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quick i stumbled across a 1914 lyon and healy should i buy it!
hey agfers i stumbled across a 1914 lyon and healy parlor that a apears to be brazillion at a flea market this morning the guy will sell it to me for the price of a taylor big baby, well a little less, i dont have any pics but he is going to email me some, have i found treasure! or should i let it pass bye? it looks just like this
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can you afford the price of a big baby taylor to lost in the event it's not all you hoped it to be? Do you have any way to verify it's a 1914 guitar? Do you/Did you love it? Could you shrug off the sting if you found out you overpaid for what you had?
If that raises more yes' than a blue movie, why not..... |
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show us the picture of the back and sides
I'd love to see the back and sides. Any major issues?
If you're talking $300 or so, as long as there's nothing really wrong with it, sounds like a slamdunk to me. I'd buy it. Even if you have to do a neck reset, that still sounds like a value. |
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Now that I can see a pic of it, yep, at the price suggested I'd take a punt....
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the worst case scenario would be you dont like it and flip it on the agf. if it is a true vintage item, you would have no trouble making your money back. the only loss the is the time spent. heck i would even buy it off you for the price paid.
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Sounds like a good deal to me, but don't expect to flip it for a huge profit. They made a bunch of them, and they're not in high demand. But they can be a blast to play.
That one appears to be in nice shape. But make sure you check the neck angle.
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I like this line, do you mind if I use it? All credit to you of course.
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Ha, be my guest, mate. It's yours.....
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Their ladder braced and very nice guitars -i own a couple of washburns of sorts - a very good value for the money guitar -- some folks treasure them . for around that price you mentioned - I would burn a hole in my pocket wipping out that wallet !
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Go ahead and grab it.
whm |
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This is one of the washburns i have ( technically its a Thornward -made by Washburn for Montgon=mery ward and co -from around the same era as the guitar you pictured ) i bought this about 35 years ago from a swap sheet ad -for a hundred - mines kinda on the rough side - and the ladder bracing gives them a different sound then im use to - but most of those old washburns from that era are BR .
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Love the look of both guitars pictured. Very nice.
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Buy it. ..
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Hurry up
that is not ging to sit there to long before someone else buys it, but I do not think that it is a Lyon and Healy. I have looked through all of my books and could not find anything that was even close to that design on the fret board, I have never seen markers like that are there any numbers stamped on the back or very top of the head stock and it should also have a branding inside along the spline somewhere.
Either way I would not let it slip through my fingers.ship |
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Which book are you checking, Ship? Most of the Lyon and Healy brands are not very well documented (Columbia, Lakeside, American Conservatory, etc).
And that fretboard could be a replacement. The frets look larger than the original bar frets. You can also tell there's been bridge work by the slanted saddle.
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