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Good Lord! What are those prices?!

Those are all the same guy that bought the blue x390 off midhilis.

The one thing that gets me is he never describes the actual guitar in question and I can't be bothered to contact him. Because it's a load of bollax at those prices.

lmao I would love to meet this guy, mainly to kick him in the pebbles!

Barry wrote:Good Lord! What are those prices?!

Yeah - I know - ridiculous prices, and OTT descriptions.. Everything he put up for sale or swaps, is "ULTRA RARE" or "SUPER RARE".. Bless!

Sgt. Vimes wrote:lmao I would love to meet this guy, mainly to kick him in the pebbles!

I'm thinking ya' gotta' have more than pebbles to be asking those prices...

For a grand http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/105774907/ultra-rare-handmade-1986-westone-pantera-x390cb.html

Handmade? I thought these were some of the first guitars cut out with a CNC router. I thought that was part of the deal - that Matsumoku had the CNC equipment so Presley could put this crazy 3 dimensional shape into production.

Am I mistaken?

colt933 wrote:Handmade? I thought these were some of the first guitars cut out with a CNC router. I thought that was part of the deal - that Matsumoku had the CNC equipment so Presley could put this crazy 3 dimensional shape into production.

Am I mistaken?

Well, someone has to use their hands to put it in the machine and hit the button to start it

I think CNCs in the 80s would have cut the basic shape routinely but couldnt have done the carving required for the more exotic Panteras. Am I wrong Steve?

All guitars are hand made to some extent arent they so poetic license taken to an extreme here.

Whatever, the guy/gal is a trader and chancing the price, its capitalism.

colt933 wrote:Handmade? I thought these were some of the first guitars cut out with a CNC router. I thought that was part of the deal - that Matsumoku had the CNC equipment so Presley could put this crazy 3 dimensional shape into production.

Am I mistaken?

Not mistaken in the least. If you read some of the reviews printed back in that day Matsumoku did make a point of including the fact that while some of the manufacturing was via automation approximately 60% of the total labor was still done by hand.

Semi-handmade would be more accurate and truthful, but something tells me this flipper in not interested in such things.

Now if he was hawking a Daion I would be more likely to cut him some slack.