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05-06-2016, 05:48 PM
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Fastest (And most expensive) 3 minutes in guitar buying history
A few weeks ago our local paper ran an ad for a Martin D-28P (Taylor neck I think) for sale at an auction. I went by for the preview showing and found it was a 1988 model with buckle rash. Also the finish was worn off the back of the neck, and someone had sprayed lacquer on the worn spot to "hide" the blemish. The ripple in the spray on would give a player huge blisters. It also had a few pick marks on the top.
I thought it would go for $700-800. A friend who has been in the music instrument business for 50 years thought the guitar would go for around $900. The auction opened at $150-didle-didle-$200-didle-$400-didle-didle-$800-$900-$1200-didle-$1500-$1800-$1900-didle-didle-$2000-$2100-didle-$2200. Good golly. My head was spinning. A new D-28 MSRP is only $2600. With the buyers premium this thing was almost $2500 and still needed $150 worth of work to even be playable. I have a 1981 D-28 I paid $900 for new. I picked mine from a rack of ~20 D-28's because it talked back to me when I spoke to the salesman. Are these things worth that much used? 
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#2
05-06-2016, 06:04 PM
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A Martin with a Taylor neck?
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#3
05-06-2016, 06:09 PM
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From the Sweetwater website.
The Performer's D-28!
The D-28 is a classic guitar, no doubt about it. And this D-28P is a version of the classic that's purpose-built for the modern performing player! This model of the iconic D-28 features Martin's comfortable (and increasingly popular) Performing Artist neck. The neck plays a bit faster than the traditional D-28's, thanks to a slimmer nut width and a slimmer taper. The feel lends itself to effortless lead work as you play up the neck, while keeping a comfortable spacing for standard chording on the first few frets. All the tone you know and love about the D-28 "cannon" is here in the D-28P. I've seen on this forum the model described as a "Taylor neck".
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#5
05-06-2016, 07:06 PM
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Auction
Thats why I don't do eBay. People get so focused on beating everyone else that they lose sight of the value of the item they're bidding on.
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#7
05-06-2016, 08:42 PM
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Martin has used the "P" designation twice, for different things. When the Low Profile neck was introduced with the J-models in 1985 it became a no cost option on most other models. They were marked with a "P" suffixe, D-28P, D-35P, etc. When the Low Profile neck became standard in the early 90's, they dropped the "P". That's what this 1988 guitar was.
The recent use of "P" indicates the "Performing Artist" neck, a completely different thing.
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#8
05-06-2016, 10:16 PM
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And they will surely be ready to play (tho not necessarily well set up).
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