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11-09-2013, 09:06 PM
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selmer signet
Had this for a few years. Mid 70s Japan magnavox(ampeg) co. Nicely built sounds good no belly or reset needed after all these years. Clear bright tone.Im thinking laminate body but sure sounds solid. Im thinking worth about 4 or 5 bills. Anyone have any knowledge or input, there's not much I can find on the web. Not your high end Selmers but nice and rare [IMG]
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11-10-2013, 01:22 AM
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I can but I haven't figured good audio yet.Good project for tomorrow after seahawks
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Last edited by wade63; 11-10-2013 at 01:39 AM.
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11-10-2013, 06:21 AM
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Signet by Selmer
I have one of those. Its a 1974, prolly their last production year. Mine is a GF402, solid top, rosewood body. Pretty nice old and built by hand Japanese guitar. They weren't cheap, costing like $1,000 in today's money. It's a very stable and well built guitar. I heard they produced a catalog for 1975 but I haven't seen any guitars past 1974.
Selmer is famous for clarinets and horns, and the Maccaferri Guitars worth $30,000+. The US division was bought up by Ampeg, then Ampeg was acquired by Magnavox. Wish I could find out anything about the Japanese factory. Guess it just wasn't economical for them to compete with that product. Guess you'd be about right on the value. Problem is, since there's no comparables, most people don't know how to value them.
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11-10-2013, 07:20 PM
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Thanks for the post stardot I think youre right it was a business decision.Selmer Signet pre magnavox were custom and especially high quality .This is a FG-101 Hog.R your frets very low profile?This may have been dressed or was by design.Ive got a slight dead spot on the b so I need to do some work on it.Surprized it has plastic nut and saddle so Ill put some macarta in there.GEEZ I thought I had bad G.A.S.
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07-26-2014, 10:58 AM
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Not much info to dig up...other than some interesting posts by a guy named ...Wade?
I wonder how the playability is? Ohsc? http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=317024
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07-26-2014, 02:21 PM
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interesting, i never seen any signet guitars till now but i know selmer did market a budget line of saxophones under that name. possibly other horns etc as well, i dunno.
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10-03-2016, 12:21 PM
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Signet GF401 by Selmer
Signet GF401 by Selmer
I have one of these guitars since the 1970's.. Still looks great! Decent guitar..
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10-03-2016, 01:01 PM
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Well, speaking as ANOTHER guy named Wade, my experience with little-known Japanese-made guitars from that era is that you'd be lucky to get more than $300 for it. I don't think they ever imported enough of them to North America to create a Selmer Signet guitar fan base.
But I'd be delighted to be proven wrong. If you do decide to and then manage to sell it, plus check back with us and tell us how you did. Wade Hampton Miller
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10-15-2018, 07:44 PM
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Here I was looking around for info and came up with my own post from 5 years ago. My son fell in love with the selmer. Too bad it could use a neck reset but still just a fine player with a low saddle. Thought I'd respond to Wades post about where the signet went... good hands.
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