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mattacjonesmattacjones Frets: 472
edited August 2023 in Acoustics
Hi, I unearthed this recently, bought new in mid 90s. Anyone any idea if it's worth anything? Cheers 

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  • mattacjonesmattacjones Frets: 472
    Pics here
    https://i.imgur.com/xzTQGhp.jpeg
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  • SoupmanSoupman Frets: 172
     Are you asking it's value to see if it's worth a set of strings?  =)

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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2457
    Ah the famous Fender Silent Guitar - Yamaha copied it but made it better
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  • guitarjack66guitarjack66 Frets: 1397
    That's a guitar I can't possibly sound bad on! =)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    edited August 2023
    I didn't know the model, but a quick search reveals that it seems to be much rarer and probably better than the typical Korean-made 90s Fenders.

    Is it a solid top? Or (harder to tell) back and sides?

    Unfortunately, whatever it is it will be worth about half what it should be, because acoustic snobs* don't like Fenders.


    (*I apologise to anyone offended by this, but while it's true that not all Fender acoustics are good, most of them are nowhere near as bad as they're usually tarred - often roughly equivalent to Yamahas, which never seem to get the same bad press. In fact, if this one is made in Taiwan it might even *be* a Yamaha, to all intents and purposes.)

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • mattacjonesmattacjones Frets: 472
    Interesting, yes it's Taiwanese and it's a spruce top. Couldn't find any other details myself.
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  • TheMadMickTheMadMick Frets: 213
    Don't know what it might be worth but I had a very similar one in the early 80's and it wasn't half bad. Enjoyed it for some years before moving on.
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  • mattacjonesmattacjones Frets: 472
    And.. sold to a forum member!
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  • SoupmanSoupman Frets: 172
    So we'll see it again in a NGD post...... ;)

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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    So paint me as an "acoustic snob". I've played quite a few Fender acoustics and (with rare exceptions) they vary between poor and mediocre. 

    This one is old enough to have been made somewhere decent. The Taiwanese made some lovely guitars in that era. Certainly worth putting a set of strings on it. 
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  • guitarjack66guitarjack66 Frets: 1397
    Tannin said:
    So paint me as an "acoustic snob". I've played quite a few Fender acoustics and (with rare exceptions) they vary between poor and mediocre. 

    This one is old enough to have been made somewhere decent. The Taiwanese made some lovely guitars in that era. Certainly worth putting a set of strings on it. 
    Now then I would sound bad on it!
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