John Hughey's JCH for sale in europe

Didi Waechtler · Post by **Didi Waechtler** » 18 Aug 2007 2:34 pm

John Hughey's orig.legend JCH on sale.
D10, 9 Kneelevers, 10 Footpedals.S/N: 103

For example: Vince Gill song "Pocket Full of Gold" you can hear John Hughey and his ex-steel.
Price: 4.000 Euro
I live in germany / austria.

Buyers in europe are welcome.

e-mail: didisteel@aol.com

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 19 Aug 2007 8:28 am

Selling a JCH in Europe will be a hard thing to do.Marcel Parijs in The Netherlands had one for sale a while ago and it took him some time to sell it in Europe.My advice to you is to sell it across the big pond.
I know that a steel with a copedant like yours will make a good amount of money "IF" you sell it in Europe.But taxes will kill ya in Europe.

Good luck to you Didi selling this one.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 19 Aug 2007 11:11 am

Ron, do Europeans pay taxes on used items they buy in Europe??

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 19 Aug 2007 12:58 pm

AAT value added tax in Europe only applies to new items. tbhenry

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 19 Aug 2007 2:16 pm

value added tax in Europe only applies to new items.

If you send a steel or amp by mail you have to put the value on the slip.If the guitar is on that slip for a couple G's you will see a difference in your shipping cost.Those differentiations in cost's will go to the state.Looks like taxes to me....or not TB?

Didi Waechtler · Post by **Didi Waechtler** » 20 Aug 2007 1:29 am

Thanks for your replies.

The package will include a video John Hughey with Vince Gill at Austin City Limits of course with this JCH guitar.

rgds Didi Waechtler, Germany, didisteel@aol.com

Rainer Hackstaette · Post by **Rainer Hackstaette** » 20 Aug 2007 6:09 am

If you send a steel or amp by mail you have to put the value on the slip.If the guitar is on that slip for a couple G's you will see a difference in your shipping cost.Those differentiations in cost's will go to the state.Looks like taxes to me....

Ron, there are no taxes involved in this scenario. IF the shipment of an expensive item costs more than that of a cheaper item (weight and dimensions being the same), it can only be due to higher insurance against damage or loss. Nothing goes to "the state".

VAT applies only to new items sold by a professional seller (who will also have to charge VAT on used items). A private citizen cannot charge VAT on ANY item he sells. You have to be a businessman to do that. So your statement "taxes will kill you in Europe" is quite misleading.

If the guitar in question were shipped "across the big pond", the buyer would have to pay US customs and sales tax besides the obvious shipping costs and insurance. The weak dollar makes selling to the US market extremely unattractive for European sellers. Buying from the US OTOH is a pleasure now.

Rainer

Bob Hoffnar · Post by **Bob Hoffnar** » 24 Aug 2007 7:12 am

I used to own a JCH from the same year and it was one of the best sounding and well made steels I ever played. It is in Finland or Norway now. Jimmy Crawford sure had the touch as a builder.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 26 Aug 2007 1:53 am

shipping across the pond : between 300 & 400 $
FedEx - Bax Global - DHL,
we pay that kinda sum when we buy D10s in the US & ship'em over

Charles Curtis · Post by **Charles Curtis** » 26 Aug 2007 5:46 am

Jimmy was in the process of building one for me when he passed away. IMO, there was something special about Jimmy; always in a good mood and just a joy to engage in a conversation, truly a wonderful one of a kind and IMO, a "Chief Master PSG Musician" and builder. In my winter years, now, I am in the market for one of the first seven PP Emmons that was built. I would just love to be a temporary steward of one of these guitars for a while. Let me add that if Jimmy had finished that guitar, I'm sure that I would never have sold it. To listen to the tone of a JCH, I believe that Buck Reid recorded his CD with a JCH, one of my favorite CDs.

Bob Snelgrove · Post by **Bob Snelgrove** » 26 Aug 2007 7:04 am

Is this the only steel John used on that album?

thx

bob

Didi Waechtler wrote:John Hughey's orig.legend JCH on sale.
D10, 9 Kneelevers, 10 Footpedals.S/N: 103

For example: Vince Gill song "Pocket Full of Gold" you can hear John Hughey and his ex-steel.
Price: 4.000 Euro
I live in germany / austria.

Buyers in europe are welcome.

e-mail: didisteel@aol.com

dlayne · Post by **dlayne** » 23 Jul 2015 3:51 pm

I was lucky enough to play this guitar when John owned it,,amazing action & tone,really a FANTASTIC GUITAR!!!Good Luck with your sale,,,if it were only in the USA>>>Dan Layne

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 23 Jul 2015 4:20 pm

Dan, you've resurrected an 8 year old thread. I wonder whether the guitar ever found a new owner. Sure looks like a great axe and now the dollar is much stronger than it was in 2007.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 23 Jul 2015 6:05 pm

8 yr old thrd

Mat Davallet · Post by **Mat Davallet** » 24 Jul 2015 9:31 pm

CrowBear Schmitt wrote:shipping across the pond : between 300 & 400 $
FedEx - Bax Global - DHL,
we pay that kinda sum when we buy D10s in the US & ship'em over

Mr Schmitt required one action for his buisness: "And above all never deliver the steel at the end !!"

Wolfgang Bednarz · Post by **Wolfgang Bednarz** » 25 Jul 2015 8:35 am

I own this guitar actually.
I was the buyer when John sell it. I played it a few years and than I sell it to Didi.
This year I was buying it back from him.

Great old dog with a lot of playin hours.

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