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Post by opotable on Mar 9, 2015 19:39:25 GMT
first a brief intro: i'm from scotland, living in switzerland ( near fribourg) for more than 35 years. don't have a resonator guitar at all! i found this left handed AMISTAR and a leftie friend is interested but the seller doesn't seem to know much about it, he told me it's 12 years old and cost 1000 swiss francs. my last question about whether it had a paper label inside remains unanswered and the auction expired with no bids. under the circumstances of the recent passing of franta i don't really want to go mailing the company with my questions right now. any advice and suggestions welcome if anyone has any ideas. ta much ,merci,danke ciao. www.ricardo.ch/kaufen/musik-und-musikinstrumente/gitarren-und-zubehoer/gitarren/akustische-gitarren/amistar-resonator-gitarre-lefthand/v/an755623640/![]()  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 19:57:32 GMT
what do you want to know?
TT
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Post by opotable on Mar 9, 2015 21:10:20 GMT
well, does it seem to be real for a start? maybe you can tell me what model it is, when it was made and what it cost then.
and if it's worth buying now for about €400.
german is ok if that's easier for you............
(edit: forget the german, i understand brumm as well!)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 21:35:18 GMT
It looks bona fide to me. I might just buy it myself! This is one from the amistar website...  TT |
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Post by opotable on Mar 9, 2015 22:19:57 GMT
so where'd ya get that pic then? i didn't find the amistar website extremely easy to navigate as far as searching for older models goes. you're welcome to try buying it, first you need to register with that auction site which includes a snailmail confirmation and then you talk to the seller in swiss german................  i've contacted the seller thru' one of his other ads and asked for a number to call. i may or may not ever get an answer. ps, thanks for taking the time to reply.  |
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Post by opotable on Mar 9, 2015 22:27:48 GMT
ok, just to suggest that i'm not totally incapable, i seem to have tracked it down to being a style "O"!
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Post by kiwi on Mar 9, 2015 23:47:03 GMT
Hi Dave, Laurie here, I had an Amistar tricone some years back from about the same era. This looks legit for a style O from that time. Confirmation of a paper label would nail it.
On the Thomann website new singles seem to be about 2000 so 400 seems pretty reasonable.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 8:07:43 GMT
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Post by opotable on Mar 10, 2015 10:23:07 GMT
Hi Dave, Laurie here, I had an Amistar tricone some years back from about the same era. This looks legit for a style O from that time. Confirmation of a paper label would nail it. On the Thomann website new singles seem to be about 2000 so 400 seems pretty reasonable. hey laurie! i considered asking on the HG boards but discovered this place. if i can somehow change the black background i'll be more comfortable............... aye, i saw them on thomann and was thinking that the 1000 new price seemed like not a lot but maybe they were a lot cheaper in swiss francs back then since CZ wasn't in the EU till 2004 and they still today aren't qualified to be in the €uro currency club. still no reply from the seller so we wait and see. |
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Post by opotable on Mar 10, 2015 10:29:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 10:45:18 GMT
are you looking for something yourself? Always looking, but I have enough guitars right now  TT |
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Post by opotable on Mar 10, 2015 11:24:01 GMT
are you looking for something yourself? Always looking, but I have enough guitars right now TT hey, those things you make look pretty good and not even expensive. are the necks from EKO? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 12:41:14 GMT
Ta - mine have got cast off eko necks, I build the rest (metalwork aside). Getting the hang of it!
As for amistar cones, some people are lukewarm about them, but I think they have a great tone - rather like the clunky 10'5 OMI biscuit cones.
TT
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Post by opotable on Mar 12, 2015 11:24:05 GMT
still no reply from the seller, i think i'll never hear from him again.
thanks for your help here guys.
ps, is there anyway i can change the colour of the board background? or can only admin do that?
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Post by Michael Messer on Mar 12, 2015 11:27:24 GMT
Hi opotable,
Only the admin department at MM HQ can change the background colour. Is it a problem?
Shine On
Michael
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