NGD - garage sale Epiphone Sorrento
Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:07 am
My parent's neighbors had a garage sale. I learned two things about them.
1- They have REALLY good taste in beer.
2- The husband plays guitar.
More on both later.
I'm in San Juan for the weekend, as usual. I was stepping out to get a noontime breakfast today, because last night was fun. As I'm driving down the street, I see a bunch of stuff on the neighbors driveway, and a table. It's a garage sale. In the stuff, I see a hard case with an Epiphone E. I pull over.
There's an Epi Sorrento in the box that looks like it's spent its entire life in a closet. There's a tiny little scrape on the top, the knobs need to be replaced (volume/tone labels were missing), it's got some patina (yellowed binding, pitting on the metal, some surface rust), but it was otherwise in good shape. I walked over to the neighbor to ask about the guitar, and he said he's had it since the 90's, he's just thinning down the herd, and he's got a Casino which sounds almost identical. I asked to plug it in, so he lets me in the house.
I plugged it into an AC30, and start playing 'Twist and Shout'. The neighbor pulls out a bass and we start jamming. We easily jammed for half an hour, before his wife showed up with a pair of Delirium Tremens in proper branded chalices for us to drink. I wish all guitar sales went this way. Anyway, aside from some scratchy pots, the guitar sounded great.
So I asked him what he wanted. He gave me a number, and it was good... but I wanted a lower number. Long story short, I got the lower number, and a payment plan (I didn't actually give him a penny immediately, but I took the guitar with me
. I paid off half, and I'll send him the balance via paypal next week.
Serial number dates her to 1995, made in Korea at the Peerless factory.
Here she is
I already replaced the knobs with new Gibson knobs, restrung her with 10's, fixed the scratchy pots, cleaned off the rust, and oiled the fretboard.
1- They have REALLY good taste in beer.
2- The husband plays guitar.
More on both later.
I'm in San Juan for the weekend, as usual. I was stepping out to get a noontime breakfast today, because last night was fun. As I'm driving down the street, I see a bunch of stuff on the neighbors driveway, and a table. It's a garage sale. In the stuff, I see a hard case with an Epiphone E. I pull over.
There's an Epi Sorrento in the box that looks like it's spent its entire life in a closet. There's a tiny little scrape on the top, the knobs need to be replaced (volume/tone labels were missing), it's got some patina (yellowed binding, pitting on the metal, some surface rust), but it was otherwise in good shape. I walked over to the neighbor to ask about the guitar, and he said he's had it since the 90's, he's just thinning down the herd, and he's got a Casino which sounds almost identical. I asked to plug it in, so he lets me in the house.
I plugged it into an AC30, and start playing 'Twist and Shout'. The neighbor pulls out a bass and we start jamming. We easily jammed for half an hour, before his wife showed up with a pair of Delirium Tremens in proper branded chalices for us to drink. I wish all guitar sales went this way. Anyway, aside from some scratchy pots, the guitar sounded great.
So I asked him what he wanted. He gave me a number, and it was good... but I wanted a lower number. Long story short, I got the lower number, and a payment plan (I didn't actually give him a penny immediately, but I took the guitar with me
. I paid off half, and I'll send him the balance via paypal next week.Serial number dates her to 1995, made in Korea at the Peerless factory.
Here she is
I already replaced the knobs with new Gibson knobs, restrung her with 10's, fixed the scratchy pots, cleaned off the rust, and oiled the fretboard.