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Yes, I appreciate that this Washburn Mouradian guitar is a rare "one-of-a-kind" prototype model.
I appreciate also that it belonged to Nuno Bettencourt and is the actual guitar that he played it with Extreme at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in 1992.
Nevertheless... a $35,000 Buy It Now price on eBay?
You're having a laugh?
Thanks to Jono for bringing this guitar to our attention. As he says, "You gotta wonder where they pull out those prices from and more importantly, who the hell buys this stuff?"
I've got nothing against Mr Bettencourt, who is a fine guitarist, but I wouldn't have thought he was the kind of guy whose personal instruments commanded those kind of big bucks. That asking price is not quite in Hendrix/Beatles/Elvis territory, but it's close.
G L Wilson
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This is not a ONE OF A KIND guitar
ReplyDeleteIt is a prototype, but they actually made a total of (8) guitars
(2) guitars, one neck thru, and one bolt on
(2) basses, one neck thru, and one bolt on
I know because I have one of each from Washburn, with documentation.
What I was told when I bought these guitars.
That Washburn gave one of each guitar to Nuno, and One of each bass to Chris Squire of YES
Let me know if you would like more info or pics of these rare guitars
Thanks
FastKev
Thanks Kev for the correction. Sometimes we only have the eBay listing to go on for our source of information. But yeah, we'd love to see your guitars and any info you can tell us about them.
Deletethanks but my post dont seem to be uploading,,,am I doing something wrong?
DeleteI am kinda new at this
thanks
I don't think you can upload any photos here in the comments. You can email me at gavinlloydwilson@yahoo.com
DeleteI will try and take some pics of all (4) tonite
ReplyDeleteI am down to about 80 plus guitars in my collection, I sold 40 plus a few years back
Thanks
FastKev
I now have the protoytype on ebay
ReplyDeleteI dont know how to load pics here
Thanks
FastKev
Please let me know what you think
ReplyDeleteThanks
Kevin
I sent you some pics,, I can sent more and mre or my other guitars,,, I have many prototypes and rear guitars
ReplyDeletethanks again
FastKev
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170979946687?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649