janeray1940
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Not mine, and I'm not buying it... but maybe someone here wants to give it a good home? It needs some lovin', that's for sure.
Don't discount too fast. That is the exact duplicate of my girls gold label with the fret board wing. It was in at least that poor a condition, with the added injury of a popped off bridge. the discription is pretty accurate, her's is a 1968 or so, so the seller has it correct as to vintage.
For $209.00, Kamaka installed a new top, reattached the bridge, new strings, new tuners, refinished the instrument and installed a new inner decal.
For around $350.00 with additional shipping and insurance, you will have an heirloom instrument worth around at least $699.00, the going price for a brand new square neck joint standard koa Kamaka soprano. It's a deal. Kamaka only repair's their own instruments to retain provenance where they can. Their conversation with me intimated that as long as they work on it personally the value is retained or restored. The neck isn't even that big a deal, they can reattach and rework anything on their instruments.
Too late, impulse buy for me!
Thanks for the heads up!
Too late, impulse buy for me!
Thanks for the heads up!
FYI, the seller shipped it fast, I got it my hands today, and it's going out to Kamaka tomorrow. It looks pretty bad, but the back and sides seem solid, and the neck is straight (although not attached). There's some glue globs where someone had inexpertly re-glued the neck...well, let's just say it's in bad shape.
FYI, it arrived at Kamaka today, and they sent me a nice email. $250 and a 6-month wait.
It's a bargain considering the shape it's in.
It's getting a new top, the neck, fretboard, back, sides, and bridge re-glued, and the entire thing refinished.
I feel like I'm rescuing a scruffy animal at the pound.
FYI, it arrived at Kamaka today, and they sent me a nice email. $250 and a 6-month wait.
It's a bargain considering the shape it's in.
It's getting a new top, the neck, fretboard, back, sides, and bridge re-glued, and the entire thing refinished.
I feel like I'm rescuing a scruffy animal at the pound.