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Bob Snelgrove


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san jose, ca
Post  Posted 1 Oct 2023 12:07 pm    
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Any idea what this mint Supro is worth?

thx

bob





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Robert Murphy


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West Virginia
Post  Posted 1 Oct 2023 12:47 pm    
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Nice. Sometimes certain lap steel guitars are on the must have list and some languish for no reason. $600 for a start.
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Bob Snelgrove


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san jose, ca
Post  Posted 1 Oct 2023 1:25 pm    
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Robert Murphy wrote:
Nice. Sometimes certain lap steel guitars are on the must have list and some languish for no reason. $600 for a start.


Thanks, not sure what happened to the legs!
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Tom Snook

 

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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 2:12 am    
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Or the name plate?
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Chris Harwood


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Kentucky, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 6:58 am    
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I bought a nice Supro Comet last winter for $150 plus $35 shipping. I bought basically because I thought it was a pretty low price. .but they're out there. I'd say the 4-600 for minty would be today's pricing. The missing logo might knock off $100 to purists.
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Noah Miller


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Rocky Hill, CT
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 7:21 am    
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$4-600 is about the going rate for this model; I'd say 4-5 in this condition. As with any reasonably common model, it can take some time to find the right buyer. 150 would be an outrageously good deal for any Supro in original, working condition.
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Chris Harwood


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Kentucky, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 7:45 am    
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Noah Miller wrote:
$4-600 is about the going rate for this model; I'd say 4-5 in this condition. As with any reasonably common model, it can take some time to find the right buyer. 150 would be an outrageously good deal for any Supro in original, working condition.


Yeah...I wasn't really looking but for the price of a happy meal for a carload of kids...it was impulse territory.
The above does look VERY nice.
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Chris Harwood


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Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 7:51 am    
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I also especially like the Supro headstock. While not a straight string pull, it has a nice clean run from the nut to the tuners...especially the 5th and 2nd strings. That's unlike many other 6 strings...even some other Valco made.
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Bob Snelgrove


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san jose, ca
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 8:12 am    
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So, how do these sound compared to others from this era?

bob
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Noah Miller


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Rocky Hill, CT
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2023 9:07 am    
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Bob Snelgrove wrote:
So, how do these sound compared to others from this era?

bob


It's the same 23" scale and same string-through pickup that most Valco steels had in the '50s/'60s. Similarly bright and slightly raw tone.
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