Fair price on a us soloist with a kahler bridge?

[Alissarr]

I was thinking about $1400 if the condition is otherwise ok.

[neilli]

Depends on specs - is it a custom (ebony, sharkfins, binding) or a student (rosewood w dots)? Is it h/s/s, h/h or single hum? What colour?

[PowerTube]

Honestly, $1400.00 with a Kahler might be a bit high. I bought a really nice SL2H off eBay for $1200.00 a few years ago, a 2003 model with Floyd. I also sold an SL1 on here that I had bought brand new for about $1100.00.

Sounds more like maybe $1000.00 to me, unless some details have been left out.

[jtr654]

Pics Would help but a Kahler deduct $200.

[Mudlark]

$1400 isn't unrealistic if it's a clean guitar. Very clean.

[Axewielder]

Year?

[Alissarr]

The dates are going to be sketchy (NT) with a refretting, but we are definitely pre fender (thinking mid 90s).I haven't seen it in person (friend of a friend owns it). Has shark fins and ebony, but the pups were swapped for EMGs. I am told it was custom, but the only photo I saw only showed US made on the headstock.

I dont want to upset anyone if it's their guitar so I hesitate to post pics. Asking price was $2250 US, but my friend thinks I could shave some money off (probably just not enough to be fair and not piss anyone off). Thanks again for the input.

[Mudlark]

The serial will determine if it's a Custom or not. Usually.

Along with the year.

[Mudlark]

When I saw Kahler-Soloist, I figured '80's.

[Alissarr]

I didn't really think about that until I read your comment about 80s but now I am wondering about the dates too. Seems weird that they would have a kahler system on a guitar in the 90s.

[Catharpin]

I would think it is a JXXXX serial of some sort. I don't recall any Kahler production guitars.

[pianoguyy]

I would think it is a JXXXX serial of some sort. I don't recall any Kahler production guitars.

No USA models I can think of either. But there were imports that had them -- and remember, a lot of those Charvel guitars were made in "Texas". .

[jtr654]

If you saw the headstock if it has Binding its a Custom. I think they quit using Kahlers in 86/87 unless special ordered. Only the 1st year Charvels had Kahlers 1986.

[Mudlark]

One can only guess. It's entirely possible it's a '90s Custom Shop which could have any variation of specs. Binding/no binding etc.
Unless I'm mistaken, the Kahler was still a Custom offering through the '90s?

Early '90s Custom Shop guitars didn't have the CS headstock logo, and the CS logo could be left off of mid-late '90s CS's if preferred by the customer.

Pic and/or a serial.

I'd put my $20 on an '80's Custom Soloist, though.

[straycat]

Post a pic with the serial number thats the only way to know for sure.
I had a 90 RR with a Kahler with an RR prefix in 90 they were using the J prefix by then IIRC.
Kahler makes it sound to me to be 86 thru 88.