"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/06/2019 at 16:54 • Filed to: None
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"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
01/06/2019 at 16:54 • Filed to: None | 3
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Last weekend I went and picked up a Squier Bullet Strat that a junk removal company had found literally underwater for $30. This post is not about that guitar, because today I found another, much more interesting castoff.
Yesterday my wife and I went to a local discount store to get a new TV...this place sells last years model TVs, store demos, and general stuff that fell off a truck. We got a great deal on a beautiful 55" LG 4K unit, but while I was there the above guitar caught my eye.
Its a Michael Kelly , and I only had a basic knowledge of the brand in that I had heard of them but wasn’t aware what their deal is. So I left it, and instead bought a Mono M80 hybrid gig bag they had there for $100 (less than half price), thinking I had done pretty well.
So last night I got to thinking about this guitar, Googled Michael Kelly guitars, and it turns out they make some pretty nice stuff. This model is a 1955, a dual humbucker (mini at the neck, full PAF at the bridge) tele-style with a swamp ash body, maple top, and flame maple binding. Its got push-pull volume and tone pots so you can split both pickups, for a total of eight different pickup configurations.
The neck is also really interesting, it actually has a compound radius fretboard...10.5 inch to 16 inch. Satin finish on the back, really nice frets, just an overall really nice guitar. So what was it doing in this place?
Ah, thats why its here. I think it was probably dropped at some point, because it isn’t just the finish thats broken but the wood underneath. I mean its got a BITE taken out of it. Fortunately, everything around it is solid and it works fine.
MSRP on the guitar is $600, and I wouldn’t have paid that. And I didn’t pay that. I also didn’t pay $500, $400, $300, $200...I didn’t even pay $100. No, I bought this guitar for $60 today, and that means I basically stole the thing.
In fact, I have to go back to the place because they’ve got a BC Rich Gunslinger Retro for like $100...that isn’t really a guitar I’m interested in, but I can flip it for $300+ and I’m always interested in money.
FLmanisback
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
01/06/2019 at 17:16 |
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Telecaster copy, my first electric guitar was an ampeg tele copy in similar colors. I would like to pick one up. If it’s got the flat frets like a true telecaster, it has great action. Good find, enjoy it!
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
01/06/2019 at 17:34 |
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Damn! That is a hell of a deal. I usually just get old used crap from estates. The best I’ve done was $50 for a Squier strat that I parted out for like $120.
Poor_Sh
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
01/06/2019 at 17:54 |
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People won't see the back when you play right? Looks like a great find.
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That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
01/06/2019 at 17:58 |
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Back before prices on them got stupid I bought a Fender Baja Tele loaded body for $250 and a matching neck for another $200, then sold the whole thing for $700. That was a pretty good one, and a really nice guitar.
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That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
> Poor_Sh
01/06/2019 at 17:58 |
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Exactly. And I won’t see the back when it’s hanging on the wall, it’s a win-win.
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms
01/06/2019 at 18:06 |
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Nice. I think the best deal I ever got away with is my Taylor SB1-X that I got for like $600 including case and shipping. I’ve seen them go for anywhere between $500 and $1200 regardless of condition and pickup/bridge combo, with or without case. It’s still the best playing and sounding guitar I’ve ever owned.