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Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars

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Darryl Hattenhauer
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Post by Darryl Hattenhauer »

http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/185U-373.htm

Of interest? Is this a tad high-priced?
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Carl Vilar
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Post by Carl Vilar »

A similiar bronson didn't sell on ebay for 175.00
The one your looking would be more but that much more?
Link to auction on eBay.
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Keith Cordell
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Post by Keith Cordell »

It is a tad high, but there is NO comparison between the auction guitar and the Elderly piece. They are about $250 high IMO but they'll probably get it, they aren't exactly making them anymore and they are pretty nice instruments.
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Cartwright Thompson
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Post by Cartwright Thompson »

They're totally different guitars. A more accurate comparison (to the one at Elderly) would be with something like this:
Link to auction on eBay.
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Post by John Dahms »

Looks like Elderly has not cleaned and polished it at all (some prefer that). I am sure it will clean up real well and if it is all there as it seems to be and if the case is original its not priced out of line. If however the pickup does need a rewind as the ad makes reference to, then it's a couple hundred high. As Keith said "They're not making them anymore."
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Post by Bill Creller »

The one on Ebait is a MOTS covered wood type. Some of us here have a Canadian friend with one like that.
His sounds amazingly good, and it feels like it's made of balsa wood...very light weight.

Certainly no comparison to a brown bakelite model.
Andrew Gregg
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Post by Andrew Gregg »

I have a similar one to the e-pay item, and it sounds quite good (nothing on a Supro, however...)

At $175, not too bad...
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