Need some info on an old guitar, help please.

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:07 pm

Some guy is trying to sell one of my roomates a 1976 Alvarez 5062 guitar. It has some pretty cool abalone for fret markers, the tuners are shit and so are the bridge pins but they could easily be replaced. It has kind of a lof of dents but no real knicks taken out of it. The fretboard is very dirty but Id assume could be cleaned up. Hes asking $100.00 for it, think it would be a good investment? Can anyone find any info on this guitar, especially what one in ok condidtion from '76 would be worth?

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:55 pm

http://www.richardsmusic.net/catalog/pr ... 73ef3adc19
there ya go, thats new tho, im not sure about old and in average condition, although i know that financially buying something used in anything less than great condition is ussually monetary suicide. but 100.00 cant kill ya bad!

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:19 pm

praisedave wrote:http://www.richardsmusic.net/catalog/pr ... 73ef3adc19
there ya go, thats new tho, im not sure about old and in average condition, although i know that financially buying something used in anything less than great condition is ussually monetary suicide. but 100.00 cant kill ya bad!

thanks, I actually already saw that site and this guitar looks nothing like that one, I know its the same model but its much older and much different

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:20 pm

jsgksu wrote:
praisedave wrote:http://www.richardsmusic.net/catalog/pr ... 73ef3adc19
there ya go, thats new tho, im not sure about old and in average condition, although i know that financially buying something used in anything less than great condition is ussually monetary suicide. but 100.00 cant kill ya bad!
thanks, I actually already saw that site and this guitar looks nothing like that one, I know its the same model but its much older and much different

oh.... ill look more then (that pic sux btw)

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:21 pm

http://csc.lni.net/musicmart/5062.htm
see if the specs on that match up

jsgksu · Post by **jsgksu** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:49 pm

well, its got real cool abalone designs for fret markers (they take up a large portion of the frets) and it has herringbone looking binding around the guitar and soundhole. As well as "Alvarez '76" on the 15th or so fret. The neck of the guitar isnt real rounded either, its more of a round bevel (if that makes any sense) This kids also selling a PRS for $600 an Ibanez for $400 and a huge Fender Amp for $400. But he'll take $1,300.00 for all of it. My roomate might buy it all, keep what he wants and sell the rest on ebay or something.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:07 pm

well i looked like a billion places on 4 different search engines and thats really all i found, good luck with whatever you choose to do man.

DT · Post by DT » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:59 pm

what are you gonna get for $100 thats better than that? buy it