So say your neighbor rings the doorbell, and....

[StukaJU87]

That is a beauty, for sure.

[straycat]

Those P90's are worth $1500 a piece.My 2001 book says $5000 they were made from 52-59.
Gold was the only color offered.My guess is $10-15,000 in todays market it may be worth way more than that.

[442w30]

Just out of interest what were you expecting to see when you neighbour arrived with the case?

I imagine it was a "Great, he's going to bust out a bolt on neck Venture ES-335 copy or a Teisco/Montgomery Ward Special."

That's what I'd be expecting from a Grandmother's guitar.

That's a nice looking fiddle there....

[Digitised]

I was reading the other day that gibsons have the largest inflation in value of all guitars. Im sure one of the first guitar magazines i ever bought about 9 years ago, had a review of the re-release of this guitar. And that was something like 4000GBP ($8000USD).

So my guess would be that $15k would not be unrealistic, if whoever, finds a good market for it.

[El_Kabong]

Nice! Did you grab the guitar case, punch your neighbor in the face and then lock the door?

you don't socialise much in the real world, do ya?

Na, or else he would have grabbed granny, pulled out her dentures and got a gummer first.

[ABSOLUT CHARVEL]

that is a nice piece of art right there.

[thebigz]

Thats pretty sweet!

I can get this one for $2900, not sure if I have the money, but its a 53 LP...

[Rupe]

Thats pretty sweet!

I can get this one for $2900, not sure if I have the money, but its a 53 LP...

That's easily a $20K+ guitar if everything is in order...I'll give you the $2900 if you want to split the profits

How the hell can you score this for so little coin?

[straycat]

I did some asking at the Cinci guitar show and the hollow bodied P 90 guitars don't bring a big price I saw 2 very close to that one and they were $6000.00 range with OHSC if close to mint shape.

[thebigz]

Are you kidding me!? I just saw it on craigslist and shot the guy an email.

If its really that valuable, I'm sure the 2900 was a typo.

[Rupe]

Most likely meant $29,000, or a its reissue, or a scam.

[thebigz]

The guy says he's the original owner, has OHSC, no repairs ever, etc, etc. Not a reissue, but the other two are most likely. We'll see if he even replies to my email (he didn't leave a cell number).

[thebigz]

Just as suspected, the ad is pulled.

[goodwood]

"Hmmm, yeah, it's a bit old, not reliable like these modern Jap guitars. It's a bit long in the tooth for most people these days, that's why you don't see many, they just aren't popular. I'll take it down the tip for you. Here's $20, leave it to me, I'll dispose of it for you, don't you worry about it.
No, my pleasure, anything to help."

SLAM.

YEEEEE-HAAAAAWWW!!!!


(That is pretty much how the conversation went when I scored my 1964 JTM45 for £40 a few years back. He he)

Wow...how honorable. People must respect you an awful lot!

[Robert Burns]

The guy says he's the original owner, has OHSC, no repairs ever, etc, etc. Not a reissue, but the other two are most likely. We'll see if he even replies to my email (he didn't leave a cell number).

Yeah, either that was a re-issue..(and he's asking $1K too much for it)
or it's really a typo, and it's $29K! Anything under $15K would be a steal!