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Topic: $7000.00 For A Steel???? |
Wally Taylor
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Hardin, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 4:22 pm |
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I recently read on the Forum about a new steel that listed for $7000.00?? 
What would make a steel cost seven grand?? I am not saying it is not worth it, just wondering what would make one cost so much!! 
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Archie Nicol R.I.P.
From:
Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 4:30 pm
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Lubrication!
Arch.
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Eric West
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 4:39 pm
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1. Space Age Materials.
2. Tax Writeoffs.
3. Bragging rights.
Just to name a few..
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 5:13 pm
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The question isn't 7gs. The question would be... how nay have been sold at that price? I can think of several top of the line guitars that sell
Maybe it was a collectable?
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 5:41 pm
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What steel Wally? If you don't mind saying.
That's a lot of dough for sure, but Sierra's had a list price approaching 5 grand more than 15 years ago. I know the new MSA'a are up there now.
I believe that you can still buy a brand new D10 for close to half that, even tho' some so called "vintage" instruments are going for a lot more, but I guess it all depends on what one wants and about what the market will bear. |
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Randy Gilliam
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 5:57 pm Steels
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A New Franklin D10 8 and 5 Cost $8000.00 A New Promat 8and 5 $7000.00 A New Rains $4950.00 Emmons $3850.00 New Derby $3950.00 New MSA $6495.00 Which One Do you Want?  |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 6:02 pm
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I WANT
THE FREE ONE..... JW U PK;;;;;;;;;;;; |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 6:20 pm
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| Randy- That's a nice wish list. That MSA pulls on me pretty hard. It probably costs the most per pound, but that's a good thing. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 7:20 pm
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How much milage could you get out of a seven or eight grand steel,I could'nt afford a used YUGO right now,but that would make more sense right now[just my opinion ]DYKBC.
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 7:55 pm
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| Charles Davidson wrote: |
| How much milage could you get out of a seven or eight grand steel,I could'nt afford a used YUGO right now,but that would make more sense right now[just my opinion ]DYKBC. |
About the same mileage an old one would give you.  |
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 7:55 pm how about this
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A custom Carter is over $5,000.00, How much is acustom Mullen G2, wood with 8x10? Custom MSA,?
ernie |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 8:07 pm
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| What I've learned after all these years is if someone charges a price for something someone will buy it. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 8:35 pm
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Dick, great statement! Steel guitar is one of the only things in the world that the price of the product has very little to do with what it's worth.
You can pay a lot more but chances are great that it won't be as good as one that costs a lot less.
You DON'T get what you pay for with extremely expensive guitars. Unless you want to show someone how bad a shopper you are.
We all need to buy what turns us on emotionly, but if you want a great pro guitar that does a great professional job, there are several new guitars that can be bought for small money that are much better that many expensive ones.
I'll talk to anyone on the phone about this or prove it in my showroom at any time.
Wonderful pro guitars can be bought for just making the correct choice.
Spend 6-8000.00 for a new guitar and have your buddy's old Sho-Bud, Emnmons, (and a few others) sound much better for an eighth the money? Not a sharp buyer. But then, who cares about tone anyway, except a hard core pro, (you I hope) 
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 8:37 pm
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None of my statements pertain to collector guitars that are continually going up in value, There are Bigsbys that are worth $35,000.00 that are good deals for investment reasons, (and still wonderful to play!)
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 4 Jun 2008 11:24 pm
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I only (!) paid $5,300 for my Millennium when i ordered in 2 years ago, but it would cost $7,200 to replace it.
It is a custom one-of-a-kind, the first,and so far, only one with a wrist lever.
If it were lost or stolen, I would replace it. I like it that much.
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 2:08 am
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Makes me wish I'd bought that beautiful Rittenberry a few weeks back.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 3:08 am
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| BobbeSeymour wrote: |
We all need to buy what turns us on emotionly, but if you want a great pro guitar that does a great professional job, there are several new guitars that can be bought for small money that are much better that many expensive ones.
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Of course, Bobbe, we know a basic Carter is about all you really need. Still, some players out there would just rather spend a lot more and get a new Emmons. |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 4:19 am psg
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| The high priced guitars are fine but the bottom line is, a player can spent less than half of what a new high dollar guitar cost and get the same thing done, musically. A 3000.00 D-10 can do anything a 6000.00 D-10 can with the same set up. It's the player(only my opinion). On the other hand, when a player has not owned but one or two guitars then it's difficult to understand some things, especially when they hear a good player with a certain brand. Steel guitar is an addiction. I dreamed of certain guitars for years and years. Now that I'm playing probably about my 70th guitar, I look for tone/sustain/mechanics more than anything else. The last 5000.00 rig I had couldn't touch some of the lower priced guitars in tone and sustain. I'm not going to start a war here by mentioning brands but anyone that has the funds to purchase a 6000 or 8000 rig, go ahead. Enjoy it and have fun with it. For it is the best instrument in the world, regardless of price. STEEL GUITAR! |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 5:58 am
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Steel guitars are kinda like cars, it boils down to personal preference, and what we can afford. A Kia Rio would get me where I'm going, but I like things a little more comfortable, and I don't think my steel rig would fit very well, so here's what I choose to drive.
And an MSA Studio Pro to match.
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MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 6:05 am
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Also, you can't touch a good, handmade archtop guitar for $7000. I think the Benedetto's are probably up around $20,000 by now. And, the labor hours required are probably about the same, considering all of the machine work required on parts for a steel. I have a Matt Cushman handmade archtop, not one of the best ones out there, and it sold for over $5000 when it was built a few years ago.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 9:16 am
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| BobbeSeymour wrote: |
You DON'T get what you pay for with extremely expensive guitars. Unless you want to show someone how bad a shopper you are.
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Again you are right on, Bobbe. You could just as well say cars, shoes, ... whatever. Conspicuous consumption only makes people look foolish. (my opinion) |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 10:17 am
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| You can buy a monkey a Rolls-Royce, but it will never learn how to drive it |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 10:24 am
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 11:11 am
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| OK, but that is a chimpanzee, not a monkey. |
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2008 2:35 pm
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*hangs head in shame.
you are correct sir.
i should have image googled "cappuchin car driver" or "howler monkey honda" instead. I'm glad now I didnt opt for the Lancelot Link Secret Chimp Chaffuere photos |
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