Opportunity To Buy Used Guitar Gear - Advice

Shredcheddar · 10-11-2005, 06:12 PM

My mom walked in from work today, and handed me a typed up description of a few items of guitar gear that a co-worker of hers is trying to sell. I'm particularly interested in a couple of guitars, but I don't know much about them and come to you CGRers for healthy advice.

Fender Guitar: American Deluxe Strat, teal, locking tuners, ash body, rosewood fretboard. Serial: DN915943. Asking price: $850.

PRS Guitar: 1992 EG II, solid alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard. HFS humbucker, two Fralin Zero Noise domino pickups. Serial: 251770. Asking price: $500.

Line-6 PODXT with extended floorboard. Asking price: $450.

Martin acoustic guitar: HD-28. Serial 585888. Asking price: $1200.

Crate amp: Vintage Club 30, model VC-3112B. Tube amp. Serial: V31X110178. Asking price: $300.

Fender amp: Princeton 112 Plus. Serial: CR-235628. Asking Price: $200.

Any possible deals out of the bunch? Also, I'd like to know more about the two guitars, particularly the PRS. If I do buy either of them, yes, I do plan to play and inspect them first, but I'd like to know what to expect from each model. I haven't been able to find a decent picture of an EG Bolt-on II.

Thanks.

LesPaulSpecial · 10-11-2005, 07:07 PM

go for the fender strat you can never go wrong with a strat

Casey · 10-11-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by LesPaulSpecial

go for the fender strat you can never go wrong with a strat

He's asking if it's a good deal or not.

Nothing you listed really jumps out at me, Shred. Those are pretty standard used gear prices it seems. I say get your hands on whatever guitar you're considering, maybe even ask if you can hold it for a couple of days to see how you like it with your other gear. He is your mom's coworker after all.

dcunning30 · 10-12-2005, 09:16 AM

Those items don't seem to me as being priced to move. I see no good deals. BTW, that PODXT with floorboard is definately overpriced. I understand why he priced that stuff that way, but the problem is, you could get that same functionality with a NEW PODxt Live for less money.

gtrdave · 10-12-2005, 09:26 AM

Ditto...nothing really jumps out at me and screams "great deal". They're all priced around their typical used price (which is fair).

I'd be interested in the PRS though. The EG II is basically their version of a Fat Strat: hum-single-single, pickguard, bolt-on neck.

Do a Google search on "PRS EGII" and you'll find pics.

$500 is not bad.

And if the Fender amp could be had for a little less it might be a good deal.
Maybe the guy would do $600 for the PRS and Fender amp?

Shredcheddar · 10-12-2005, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by gtrdave

Ditto...nothing really jumps out at me and screams "great deal". They're all priced around their typical used price (which is fair).

Okay, thanks. Yeah, as far as the PODXT goes, that jumped out at me as being overpriced. I'm not interested in it anyways.

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I'd be interested in the PRS though. The EG II is basically their version of a Fat Strat: hum-single-single, pickguard, bolt-on neck.

Yeah, immediately seeing PRS and $500 is usually a good thing, but I'm afraid the EG II might be a Korean-made guitar.

Oh well, "fair enough" deals aren't enough to make me want to dish out cash for a marginal tone benefit - I like my gear as it is now. I have a Fender Blues Jr. that sates my interest in the two amps listed, and am pretty satisfied with the tone I'm getting from my $250 Ibanez, so I'll likely just sit on what I have now.

Besides, I need to make sure I've got money in reserve for the possibility of World Series tickets if we happen to get picked in the lottery. Go 'stros!

Thanks for the help, guys.

gtrdave · 10-12-2005, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Shredcheddar

Okay, thanks. Yeah, as far as the PODXT goes, that jumped out at me as being overpriced. I'm not interested in it anyways.

Yeah, immediately seeing PRS and $500 is usually a good thing, but I'm afraid the EG II might be a Korean-made guitar.

