Is it just me...or is this crazy???

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 28 May 2006 2:56 pm

Here's an auction for a Fender Pedal 800.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7416524566&rd=1&sspagena me=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Currently $1,075.00 with 18 hours to go.
That seems awfully darn high...especially for a stripped/refinished 800. 3 Pedals, 4 Knees & a case...WOW!!!

There's some suspicious bidding going on... then again, perhaps the wrong group of idiots with money are battling out for this gem of a pedal steel.

If anyone would like to give me $1100.00 I have an 800 with 6 pedals & 3 knee levers with room for a 4th...but no case. HaHaHa!!!

Honestly, that should go for what, around $600-700 on a good day???

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Sonny Priddy · Post by **Sonny Priddy** » 28 May 2006 5:19 pm

Not Me. SONNY.

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John Cox · Post by **John Cox** » 28 May 2006 5:38 pm

I saw an 8 string pedal Fender at the GC in south Houston. They want 1400.00 for it and the pedals do not work and the cables were hanging loose. Finish looked good though I think that's a little steep for a non-functioning steel. J.C.

Jim Sliff · Post by **Jim Sliff** » 28 May 2006 5:45 pm

he Fenders are creeping up in price, but not to that extent. Collectors don't seem to freak about well-installed knee levers...but a stripped finish is a price killer.

This one looks loaded. All the high-price bids are zero-fedback buyers. I smell a rat. When I first saw this one I was very interested, but some medical bills knocked me out of bidding. Now the price is prohibitively high anyway.

Oh, well. I thought it looked like a nice candidate for a good refinish to make it into a sweet "player" guitar.

Tim Jones of Kansas · Post by **Tim Jones of Kansas** » 28 May 2006 5:58 pm

my 1000 was $550.

But it's been re-finished, it's far from mint, And it was missing the pedal board. Hehe.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 May 2006 9:05 am

Almost junk.

Someone's made a really bad effort to cover the "frame" with wood. Actually, it's not a Fender 800, but half of a Fender 2000! (Notice the big case, and the "cover plate" where the controls used to be.) Crappy refinish job, too. Looks to be partially converted to rods...sacrilege! (Like putting a Legrande changer in a push/pull.) Make no mistake, the biggest advantage of those old Fenders were the cables, which made changing setups a snap. Remove the cables, and you've trashed it's biggest asset.

Disgusting. Now, it's a "parts guitar" at best, with some of the significant parts gone.

Part it out, and put it out of it's (embarrassing) misery.

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Smiley Roberts · Post by **Smiley Roberts** » 29 May 2006 11:07 am

WOW!! Where's P.T.Barnum when ya really need him??

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John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 29 May 2006 5:03 pm

I think if you just install new strings, all your problems will be over!

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Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 30 May 2006 5:57 am

Touche Donny!!!

Indeed it does appear to be 1/2 of a 2000!!!

Too bad they don't have the other 1/2. It would probably be sold as a ULTRA-RARE 10 string lap or console Fender like they've never seen...priceless I'm sure.

Too bad keyboards can't convey disgust & sarcasm better!!!

It definitely appears altered/trashed... introducing FRANKENSTEEL!!! Perhaps someone assembled some spare parts & created this monstrosity.

It's a shame that the bidding got that high, usually that seller offers stuff for decent prices & you can score a bargain. I'm definitely convinced that there was some crooked bidding going on...like Jim, I smelled a rat as soon as I looked at the bidding. That's one of the first things I do besides check the sellers feedback... you can never be too safe!!!

I want to get another Fender pedal steel with cables...in 1998 I scored an 800 with 6 pedals, 3 Knees with the possibility of a 4th for $125. I guess them days are over!!!

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