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Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: staemius on May 15, 2010, 01:53:43 PM

Title: Doug Irwin on Craigslist
Post by: staemius on May 15, 2010, 01:53:43 PM

Just a touch out of my price range - but a beauty guitar:
 
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/1739438434.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/msg/1739438434.html)

Title: Doug Irwin on Craigslist
Post by: sonicus on May 15, 2010, 02:14:08 PM

I saw that. The price is a bit high!  
 
Doug Irwin did some custom mods for me back in the 1970's and he once let me take one of his Bass's that he made to a gig  to try out. He gave me the option of buying it for about 34 times less then this guitar is selling for now. It was a very generous offer but I was a bit on the financially tapped side at the time (tuition  for school ) and decided to pass on the offer, O WELL ! _ LOL___
 
(Message edited by sonicus on May 15, 2010)

Title: Doug Irwin on Craigslist
Post by: sjhoffma on May 16, 2010, 07:07:01 PM

Is that an original Irwin guitar? It looks to me like it could be a just as well be a highly modded Les Paul custom. I know he did a lot of custom modification work in those days.

Title: Doug Irwin on Craigslist
Post by: sonicus on May 16, 2010, 08:50:17 PM

I went to Doug Irwin's shop various times and I remember seeing  a  Les Paul shape guitar being built fresh  from  raw stock .
 
This was a popular shape for other various builders  as well at this time .