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    I had offred up my 1986 Model 3 for trade in on a Floyd Rose Strat in an ebay auction run by a guitar dealer.

    Here's the guitar I'm talking about, on the right:



    here are some "facts" I got from the dealer:

    "it's a 3A, the model 3 WAS a HARD TAIL and is worth a bit more... The 3A was a PLAIN JANE version with an import tremolo that they tagged with the Kahler name after Kahler went bankrupt... The tremolo is known for wearing out the knife edges which are SOFT steel, I have several old ones left over from customer guitar replacements."

    I'll agree on the soft steel, but isn't a 3A a H-H configuration, and the 2500-series trem is actually US-made by Kahler before they went out of business? is there a hard-tail Model 3? Is this guy completely wrong?



  • #2
    None of the Model series had a hardtail. Check out the catalog scans.

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    • #3
      you are right. dealer is wrong on just about all counts

      the Model 3 wasn't a hard tail. I'm not sure there's much difference in value between a 3 & a 3A.

      '86 catalog scans are here:

      you can see on pages 12/13 & 15/16 pics & specs of the 3 & 3A
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      • #4
        yeah - that's kinda what I thought, Thanks for clearing it up, guys.

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        • #5
          I bet you're going to enjoy telling him he's wrong!
          Fwopping, you know you want to!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by shobet View Post
            I bet you're going to enjoy telling him he's wrong!
            The thing is, I showed him the catalog scan of the Model 3 (that says in big letters "Model 3") and said that I have that exact guitar but a different color, and he replied that I have a model 3A.



            not sure if there's anything I could do to make him change his mind after that.
            Last edited by leftwing73; 08-07-2007, 12:53 PM.

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            • #7
              Maybe he's blind?
              Fwopping, you know you want to!

              VI VI VI: the editor of the Beast!

              There are 10 kinds of people who understand binary. Those who do and those who don't.

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              • #8
                Maybe - no other explanation. i really wanted that FR Strat, too.

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                • #9
                  Definitely a USA made Kahler fulcrum tremolo too. Dealer is just trying to say he doesn't want the trade.
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                  Gotta get away from here.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by leftwing73 View Post
                    Maybe - no other explanation. i really wanted that FR Strat, too.
                    May not be the same FR guitar but MF is blowing out the FR Discovery for $149. They have guitars in both versions, speedloader and original.

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