Carr Mercury - Holy Grail of Tone - $1800 (Lino Lakes)

comes with 2 hard cases

I went to a music instrument swap in the conference room of a vaguely seedy hotel today and saw so many grey ponytails and bowling shirts that it made me think of this thread.

d-rock is definitely hanging out at swaps like that

guy didn't even get a passing grade in Rock

2006 PRS Private Stock Custom 24 10th Anniversary Tiger Eye Burst Brazilian Rosewood - $16,000

PRICE REDUCED from $18,000

RARE PRS COLLECTIBLE

This PRS Private Stock Custom 24 is a superbly special model, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Private Stock program. It's one of the most rare and luxurious PRS guitars ever made! Finished in Amber Tiger Eye, this Custom 24 boasts a super high grade South American mahogany back and a quilted maple top with some serious inlay - crafted from materials such as black and brown lip mother of pearl, white and gold mother of pearl, paua, abalone, green snail, orange Madre per Lato, red coral, koa, and even 14k gold! The body, fingerboard, and headstock are also bound with green snail and black/white ivoroid. Pickups are the PRS 9 humbuckers, and the fingerboard and headstock veneer are made from Brazilian rosewood. The curly maple neck is also jaw dropping as well. Top it off with an anodized gold stoptail, gold locking tuners with rosewood buttons, and Brazilian rosewood pickup rings, and you have the ultimate PRS! This guitar is in excellent condition and includes the original hardshell case.

Includes: Hardshell Case and Paperwork

LOCAL SALE ONLY in VA/MD/DC area - NO SHIPPING

https://i.imgur.com/d5pJBSk.jpg

green snail??

the thing being absolutely hideous is the predictable punchline

Yeah, green snail is a new one for me too. Apparently refers to this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_marmoratus

Basically just another type of mother-of-pearl.

And insofar as its hideousness, I will have you know, sir, that my long-dead grandmother would have loved this thing.

haha mine probably would have too tbh

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/msg/d/hopkins-nordstrand-nj4-string-vintage/7648491224.html

NORDSTRAND NJ4 4 STRING VINTAGE JAZZ BASS PICKUPS - $80 (Minnetonka)

These were previously installed but weren’t to my taste.
$180 retail, yours for $80 cash.

This is a vintage style single coil pickup made with 60s era correct Heavy Formvar wire, alnico V magnets, and wound with a programmable CNC winder that simulates a vintage hand wound pattern. The combination of the HF wire in correspondence with the simulated hand wind produces the pickup's lowered resonant peak, which is the source of the hypnotizing ambrosia that is the NJ4's divine high end. Between its high and low end frequencies, this pickup produces a full-bodied sound that replicates the drive synonymous with 60s vintage tone.

Simulated hand wind, is that like a VR handjob?

haha i have no idea other than the happy ending is a hypnotizing ambrosia

someday science will know how to perfectly wrap a metal wire around a small cylindrical magnet. Until then, we'll have all this hypnotizing ambrosia.

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that "hypnotizing ambrosia" equals "farty thuds"?

holy shit check out these pictures

https://reverb.com/item/65031304-luna-uk-5?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=%22US%22-NBA-CBO-10.12.22&utm_content=%22US%22-NBA-CBO-10.11.22-LAL.pixel.purchase&utm_term=Make+this+gear+your+new+groove&fbclid=IwAR0nSvgZq7vJjFeLuTg3CKZH0dDPF0qQpoaP_4Tq_h36KOAhKfAInJ928Bw_aem_ASuJpEqcVx2by1z2cX-tXszEkLYAf4SdhVYe66ZJQntjCEcsY9fMDENJ1uJ4592iaAhxH5TSCO6Ro4cGHnLZxWHS

that should be immediate 75% discount

Does that say "Jerry Pate, like his chest"? What does that mean?

haha yeah that's weird no idea what it means

i have never not wanted anything more:

"An opportunity to get both of the rare, now unavailable, Steel Panther Pedals in one auction"

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364382178764?hash=item54d6decdcc:g:DQwAAOSwLmNksncC

"What's wrong with being sexy?"

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/msg/d/savage-1983-ibanez-artist-mij-guitar/7740832176.html

actually a cool guitar but this open to trades sentence is awesome:

1983 Ibanez Artist MIJ $1650 nice shape. P 90s are in it now, I also have the original puck ups. Beautiful guitar. I will consider trades for vehicles that need work or a working pinball machine. Cash is king

why not both

https://live.staticflickr.com/3668/32732185120_e045f637a3_b.jpg

that's rock n' roll baby

Driving from MSP to Duluth so my wife can run a marathon, we pass a sign on the highway for Lino Lakes, which caused me to remember this thread and start laughing, so I had to try to explain my laughter to my wife without using the term “blues lawyer” which I couldn’t remember.

