I pawned my 2630....never again!

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Author Message   Slide_advantage Username: Slide_advantage Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 5:46 pm:    In an act of financial desperation I pawned my '79 2630. I have a motorcycle project I have been trying to complete, and I needed an infusion of cash. I borrowed a measly $500 against the guitar (and this baby is clean as can be, so the pawn broker was more than happy to lend me that little!). I finally got it paid off and it again sits at home. Somebody slap me if I stoop to such stupidity again!   Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 4-2001 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 5:57 pm:    Whew! That could have ended in disaster! Glad you got your 2630 back home. Ironically, I found my '79 2630 in a pawn shop back in '86! Best guitar deal I ever made...and yep, she's still with me.   Jazzzbo Username: Jazzzbo Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 6:13 pm:    I just sold an 2630, very nice indeed, alittle too nice for playing out though,. maybe another one in my future, jazzz   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 6:19 pm:    I bought a few fine guitars in a pawn shop in the past. Before the Internet they often really didn't know the value of certain guitars. But I guess that's different know. Ginger   Jazzzbo Username: Jazzzbo Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 6:33 pm:    some of em still dont, lets not educate them, jazzzz   Slide_advantage Username: Slide_advantage Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 4:02 am:    It is ironic that I came across this guitar in a pawn shop in the first place (and strangely enough I paid right around $500 for it back then)   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 8:32 am:    Back in the eighties and early nineties there was this golden rule for pawn shops: a nylon string Spanish guitar was good for hundred guilders and they sold them for 150 guilders. I found this Spanish guitar "with some ugly white pickguard", but I noticed that the nut was not glued, which indicated that it was not low end. I memorised the model number, and rode on my bike to Joep Egmond and asked what it cost. Answer: 999 guilders new. So, I jumped on my bike, rode back and gave the guy the only 15 guilders I had in my pocket as a first payment. Then I spoke to the priest... The priest? Yes, the priest, because I didn't want my dad to find out. So, I needed a storage room. All he had to know, was that it was not hot. On my next driving lesson I took a sleeping bag with me, collected the guitar, paid the rest of course and drove straight to the priest, who kept it for me in the library. A real flamenco guitar, it sounded like a canon under the church dome. My dad never asked what guitar I was playing in the church. Ginger   Chazmo Username: Chazmo Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:02 am:    Great story, Ginger!!!! A priest! I thought you were going there because you felt you'd sinned buying it so cheaply! "Forgive me, father, for I paid way too little for a flamenco guitar!"   Ubetcha Username: Ubetcha Registered: 7-2006 Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2007 - 10:54 am:    There are still pawn shops out there selling choice old instruments for a lot less than they are worth. 2 years ago I got a '65 Gibson Firebird III for $300 in a pawn shop in Montana. No I won't say exactly where, I intend to go back. The guy said it was a Gibson, but because it wasn't a reverse body it was only worth $300 to him! I spent all my gas money nailing it down, and then got my sister to Western Union me the funds to get home. With a big smile on my face.

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