What do you think of this AM70?

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Author Message   Wildfield Username: Wildfield Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 10:09 pm:    Aside from a rather large piece of finish missing, it looks very playable. http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=1802666&mpre=http%3A//cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D140050377530   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 04-2001 Posted on Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - 10:37 am:    Agreed...Very playable AND very restorable with a minor pro refinish job. I always appreciate Olivia's thorough Ebay photos. But usually her prices are 'out there'. Thread Hijack: But hey, did you see her auction for a Guild X-170 archtop?! A bargain-priced beauty. http://cgi.ebay.com/1987-Guild-X-170-hollowbody-FLAME-MAPLE-NEAR-MINT_W0QQitemZ1 40050109183QQihZ004QQcategoryZ41436QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 8:06 pm:    Here is another one, but now it's a 1987 from the Terada factory. (H700372 new serial number system.) http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=1802666&mpre=ht tp%3A//cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D20006640993 The first one (D860836) is from April 1986 and still has an old system serial number. Nice detail: Compare the strap pins! I love the newer ones. I copied a few of the pictures of both ads in order to upload them later, because some day they will be removed from eBay. The short stop bridge is an interesting part, you don't see that often any more. I believe something like that was with that bunch of parts I bought this summer. So now I know how it looks on a guitar. I have no experience with these things. It's something between tune-o-matic and wrap-around. I'm curious: How are AM70's compared to AM50's for instance? Do these bridge improve the sustain? Or is it all the same, and just a way to set a guitar up with less parts (cheaper production). Anyway, I think the old AM50, with its Gibraltar II and Quik Change II combination, looked better. Ginger   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 9:55 am:    Ginger: The ebay auction (H700372) has been removed, for some reason.   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 10:31 am:    Oh, the reason was pretty obvious. He had set no reserve, they were low balling between $200-300 and it had only 15 hours to go when I started to write about it. The older one went for $605.01 so this could have gone terribly wrong with no reserve. So I think he'll try again some other time. BUT I GOT PICS! COMING UP SOON! (not all of them, but enough: you'll see the Grover tuners, the short stop, the V-shape strap pins, the IBZ pickups, the undamaged finish, the neck joint, (I remember comparing both nuts: both were carbon) and and and... just some interesting stuff for the Stagemaster fans. Ginger   Wildfield Username: Wildfield Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 11:05 am:    Is this the auction you were following? http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=1802666&mpre=ht tp%3A//cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26item%3D200066409939 Same serial number as mentioned above but different item number.   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 12:32 pm:    Wildfield: That's probably it. Thanks!   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 02-2001 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 5:21 pm:    OK, the AM70 finished at $532.00.   Wildfield Username: Wildfield Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 - 6:09 pm:    A very reasonable price in my opinion. I almost bid on it. A great rock/fusion guitar with the IBZ triple magnet pickups. Or, you could always swap the pickups (like I did) to get more of a jazz tone. Perhaps a decent (and cheaper) alternative to the AM50, considering how much they have been selling for lately.   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 9:21 pm:    This AM70 was just sold for only $380.- Ebay Item #170110574276 Ginger

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