'54 Stratocaster on "Hardcore Pawn"?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:48 am

Anybody watch the episode "Pay to Play"? 2 guys brought in a '54 strat(serial number 1042) that they said they got at a rummage sale. At first they wanted $40.000 but Les would only give them $12,200. They told him he could have it for $12,500 but he wouldn't budge.I don't know if the whole thing was fake but the strat looked like the real deal and it didn't come from someones collection because everybody was slinging it around like a sack of potatoes.Seth used a battery powered screwdriver to take it apart. That's a $50,000 guitar and look at how they have it dangling over a railing,lol.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:53 pm

I saw it. Totally fake for the same reasons you pointed out.

Did you see American Restoration this week? They bought Bo a vintage Mosrite Ventures guitar. The finish was chipped all the way around the edge. It was lovely. They took it over to Ed Romans shop and asked them how to restore it. Rick refinished the body, rechromed all the original hardware and polished everything up nice. I was a bit annoyed, because a vintage guitar isn't a broken Coke machine that needs restoration.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:15 pm

Joey wrote:I saw it. Totally fake for the same reasons you pointed out.

Did you see American Restoration this week? They bought Bo a vintage Mosrite Ventures guitar. The finish was chipped all the way around the edge. It was lovely. They took it over to Ed Romans shop and asked them how to restore it. Rick refinished the body, rechromed all the original hardware and polished everything up nice. I was a bit annoyed, because a vintage guitar isn't a broken Coke machine that needs restoration.

yeah super weird. I get it's a restoration show but a guitar is like a coin. when you shin it all up, it becomes worth less.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:27 pm

Here is the show. Even though theses shows are fake the guitars are real.I would really like to know the story behind this one.

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superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 6:54 pm

They're idiots. The guy with the fucked up model a is also an idiot.

Who would be caught dead on TV talking about a strat from '50 or '51? I thought everyone knew that '54 was the first year?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:12 pm

I couldn't finish watching that... I felt my brain cells dying

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:11 pm

Every see that show "Pawn Noir" on TCM? It was filmed at "Spade and Archer Jewelry and Loan" in San Francisco

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:48 pm

The way they try to insert family drama and shit into these shows is so fucking stupid. Did anybody watch to the end to see that shit where his son "pushes him out of the way of a bullet"?! What kind of pepperoni nipple fuckheads put this shit together?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:26 am

The thing that blows my mind is they way they were treating this guitar. I mean,even if it is just a $10,000 partscaster,jeez...

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:47 am

I was thinking that too, glad they didn't get the guitar in the end.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:46 am

BillClay wrote:The way they try to insert family drama and shit into these shows is so fucking stupid. Did anybody watch to the end to see that shit where his son "pushes him out of the way of a bullet"?! What kind of pepperoni nipple fuckheads put this shit together?

Every time an ol' lady reaches for something in her minivan as she's driving pass me, I push every one out the way too. Seth was trying to break the ol' mans hip.

Hard Core Pawn is what you get when Jerry Springer buys a pawn shop. Only reason why I watch that show. I love to see ghetto bitches beat the shit outta their man when they try to pawn jewelry their man gave them, only to find out it was fake. Anybody catch that show where a lady tried to pawn a gold colored rope that's used to tied back curtains. "Whhat! It aint FAKE! MY MAN LOVES ME! MY MAN GOTS 2 JOBS!!".

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:47 am

Just remember that serial number # 1042 if you ever see that guitar on the internet post it here.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 2:54 am

"Why people funny, b'why?...Scratch Perry

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:24 am

I know its how pawn shops work,but still they didnt buy it for 15000, I think its foolish.
But seeing how they treated the guitar, Im happy knowing it will stay in that hardcase.

At late nights when I have drunk a few beers I like to watch these shows hah.. shameful confession..

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:04 pm

I cut out the middleman and just browse for shit i could NEVER afford on ebay.

The only exception I make is for Antiques Roadshow because I love seeing the pompous old lady appraisers shoot down people's dreams of fortune and for the "pickers" type show because of the thrill of the hunt and because they always seem to come across old motorbikes and I'm unapologetically kinda homo for old rusty bikes.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:36 pm

Check out this Guitar Trader ad from 1981,they have a 1954 strat for $3000!

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:41 pm

Here is a part of the show I hadn't seen before(go to 0:59)

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:25 pm

Did you see when Seth took off the neck plate? Look at the thin railing the guitar is resting on,lol! It looked like some of the finish came off with with the plate and he dusted it off some more with his thumb. I bet that guitar had never been taken apart before.

Like the '59 strat on Antiques Roadshow

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:28 pm

westtexasred wrote:Here is a part of the show I hadn't seen before(go to 0:59)

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Dude, only four hours since you posted this, and it's already gone.

God damn.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 9:37 pm

Think this is the same guitar? (Link)