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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

2905.0. "GTS strikes on a Fender Flame" by POBOX::PATLA (Elvis Sells DECpc's at Digital!) Sat Mar 19 1994 23:25

    I went Pawn Shop hunting today and spotted a Fender Flame anyone
    familiar with this guitar.  Set up like a Les Paul but with a Wilkerson
    Whammy and nice binding, pickups, and glued on neck.
    
    Chewed the guy down to $350.00 would this guitar (which was flawless)
    be worth $350?
    
    Regards,
    Pat
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2905.1ROCKER::KNOXRock'n'Roll RefugeeMon Mar 21 1994 09:087
    
    If you like the way it plays, looks, feels as well as the quality
    of workmanship, then $350 is a good price (if it includes a decent
    hardshell case). Resale value, of course, is another matter.
    
    /Billy_K
    
2905.2it's your call, really.....NAVY5::SDANDREAPlonkerMon Mar 21 1994 09:239
    What Bill_K said......
    
    if it's worth $350 to *you* then go for it; I'm a bad shopper in that
    way...when I see a toy that I MUST have, I can justify the price
    somehow....once I beat 'em down to one I can afford.
    
    steve
    
    8)
2905.3RICKS::CALCAGNIso there's your pocket, right thereMon Mar 21 1994 10:319
    Fender Flames *were* a close cousin of the Robben Ford model;
    these are dual cutaway semi-solids (tone chambers under the
    hood), dual hummers with some sort of coil cut feature, and
    usually have nice tops.  If it's one of these, I'd say $350
    is a nice deal.
    
    On the other hand, I never saw one of these with a whammy,
    so maybe there's a new version of the Fender Flame that
    I know nothing about, in which case... never mind.
2905.4Mystery WhammyTECRUS::ROSTClueless and slightly slackTue Mar 22 1994 10:058
    The only model shown in the current Fender catalogs is the Robben Ford,
    so if it is a Flame, then it's from the late CBS days, and the whammy
    is a retrofit.  It still could be a good deal if you want a Les
    Paul-like axe, but the quality of the whammy installation would affect
    the price for me (i.e. was it done right or is the guitar beyond hope
    forever?).
    
    							Brian
2905.5HELP...I LIVE IN MAINE....DNEAST::SAWYER_SHAWNThu Mar 24 1994 06:2027
    
    
    RE: FENDER FLAME...
    
    JUST SO HAPPENS I OWN ONE!!!
    
    Nice guitar,(paid $375 w/h.s.) Does compare to my '79 LP.
    I bought it with very few miles on the neck and have put 7 years of
    hard playing on it....
    
    Well worth the money if you get the case and some strings thrown in as
    well.
    
    I bought it to give my shoulder a break. Do the 1979 Les Pauls all
    weigh 80 pounds??
    
    
    p.s. How many guitar players does it take to change a light bulb?
    
         Seven.
    
         One to change the bulb and six to stand around and say,
         
                         "I could do that."
    
                                                        <EADGBE>
                      
2905.6not lightBIGQ::DCLARKI do believe I&#039;ve had enoughThu Mar 24 1994 06:582
    I used to have an '81 Paul that weighed about that much. Used to
    play it through a Twin (really). Still have back problems.
2905.7GOES11::HOUSEAren&#039;t you glad I asked?Thu Mar 24 1994 09:264
    Yeah, I think all the Pauls (except the Thinline models) are brutally
    heavy.
    
    Greg
2905.8BLASTA::PelkeyLife aint for the squeamishTue May 03 1994 12:443
Ibanez 1979 musician... 14.6 pounds....  It's a work out...