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Found this guitar in a flea market for the hilarious price of 61€, it's an old Eko X27 from the '60s, made in Italy, in very good looking condition but I need to play it to test any electronic bug (it isn't the one in the photo but is exactly the same model and color):

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Yep.
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Post by Nick »

If you can easily flip it, then of course! I've seen some Italian guitars of this era with very bad/twisted necks. The neck on this model looks really cool, if it's straight and the truss rod turns I would buy it. But heck even the PANaramic "slide guitar" I accidentally paid $150 for I turned around and ebayed for $250.

Side note I never considered on these....those plastic chrome pickguards always looked cheap to me, if one replaced it with a normal white/mint/tort plastic one, guitars such as this would look drastically nicer. IMHO
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Nick wrote:Side note I never considered on these....those plastic chrome pickguards always looked cheap to me, if one replaced it with a normal white/mint/tort plastic one, guitars such as this would look drastically nicer. IMHO
Ironically, in that time this was supposed to be a student model/ entry-level guitar but the chromed pickguard caused the price to rise drastically.
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Steal, I'd keep it.
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(Hard to guess I know...) I would buy it.
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Definitely. Although to make an informed decision I need pics....


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yep, go for it.

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At that price, it looks to be a pretty safe proposition. Do it!
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Well.....did you?
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I actually wouldn't, just because it's not my cup of tea. I've bought really cheap guitars before and thought, "this seems kinda cool, and I can't beat the price." I end up selling these guitars on... it just became a waste of time for me.

However, if you think you'll play it regularly, you should go for it.
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