I owned this very instrument for about a year when I was in college. I f'd around on ebay a lot instead of going to class. This was 2002, so rare items like this were beginning to show up quite often. I bought it for around 700 and sold it for a little under that. Ha. Now look at the price...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/T-I-M-E-GUITAR-MADE-IN-VERMONT-RARE-EXPLORER-XS-12-1983-RARE-TIME-GUITAR-/141041000490?pt=Guitar&hash=item20d6b2e02a
BTW, The guitar had great action and the fretboard and neck felt superb. It sounded like sh*t, though, and looked even worse. Those pictures on the auction page have been touched up considerably. In reality it looks a lot more weathered.
I'll never come to you for investment advice.
Quote from: Heady Jam Fan on September 07, 2013, 04:19:06 PM
I'll never come to you for investment advice.
To be fair, I was only 22 when I decided to sell it. I was a dumb college kid who needed the cash right then.
And, everyone laughed it when I tried to integrate the guitar into band practice. :(
There were several other Time guitars on ebay that I almost bought around the same time. They were all in the 600-800 dollar range. Man. If only I'd been *even more* impulsive in my purchase habits...
that thing will never sell at that price...
Quote from: cactuskeeb on September 07, 2013, 04:47:32 PM
And, everyone laughed it when I tried to integrate the guitar into band practice. :(
There were several other Time guitars on ebay that I almost bought around the same time. They were all in the 600-800 dollar range. Man. If only I'd been *even more* impulsive in my purchase habits...
Well, since your strategy is *more* impulsivity... then I'm down to invest
Quote from: Heady Jam Fan on September 07, 2013, 06:47:36 PM
Quote from: cactuskeeb on September 07, 2013, 04:47:32 PM
And, everyone laughed it when I tried to integrate the guitar into band practice. :(
There were several other Time guitars on ebay that I almost bought around the same time. They were all in the 600-800 dollar range. Man. If only I'd been *even more* impulsive in my purchase habits...
Well, since your strategy is *more* impulsivity... then I'm down to invest
Assuming there isn't thinly veiled sarcasm beneath your comment, I'm afraid that I am no condition to commit to such a strategy. You see, I could have bought the Languedoc that appeared Thursday on ebay. However, *this time* the thought of 20 years of paying credit card interest charges actually caused me to abort. I'm sorry, inasmuch as unbridled impulsivity is concerned, it seems I've lost the edge; henceforth, you'll have to seek another for investment planning/advice.
Quote from: cactuskeeb on September 08, 2013, 04:06:26 AM
Quote from: Heady Jam Fan on September 07, 2013, 06:47:36 PM
Quote from: cactuskeeb on September 07, 2013, 04:47:32 PM
And, everyone laughed it when I tried to integrate the guitar into band practice. :(
There were several other Time guitars on ebay that I almost bought around the same time. They were all in the 600-800 dollar range. Man. If only I'd been *even more* impulsive in my purchase habits...
Well, since your strategy is *more* impulsivity... then I'm down to invest
Assuming there isn't thinly veiled sarcasm beneath your comment, I'm afraid that I am no condition to commit to such a strategy. You see, I could have bought the Languedoc that appeared Thursday on ebay. However, *this time* the thought of 20 years of paying credit card interest charges actually caused me to abort. I'm sorry, inasmuch as unbridled impulsivity is concerned, it seems I've lost the edge; henceforth, you'll have to seek another for investment planning/advice.
Certainly I can assure you any sarcasm you may be referring to isn't thinly veiled or veiled at all.
Sorry to hear you lost your edge, I find a binge can always bring back a bit of impulsivity albeit for the short-term.
I agree there is a big downside that really draws away from the excitement of the purchase when you know you have to pay it off for an extended period of time. I was pretty damn lucky to get my Artinger for the price I paid.
Time guitars are cool - I'm sure Paul learned and grew a lot as a Luthier there, but I can't help but feel the Languedoc guitar is leaps and bounds from Time. Not necessarily in quality, but the Doc is just such a unique build its hard to see a developmental trajectory pointing from Time to what Paul ended up making for Trey. I wonder what went into building the first Languedoc: influences, trial and error, etc. I wonder if there are any funky looking first attempt builds - if so I'd like to see them.