Value of Rhoads Performer?

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I was in a local pawn shop today and they had a Rhoads behind the counter. From a distance, I thought the headstock said "Professional." upon closer examination, it was a Performer. The asking price?

$400.00!

It was/had:

Bolt-on Neck
Dot Inlays
Jackson Trem (JT500, I think)


I explained to the person behind the counter that this guitar should fetch from $200-250.00.

Was I right or do I now lose my guitar pricing license?

[RacerX]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

I' d say $125 - 200.

[Newc]

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Were the 12th fret dots far apart or close together? Close=Japan, far=India=crap.

Newc

[VitaminG]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

the wider spaced dots would denote a Korean Performer, not Indian. IIRC

[Black Mariah]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

Performers were NEVER made in India, only Korea and Japan. The Korean ones aren't as crappy as an Indian, but I've been told they have a tendency to have the neck go flying off and impale small animals.

If it's a Japanese Performer I'd say $150-$300 depending on condition. See if you can talk them down to $200 or so. It's a pawn shop after all.

[Steve]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

Originally posted by Black Mariah:
Performers were NEVER made in India, only Korea and Japan. The Korean ones aren't as crappy as an Indian, but I've been told they have a tendency to have the neck go flying off and impale small animals.

If it's a Japanese Performer I'd say $150-$300 depending on condition. See if you can talk them down to $200 or so. It's a pawn shop after all.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I never knew they made Korean ones [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] anyway I'd say 300 with case maybe 250 cause I am thinking canadian //Steve

[Black Mariah]

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I didn't either. We were selling a truckload of seconds and Kevin mentioned we should be careful with the Performers in case any of the necks snapped off and went flying across the room. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Korean production didn't last very long, apparently. To give you an idea how crappy they were... they still get guitars from India, you know? [img]graemlins/images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[VitaminG]

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Here's a Korean PS-3. Note the wider 12th fret dots and serial number starting in "10xxxxxx". And check out that sexy scarf joint, all ready for quick disassembly. Just watch out for flying shards. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[AlexL]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

Originally posted by VitaminG:
Here's a Korean PS-3. Note the wider 12th fret dots and serial number starting in "10xxxxxx". And check out that sexy scarf joint, all ready for quick disassembly. Just watch out for flying shards. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wow, those dots are far apart; so far, I can't even see them...


- E.

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Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

Originally posted by Newc:
Were the 12th fret dots far apart or close together? Close=Japan, far=India=crap.

Newc

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They were far apart. Also, all of the dot markers were centered, not like the X series where they're placed at the top of the fingerboard.

[PowerTube]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

I might also add that it had that lightweight, "cheapie" feel to it. You know that twangy feel like an X-Series? Like that.

[VitaminG]

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well, that was strange. Here's the link

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Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

Originally posted by VitaminG:
well, that was strange. Here's the link

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's it, except this one has the JT-500 trem.

[hollow08]

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I bought a Korean PS3 on eBay Australia not long ago for $550 ($370US). I overpaid, because at the time I didn't know the differnce between the Korean of Japanese models. It had an EMG81 in the bridge, os that could have ben part of it.

Upon arrival it was actually a pretty nice player, and it came in this nice hard case. It had a crack in the neck, which I don't recall being disclosed in the auction, but I planned on replacing the neck eventually anyway, so I didn't bother following it up.

What really sucks though, is that the Rhoads shape puts me in a different playing position, both sitting and standing, which hurts my fretting hand. So it has basically been sitting in the case, having about 6 hours playing time in one month. I have had a few people express interest in it, so I'll see what happens. Perhaps I can sell it for what I paid (not likely [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] ).

[micha]

Re: Value of Rhoads Performer?

I've got a PS3T and I extremely love it!!!
it is a great player and the action is simply awesome!! never had probs with that trem and it feels really great to me.

as far as the price goes I know about matt offering one for 250. good to go!!!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]