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Topic: The $36,000 Dobro (typo by Gibson) |
Steve Branscom
From:
Pacific NW
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Eddie Cunningham
From:
Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 5:37 pm Wow !!! |
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| Wow , get your orders in quick boys !! These are going to be gone in no time and then on E-bay for enough $$$ to bail out the mortgage banks !! Nice looking guitar , tho !! Eddie "C" ( the old non-pedal no reverb geezer ) |
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Jim Konrad
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The Great Black Swamp USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 5:57 pm
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Comes with a "Certificate of Authenticity" no wonder it costs so much!!! 
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 7:13 pm
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Its nice, but not mega bucks nice.
Non figured bubinga is easy to find and reasonably priced. Nothing special about a Corian nut and although I'm a Grover fan, thats a $40 set of tuners on there. Top it off with a decal over mop logo, for that kind of coin I'd want engraved, even cnc engraved would be fine.
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 7:29 pm overpriced dobro
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What's with the $30,000 dollar mark-up?
There must be a buried treasure in there somewhere. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 8:49 pm
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They've truly lost their marbles this time... 
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 9:46 pm
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I wish them luck sellling these instruments.
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 1:10 am Re: overpriced dobro
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What's with the $30,000 dollar mark-up?
There must be a buried treasure in there somewhere. |
Yep - look closely at the specs:
Body
- Solid Bubinga top, back, and sides with ivoroid binding (front and back)
- Dual screened soundholes
- Body depth 3.6"
- Parallelogram sound well
- Stuffed with $33,000 in cash
No seriously, overpriced is an understatement. Who would buy this?!
Fred
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Tony Davis
From:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 3:59 am
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| They,ve got to be Joking !!!! |
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Chris Drew
From:
Bristol, UK
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:19 am
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Unbelievable...
Last edited by Chris Drew on 1 Oct 2008 4:22 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:21 am
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| If it dont come with a guarantee that I will play like jerry douglas.......I aint gonna buy.....shoots........oh well..... |
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Chris Drew
From:
Bristol, UK
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:29 am
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Correction:
Here's the hardshell case included. |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 5:26 am
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Who makes the business decisions at this company??????
I would just love to know the rationale behind this.... |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 6:10 am
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Maybe their $40,000 Chet model a few years back was so successful that they decided to try it with the Dobro  |
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Robert C. McKee
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 7:36 am
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| Perhaps it's only a $36 dobro....the rest is what the divorce will cost you after she finds out you actually bought it. |
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Ben Hoare
From:
NSW Australia
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 7:39 am
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| They forgot to mention it comes with a v8 motor 4 wheels and a steering wheel and you can drive it around town while your not playing it.Very popular with the ladies. |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 7:47 am
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Maybe it was a typo.
I just went to the page and it says... "The retail price is $4,443, and each one comes with a custom-made formfitting hardshell case and certificate of authenticity." |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 7:50 am
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That appears to be the case. Thanks, Danny!
I've modified the title of this discussion to reflect that the original price was a typo.
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Chris Drew
From:
Bristol, UK
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 11:06 am
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I'm not sure what's funnier, the typo or the fact that we believed it!  |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 11:32 am
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| Perhaps it's an intentional typo to make us think the actual price of $4,443 is reasonable. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 1:19 pm
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Some people in this business are really out of their minds
So some dude buys one of those, what the hell does he do with it? Play it at some beer joint? |
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Jim Konrad
From:
The Great Black Swamp USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 1:53 pm
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I would rather have 4,5, maybe 6 OMI Dobros
Instead of one Gibson dobro
They would still be worth the same a year later also! |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 3:24 pm
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Actually Gibson is pretty smart... They know the used 27's are going for big bucks... They also know that there's 15 collectors that will buy them and try to turn them for a profit.... This will be interesting... in this economy! 
I also agree with Joey Ace:
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| Perhaps it's an intentional typo to make us think the actual price of $4,443 is reasonable. |
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