Oh well, "fair enough" deals aren't enough to make me want to dish out cash for a marginal tone benefit - I like my gear as it is now. I have a Fender Blues Jr. that sates my interest in the two amps listed, and am pretty satisfied with the tone I'm getting from my $250 Ibanez, so I'll likely just sit on what I have now.

Besides, I need to make sure I've got money in reserve for the possibility of World Series tickets if we happen to get picked in the lottery. Go 'stros!

Thanks for the help, guys.

That PRS is not Korean-made. It's as American as any of the other USA-made PRS guitars. They were only made, afaik, in the early '90s.
They're not to be confused with the SE models currently being sold which are Korean-made.

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...G_Model-1.html

Brent · 10-12-2005, 11:20 AM

Seems to me that "Asking price" would imply "I am willing to negotiate with you"... I'd use that.

BurntHombre · 10-12-2005, 11:20 AM

Doesn't sound like you're interested in acoustics, but the HD-28 is a good deal (assuming it has no major flaws).

Shredcheddar · 10-12-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BurntHombre

Doesn't sound like you're interested in acoustics, but the HD-28 is a good deal (assuming it has no major flaws).

Yeah, but I'm not ready to move $1,000 towards a guitar when I really should be saving some money for college.

That's why I'm primarily interested in the PRS, if it's actually a bargain and not priced to about what it's worth.

SoapbarII · 10-12-2005, 03:20 PM

If the PRS is Korean made that means its an SE...but seriously, 500 bucks? Wait, 1992? Were SE's even in existance? I dont think they were. BUY THAT SUCKER! Double or single cut, it doesnt matter. *chants* BUY IT! BUY IT!....(and so on...)

Shredcheddar · 10-12-2005, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SoapbarII

If the PRS is Korean made that means its an SE...but seriously, 500 bucks? Wait, 1992? Were SE's even in existance? I dont think they were. BUY THAT SUCKER! Double or single cut, it doesnt matter. *chants* BUY IT! BUY IT!....(and so on...)

I'm hesitant. I don't want to be perpetually burned by the stigma that all PRS guitars are cream-of-the-crop good. The asking price of $500 tells me that I should definitely look into this guitar to make sure it's legitimate.

I know PRS makes Korean-made SE's, but it's not like they couldn't have produced Korean-made guitars before the SE's, so I just want to make sure.

A word about the Google image search: my dad has installed a filter (for the protection of myself and my younger brothers) that disables all image search engines, so I haven't been able to just pull up a picture of a 1992 EG PRS, so I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could do that for me.

Brent · 10-12-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shredcheddar

I'm hesitant. I don't want to be perpetually burned by the stigma that all PRS guitars are cream-of-the-crop good. The asking price of $500 tells me that I should definitely look into this guitar to make sure it's legitimate.

I know PRS makes Korean-made SE's, but it's not like they couldn't have produced Korean-made guitars before the SE's, so I just want to make sure.

A word about the Google image search: my dad has installed a filter (for the protection of myself and my younger brothers) that disables all image search engines, so I haven't been able to just pull up a picture of a 1992 EG PRS, so I'd greatly appreciate it if someone could do that for me.

I found this, but only by the filename. No description of it on the page that it was found on.

gtrdave · 10-12-2005, 11:18 PM

From the PRS website:

EG BOLT-ON SERIES I: 1990 – 1991. New squarer shape. Alder body, maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fretboard. EG3 s/s/s and EG4 s/s/h, scratchplate mounted pickups. Volume, twin tones, 5-way selector, PRS tremolo, Schaller non-locking tuners.

EG BOLT-ON SERIES II: 1992 - 1995. Rounder shape. Alder body, wide thin maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fretboard. Scratchplate mounted pickups in three formats, h/s/h, s/s/h, s/s/s, volume, tone, 5-way selector, coil taps, PRS tremolo, locking machines. EG bolt-on maple top adds three piece maple, ‘10’ option.

These are American-made guitars and not to be confused with the current SE EG guitars.
I would advise checking this guitar out. It seems like the bargain of the bunch that he has for sale.