Did you snag the Carr Mercury?

https://coastsonic.com/cdn/shop/products/carolineblues.jpg?v=1623790610&width=5000

I like to imagine that this pedal was inspired by this thread

https://coastsonic.com/cdn/shop/products/carolineblues.jpg?v=1623790610&width=5000

I like to imagine that this pedal was inspired by this thread

man I'll tell you what I've had about enough of is dudes on reverb reversing the sale because they got better money on ebay for the item they ~~~already sold to me~~~

doesn’t ebay take a much bigger cut on sales? are they able to mark stuff up enough to compensate?

Did you snag the Carr Mercury?

Maybe it's not your thing, but it is mine.

go big king

man I'll tell you what I've had about enough of is dudes on reverb reversing the sale because they got better money on ebay for the item they ~~~already sold to me~~~

― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, June 19, 2024 7:55 PM bookmarkflaglink

oh that is straight up BULLSHIT on their part, omg

had that happen to me on this sweet Tele Cabronita w a Bigsby dude did not apologize at all either

two postings, same seller....someone's wife is a real BATTLE AXE who's making him thin the herd

FS: Squire (Fender) Classic Vibe Guitar almost NOS - Burgundy Mist - $550 (Minneapolis)

For sale is a near NOS 1960’s Squire Classic Vibe in Burgundy Mist that I bought in 2014. I have been a strat collector for close to 20 years and I bought this Classic Vibe after hearing the endless talk about how unbeatable they are for the money, and that is absolutely the case. Do your diligence here – you can’t beat this if you want a strat for anywhere even close to this price. Also, the new Classic Vibes come with cheap Laurel wood fingerboards and not rosewood. This gorgeous color wasn’t made long and looks incredible.

Being generous, I played this guitar around 15-20 times and it never left my smoke-free, pet-free, mess-free humidified home - it always stayed in the case. I’m selling it because my wife wants less “stuff” in our house, and it’s hard to keep this when I have other strats that are in the $2-3000 range. If you are a beginner or serious guitarist, you will not be disappointed with this guitar. It comes with all standard accessories that you would expect with a new classic vibe, a matching purple strap, and an upgraded tail piece. It also comes with a deluxe solid hardshell case.

As I am not a guitar store, I would like to sell this to someone who knows the guitar and simply wants to buy it. If you want to try a Classic Vibe with a rosewood neck, please check with local stores and see if they have a used one to try.

My price is $550 and it is absolutely firm. Buyer must be willing to meet in SW Minneapolis near the Walker Art Center. Cash only. No PayPal, Venmo, shipping or other scams. No trades please as I need fewer guitars – not more.

FS: NOS 2014 Fender American Standard Telecaster Guitar - $1,600 (Minneapolis)

For sale is a NOS (minus trying 3 times) 2014 Fender American Standard Stratocaster in 3 tone burst. I bought this at Guitar Center in 2014, played it 3 times, and it has been in the case in my smoke-free, mess-free humidified home ever since. At the time when I bought this, I was a guitar collector and a friend managed Guitar Center. He offered to get in 6 of these and to let me pick the best one, which I did. This was my second American Standard Tele, and this one just never ended up getting played. Since the discontinuation of the American Standard series, Fender has tried to wow people with things like ugly push pots that stick out an inch from the guitar, but it seems to be pretty well accepted that the current models are not as good as the American Standard. I recently played the American Professional II and the Ultra and to me there the American Standard has a much more quintessential Tele warm twang. It’s a superb Tele, but my wife is insisting that I thin the herd, and having two of the same model is, in fact, a bit of lunacy. This guitar has never left my home and has almost never left the case.

As I am not a guitar store, I would like to sell this to someone who knows the guitar and simply wants to buy it. If you want to try an American Standard, please check with local stores and try one there.

My price is $1,600 and it is absolutely firm. Buyer must be willing to meet in SW Minneapolis near the Walker Art Center. Cash only. No PayPal, Venmo, shipping or other scams. No trades please as I need fewer guitars – not more.

Thanks for looking!

Mai wiiiiiiife

Amazing.

lol great find

wow, so many questions. What is a Strat tailpiece anyway?

Explicitly reluctant to let a buyer try the guitar, what a winner.

I wonder how many guitars that guy owns...