Grappler Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 1965 Fender Jazz Bass cost £107 sold for £3500 1962 Burns Split Sound 6 string Bass cost £700 sold fo £2000 2 years later 1999 Root Beer Musicman Stingray 5 cost £800 sold for £1000 last month Nice! I have a Hagstrom James D'Aquisto (Hagstrom "Jimmy"), an original, not one of the new Hagstroms, and was offered 1200 quid for it a few years ago from a bloke who played Jazz on cruise ships. His name escapes me, Ron something or other I think, from the North East. I just saw a picture of him playing a similar guitar to mine and emailed him for details on the guitar for my own info. I paid 250 quid for it, nice sort of Brian Setzer style guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank ryan Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Nice! I have a Hagstrom James D'Aquisto (Hagstrom "Jimmy"), an original, not one of the new Hagstroms, and was offered 1200 quid for it a few years ago from a bloke who played Jazz on cruise ships. His name escapes me, Ron something or other I think, from the North East. I just saw a picture of him playing a similar guitar to mine and emailed him for details on the guitar for my own info. I paid 250 quid for it, nice sort of Brian Setzer style guitar. D'aquisto was the star pupil of D'acquisto who made breathtakingly beatiful archies in the 30s and 40's - New Yorker models are worth many bobs and teardrop versions have sold for half a million dollars - more than '59 les pauls which is fair cos they're miles better instuments. D'aquisto carried on where he left off, but ditched the fancy pants for superb new designs that are still made (I think he's now dead) they sell them in forsyths in manchester and I played a beautiful blue one that was about 5 grand some years ago. I've never heard of the hagstrom version . looked it up on google and they look lovely - wonder what it's worth? would've thought £1200 easy - factory made obviously, the real ones are hand carved - but if it sounds great with that history, some jazzman would pay good cash. what a steal for £250. I stopped buying guitars when my kid was born - getting the itch again from this thread!! PS it's not like a brian setzer, that's gretsch (a wonderful, blousy rockabilly twang machine - love gretsches) yours is a sophisticated, slick, understated rich harmonic jazzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidecut Posted May 4, 2012 Share Posted May 4, 2012 Originally Posted by Sidecut 1965 Fender Jazz Bass cost £107 sold for £3500 1962 Burns Split Sound 6 string Bass cost £700 sold fo £2000 2 years later 1999 Root Beer Musicman Stingray 5 cost £800 sold for £1000 last month Nice! I have a Hagstrom James D'Aquisto (Hagstrom "Jimmy"), an original, not one of the new Hagstroms, and was offered 1200 quid for it a few years ago from a bloke who played Jazz on cruise ships. His name escapes me, Ron something or other I think, from the North East. I just saw a picture of him playing a similar guitar to mine and emailed him for details on the guitar for my own info. I paid 250 quid for it, nice sort of Brian Setzer style guitar. The reason that I got the Musicman SR5 so cheap in 1999 was because I bought it in the states, in the UK they were considerably more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 D'aquisto was the star pupil of D'acquisto who made breathtakingly beatiful archies in the 30s and 40's - New Yorker models are worth many bobs and teardrop versions have sold for half a million dollars - more than '59 les pauls which is fair cos they're miles better instuments. D'aquisto carried on where he left off, but ditched the fancy pants for superb new designs that are still made (I think he's now dead) they sell them in forsyths in manchester and I played a beautiful blue one that was about 5 grand some years ago. I've never heard of the hagstrom version . looked it up on google and they look lovely - wonder what it's worth? would've thought £1200 easy - factory made obviously, the real ones are hand carved - but if it sounds great with that history, some jazzman would pay good cash. what a steal for £250. I stopped buying guitars when my kid was born - getting the itch again from this thread!! PS it's not like a brian setzer, that's gretsch (a wonderful, blousy rockabilly twang machine - love gretsches) yours is a sophisticated, slick, understated rich harmonic jazzer I love the big Gretsch guitars as well. I love this Hagstrom of mine, looks like it is the 1976 model according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagstr%C3%B6m_Jimmy Lovely guitar, comes with the original Hagstrom hard case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I love the big Gretsch guitars as well. I love this Hagstrom of mine, looks like it is the 1976 model according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagstr%C3%B6m_Jimmy Lovely guitar, comes with the original Hagstrom hard case. By the way, the wikipedia link says that the guitar has a Rosewood fingerboard, whereas I am convinced mine is Ebony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank ryan Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 By the way, the wikipedia link says that the guitar has a Rosewood fingerboard, whereas I am convinced mine is Ebony? my beloved k yairi has an 'ebony' f/b - its a closely filled , black stained rosewood , which is good, ebony doesn't conduct sound, rosewood adds a depth and sparkle. wish i had a 'jimmy' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 my beloved k yairi has an 'ebony' f/b - its a closely filled , black stained rosewood , which is good, ebony doesn't conduct sound, rosewood adds a depth and sparkle. wish i had a 'jimmy' Ah I see, makes sense about the rosewood, and keep your eyes open, a Jimmy might come up on ebay or somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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