Is this price even possible?!

[DoodoaXD]

I was bored. I found this, and I'm shocked. Is the price even normal? I'm not interested in buying, but daym a 70s SG for 1300$? I know it's got the headstock repair and all... But still!

Tell me what you guys think.

1970 Gibson Sg Standard Vintage Electric Guitar

 

[Crazy_8]

This is just me, but if there is neck repair I figure it halves the value. Not that it's not a good guitar, but now a player vs collectable. So that makes it at $2600.00 with no neck repair. I play guitars rather than collect them so players are A-ok with me. I defer to Kris for verification of details to date it accurately.

 

[DoodoaXD]

I've seen guys here say that a neck repair is no problem, and that their fav guitars have a repair( smitty for example). I've even played guitars with mended necks, and I never even noticed until the owner told me!

But I think you are right, repairs do take a large value off the price.

 

[Crazy_8]

Dude, no problem whatsoever about them play'n...

But we are players, dig?

 

[Daphne Gruntfuttock]

Were open coil humbuckers in fashion back then ?

 

[njpaulc]

I played one in a music store in 1975(?). Regretted not buying it for $300. ever since. I think $1300 might be too high, but that's just me, I might play it and want to pay more LOL. I think it's on the cusp of a good price.

 

[Biddlin]

Were open coil humbuckers in fashion back then ?

Nope, but guy's were ripping covers off their humbuckers because Eric or Jimmy did it. God bless the industrious little imps, they keep techs and repair folk in business.
;>)/

 

[Biddlin]

I'd say it's worth $1200-1500, if it really plays and doesn't have a lot of electronic mods.

Mighty shiny vibrola. See how much that volute strengthened the headstock?
No way to know what the pickups are from pics. My first offer would probably be $950 and I wouldn't go over $1200.
;>)/

 

[Kris Ford]

I'd say it's worth $1200-1500, if it really plays and doesn't have a lot of electronic mods.

Mighty shiny vibrola. See how much that volute strengthened the headstock?
No way to know what the pickups are from pics. My first offer would probably be $950 and I wouldn't go over $1200.
;>)/

Yeah, that's about what I was thinking too...

 

[PermissionToLand]

Looks like a refinish to me. Never seen a late '60s/early '70s SG in such a bright red. I'd be willing to bet aftermarket PUPs too for that price.

 

[Biddlin]

Yeah, that's about what I was thinking too...

Yea! I got one right.
;>)/

 

[smitty_p]

I've seen guys here say that a neck repair is no problem, and that their fav guitars have a repair( smitty for example). I've even played guitars with mended necks, and I never even noticed until the owner told me!

But I think you are right, repairs do take a large value off the price.

Yup. I have no problem playing a well-repaired headstock. But, I also know that the repaired headstock devalues the guitar. Like others, I'm a player, not a collector, so a good repair is fine with me.

But, if I was haggling over price, I would try to emphasize the devalued status of the guitar due to the repair!

 

[AC 30]

If it played really well, felt good, sounded great and at least had the original pickups in the case if not on the guitar - I'd have no problem with that price. It's a great looking SG

 

[Col Mustard]

I wouldn't touch it, for these reasons:

>I look at the "vintage guitar market' the same way I look at the gambling casino.
With dark suspicion. There are so many places for swindle and fakery, that unless
you really know all the details, you could buy something that isn't what they say.

>Old guitars are so cool, and the prices reflect this, so that the temptation is high for
the criminal mind. Also, the serial number system was disrupted during these times
so that the normally easy way to check facts is obscure. The criminal mind loves this
feature.

>For the same money or for less money, there are many great guitars available from
time periods where the serial numbers are clear and straightforward, so you know what you are getting. Why wade into muddy water?

>The only way I could be interested in something like this is if I could physically take the guitar to a genuine expert, and listen to what he said, and then I'd want to play the guitar through the amp and pedals I use. The sound and the feel would either interest me or turn me off. Buying it blind on the internet is like walking into a casino and pushing your hard earned money into the nearest slot machine.

>If the experts said that the guitar was genuine, and that the electronics had not been modified with whatever was fashionable at some other time, then the value could be quite high. If it's genuine but has been broken and/or refinished, and if it suffers from some old "improvements" then the value is negotiable, and certainly questionable. Who needs that? if it's questionable now, it will still be questionable if you try to sell it. The buyer in the future would have to go through the same nonsense trying to figure out if it's a sweetheart or a swine.

>I like things better when they are clear and easy to verify. So I step around deals like this one.