??? :idea:

Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:28 am
by bdawson7
Brought in my (cell phone) camera this time :)
Its new to me, getting used to it...

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Ruby 360/12
Ruby 360/12
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nice figuring!
nice figuring!
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Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:32 am
by bdawson7
fantastic figuring here!
fantastic figuring here!
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Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 9:39 am
by bdawson7
I tried to show the awesome flame, but it was sort of dark in the store; flash was a little much...

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Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 11:43 am
by deaconblues
$4,599...are there actually people who pay that? :roll:

Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 3:27 pm
by scotty
deaconblues wrote:$4,599...are there actually people who pay that? :roll:
Yeah they are generally known as The British :lol:

Re: 381/12V69 MG on the wall...

Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 3:37 am
by David Watts
They are rare.
I Had the chance to stand really close in front of a jetglo 381 in Paris some years ago.
Very impressive instrument.
But i didn't have the right to touch it.
Surely for the vendor i wasn't the kind who could afford to buy it. :)