The Steel Guitar Forum

As a beginner, I did a lot reading that was steering me towards a used pro/intermediate PSG, and after about 3 months of wading through confusing/misleading ebay auctions, I decided to buy a PSG new. I love it, but, it's a shame that the sellers don't know a whole lot about what they have. Several of those guitars will end up in inexperienced hands based on price point alone.

-vwg

EDIT: A little off topic, just noticed the "Fender" preceding the PSG in the topic...

Ulric Utsi-Åhlin wrote:...browsing ads on ebay etc,I have to wade through
erroneous production year specs,misnomers & so on...
I guess we´ve almost accepted the fact that a very
sunburst,Jag-type Fender 800 is described as a "Late
40´s/Early 50´s" guitar...we all make mistakes,but this is VERY common and,for the novice just getting
into Vintage PSG´s it´s,at best,confusing...now,is
it that all 53 years of me operate in the "grump"
direction,OR do You agree..?..McUtsi

yeah, since thers little info online about these, they can make up whatever they want. the prices are not realistic either.

the novice just getting into vintage psgs has to be very careful and do alot of research regardless of maker, but its true this seems more difficult to do with any degree of certainty with fender steels.

If it's the Fender 2000 that is referred to, it is mid 60s, I think early 60s is when the sunburst finish was offered, I had a "400" that was ivory/off white, (purchased in early 60)always wished I had waited till the sunburst finish was available.

BF

Some of those sellers get the guitar at an estate auction where they buy and liquidate everything. They know nothing about instruments, and probably get their info from the local GC. I got my Dobro M-32 from such a seller. They swore everything was in great shape, great neck, etc.. I had to have the neck straightened, and graphite rods installed. Still, at $800, it wasn't a "bad" deal.

I spent the '60's pining for the sunburst Fender 8 string that occupied a prominent place in the Fender catalog. (Some kids looked at the JC Penney catalog for excitement. Not me!). The sight of the Sunburst finish takes me back 45 years.