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davyped · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 38 Location: TX

Hey Matt, your guitar already made the homepage!!! Do you have to rub it in? Razz

That is some beautiful flame.

Dave

Wallsy · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject:

MMmmmm Koa Bitty!! Koa Just rules!! And so does a Floyd!!

I have been on 'The Search' for the worlds nicest Koa guitar!! When I get some web space I'll post a pic of my Acoustic too!

Guitar James · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 57

That is one hell of a piece of Koa! Love the way the wood swirls aroud the floyd.
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MikeE · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 89 Location: NJ

That guitar drives me nuts. To make it worse that crazy Twisted Evil

Suhr guy decided to put it on his website and on the forum. I can't get away from it Very Happy

Maybe the wife will cancel our vacation this year so I can have John make me one of those. I'll ask her tonight; if you don't see me post for a few weeks you may want to call the authorities Laughing

matt_sefton · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:28 pm Post subject:

Sorry guys Smile

But really you have to blame Pete Lacis for selling the beauty, which is how it wound up with me (after a frantic last 15 minutes on ebay when the guitar jumped about 500 pounds!). We didn't have any Suhr dealers in the UK when I bought it so e-bay was my only option - never again! Also, I had no idea that John was going to put it on the homepage. I categorically lay the blame at everyone else's door but mine Smile

That said, the Koa is the most stunning piece I've seen. The way it changes with the light is incredible - far more pronounced than, say, a quilted maple. Also, the Pau Ferro neck has the most beautiful almost black grain stripe running down the back of the neck.

Here's a couple of pics of some of my other machines - the latest is a custom made Voyager body by a Welsh luthier called Trevor Usher - very good builder. I bought a cheap Voyager, threw away the hideously built body and got Trevor to fashion me a new one with the thickest piece of quilted maple he could find to cure the balance problem of those models (it worked!). Also I had a boring white Jackson that I had airbrushed into the Nemo guitar - some light relief from all the beautiful pieces of natural wood on this forum!

SYD · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 6 Location: UK

Matt, I think you should thank my wife, for not checking her Emails after the sale on eBay, for the Suhr Reb Beach. If ya know what i mean Laughing

matt_sefton · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:17 pm Post subject:

Haha Syd - I think I'm reading you loud and clear! It's amazing, but my wife seems to think that the Suhr just cost a few hundred quid. Funny that... don't know how she got that impression Smile

dkaplowitz · Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 20 Location: Narberth PA

Beautiful guitar, Matt. I've been eyeing another beautiful one on ebay: link. At first I thought it was Pete's, but then I noticed the H/H p/u configuration and realized it wasn't his.

If I only had a couple of thousand bucks to spare. At the time of this post it's bidding at $1450. Does anyone care to venture a guess at how much it will go for? I'm guessing around $3k.

Beautiful guitar, to be sure. Beyond me why anyone would sell such a thing.

eddyrox · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 114 Location: Newport Beach, CA

Matt, DAMN sweeeeeet 2555 and beautiful Reb Beach!!! GAWWWD - beautiful! Shocked

matt_sefton · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:47 am Post subject:

That e-bay Suhr looks really nice - and probably the best description I've ever seen on evil-bay. Looks like it's a very genuine seller. To give you some idea, my Suhr RB ended at 1,470 UK pounds, which at todays exchange rate is 2,767 dollars or so - I thought that was a pretty fair price as the guitar was pretty much in new condition bar a tiny bit of buckle rash on the back (to be honest, I would have paid more for that top!). This was about a year ago.

In my experience, there tends to be a few people watching auctions like this who never bid until 15 minutes before the end of the auction when it starts to get VERY frantic! Mine jumped 500 pounds in 15 minutes. I think your estimate of 3 grand is about right - all depends if there's someone who HAS to have the guitar, no matter what. I did contact the seller privately who told me I could buy it for 1600 pounds and he'd take it off auction, but I decided to bid it out and ended up paying less.

Eddy - thanks - the 2555 Jubilee head was my 21st birthday present from my wife and was bought brand new off the rack in 1987. I still have all the original tags, etc and even a personal letter from Jim Marshall thanking me for buying the amp (I think they did that when people sent back the warranty card). It was 360 UK pounds new! I've since been offered A LOT of money for it but apart from it sounding incredible, I'd never sell it because of its sentimental value.

I also have a JCM800 Zakk Wylde Signature model that'll take your head off, also in mint condition. I'm ashamed to say that I bought this as an investment as I got it very cheap and they only made 600 worldwide.

bones · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Italy

Matt,

I'm also looking for a guitar with that kind of flamed koa, is it easily available at Suhr, what you think? Does it have an additoinal cost compared to the standard koa body? How much does it weigth?

Thanks, fantastic guitar!

matt_sefton · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:32 am Post subject:

SYD · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 6 Location: UK

Matt, you got a good price, my wife stopped at £1400, because the winner, look like a ringer. Laughing

bones · Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 14 Location: Italy

MAtt,

many thanks for the very useful info. I guess I will have to look for something else then, unless I get really lucky

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