From what I've seen of past catalogs of '60s instruments, they generally ran $300-$400 I believe.

nonetheless, comparing cost in historical dollars, doesn't really apply, since we are talking about current prices. Prices of new instruments will be cheaper now, with modern production, yet the end result is pretty much the same.

a '61 fender p-bass is a $30K instrument.

a 2007 '61 reissue fender p-bass is $1300, perhaps less.

These are the same.

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steve wrote:Those guitars are a Trifecta: Hideous, poorly-made and they sound bad. This auction is absurd when you can get a real 335 or 330 (which are merely hideous and sound bad) for two percent of that, or an Epiphone Casino (while still hideous, they sound okay with the P90s) for even less.

BULLSHIT!

Of either the Ibanez or Gibson models you are slagging here I have only seen heard and played the most well-made, sounding and looking of electric guitars...

can you back this up with any technical specifics?

In my travels I find the Gibson 330 to be most beautiful and quite nice sounding (it too has P90 pickups). The Casino was modeled after the ES-330.

the Ibanez Artists are quite nice... the few models I've plugged in over the years felt, played and sounded great... John Scofield uses them still.

(I don't like Scofield but his tone is good and you'd think he'd pick a decent guitar to play)

TheMilford wrote:
In my travels I find the Gibson 330 to be most beautiful and quite nice sounding (it too has P90 pickups). The Casino was modeled after the ES-330.

Not a fan of 335s myself--the ones I have tried combine the worst of both solidbodies and hollowbodies.

The 330, however, I rather like. Its usefulness is somewhat ltd due to being completely hollow, and therefore a feedback monster, but I like the sound. The P90s help a lot also.

I like most smaller Gibson hollowbodies.

You know what I love? The Guild Aristocrat. If anyone has a Guild Aristocrat you want to sell, let me know. I played one in Los Angeles five or six years ago--I couldn't afford it, but I should've bought it anyway.

Guilds are still a great deal but that's changing rapidly.

I love my Starfire III, it's all-hollow with really bright Guild humbuckers. These things have gone up an average of $2-300 since I bought mine a few months ago.

The 355 is a good guitar too if you like hot Gibson humbucker guitars... they do have a nicer more versitile sound over the Les Paul in my opinion...

here's some proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78D00dYOBrM

zom-zom wrote:Guilds are still a great deal but that's changing rapidly.

I love my Starfire III, it's all-hollow with really bright Guild humbuckers. These things have gone up an average of $2-300 since I bought mine a few months ago.

I'll second that. I have been trying to get a hold of one for a while.

TheMilford wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78D00dYOBrM

Rush sucks.

zom-zom wrote:

curly-cue swirly back-to-the land hippie artiste-inspired looks.

Average Italian Greyhound wrote:

TheMilford wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78D00dYOBrM

Rush sucks.

Thanks for informing us all.