Vincent and Eric(guy from hole) will be in Chicago at Schubas on the 14 or 15th of December. That might be worth a shot.

This guitar is awesome, don't part with it. You'll find a way to pay the taxes and medical bills.

Anyhow, good luck with it if that's what you want to do, I hope you'll get more than enough for it.

I'm going to try to keep it, if at all possible.

My debts aren't really that huge, but I hate having them hanging over me at all. That, and I really need a crown placed over the last root-canal I had done.

zom-zom wrote:

holy crap we look a bit similar - at least you in that photo!

That handsome man is not me.

zom-zom wrote:

It is nice to see Chris in his happy place.

Mr.Gallo did email me back directly and would like to buy it, but I would have to come up with an asking price.

I'm still not certain I need to sell it, although it would make matters easier presently.

VG will give you more then anyone else for it. This is your chance to get top dollar, if you want it. I'd go in at 17,500.

And is that 133 in that charming man's lap? If so, it looks nice and minty...

It's in very good shape, except for a bit of plating bubbling around the pickups. I was going to get it replated at some point.

The Bigsby is not original, but Mr. Veleno said he wanted to make some with Bigsbys installed, so he wasn't against doing this, if that makes a difference to collectors.

I don't know if they all had the clear pickguard either, but I do have that still.

Is the value of the Veleno going to go up astronomically in a couple of years?

I mean, if you can get close to $20,000 for it now...that's a lot of money to have tied up in a guitar of all things.

You could replace it with a sweet Electrical...

Unless the value may get juiced to something way higher ($30,000? $40,000?) in the next couple of years...I'd say sell it. Especially if it is your least favorite/least used guitar.