ByronBlack Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Hi Guy's I have for a sale a rare gem of a guitar. An original 1979 Westbury Walnut Standard. Featuring DiMarzio Paf pup in the neck, and a DiMarzio Super Distortion II in the bridge (Both original and untouched). The guitar has a lovely deep walnut finish, rosewood fingerboard, solid mahogany body, and tune-o-matic bridge. This guitar is in pretty good shape, could use a pro-setup but is generally clean and sounds awesome. These guitars are very rare now and can usually only be found in second-hand shops or dirty lofts. If anyone is interested, i'll post some pics. I'm looking for a fair and realistic price, and i'm happy to post anywhere in mainland europe and the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Pics please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sure, no problem, i'll take some pics tomorrow and get them uploaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Cool stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Sorry for the delay on the pics (dropped my camera today chasing the cat However, i'm going to get a new one tomorrow, so the pics are coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Cool, whats the ballpark figure your lookin at for it anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I'm looking for a minimum of £250 this was a base valuation if I sold it to my local guitar shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Ok Here is a link to photo's of the vintage westbury. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16613415@N00/sets/737738/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 Man, I haven't seen a Westbury since I sold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted August 16, 2005 Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 I had a Custom S back in '82, i wish i'd nver sold it especially for what i got for it in '84......virtually nothing ! Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2005 After talking about this gutiar with a few vintage collectors, I think i'm going to keep it and restore it as it could be worth quite a bit in the future, certainly a lot more than I wanted for it recently. I plugged it into a new Vox Valvetronix amp today and was blown away about it's 'ballsyness' the original dimarzio's have a really nice tone to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 restore it as it could be worth quite a bit in the future, certainly a lot more than I wanted for it recently. I don't want to wee on your parade but i doubt very much whether prices on Westbury's will ever go into hyper drive and i think £250's pretty well top buck for a Deluxe and IMHO refinishing it will devalue it rather than revalue it. Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 As for re-finishing it, I was going to restore with the same finish, just take out some of the deeper scratches and dents, surely thats no different to restoring a finish on an old beat up piece of furniture? Would it really devalue it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 £250 was offered to me buy a shop Standards kick around UK Ebay for around £150-200, less in Europe Would it really devalue it? If you know what you're doing, no If you don't know what you're doing, yes Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 As for re-finishing it, I was going to restore with the same finish, just take out some of the deeper scratches and dents, surely thats no different to restoring a finish on an old beat up piece of furniture? Would it really devalue it? Yes. Vintage collectors like a nice unscathed piece of wood but scratches and wear and tear are acceptable....refinish is not and devalues the piece, usually a lot. I think the 250 was more than a generous offer. From what I've seen of these they get around $250 USD over here which is a lot less than your pounds or Euros or whatever you guys use to buy stuff today (plus I don't have one of those cool looking "L" shaped thingy's on my computer ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 As for re-finishing it, I was going to restore with the same finish, just take out some of the deeper scratches and dents, surely thats no different to restoring a finish on an old beat up piece of furniture? Would it really devalue it? Yes. Vintage collectors like a nice unscathed piece of wood but scratches and wear and tear are acceptable....refinish is not and devalues the piece, usually a lot. I think the 250 was more than a generous offer. From what I've seen of these they get around $250 USD over here which is a lot less than your pounds or Euros or whatever you guys use to buy stuff today (plus I don't have one of those cool looking "L" shaped thingy's on my computer ) ← Thanks for the info guy's. I think i'll just clean it up, re-fret and setup and leave it that. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Sounds like a sensible plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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