Doug Irwin $ (dollar sign) guitar

Started by sjhoffma, November 05, 2012, 03:09:20 PM

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sjhoffma

Never in my days did I think I would see something like this...
 
http://www.gbase.com/gear/doug-irwin-screaming-dollar-sign-gui-1974-nat#
 
Talk about a combination of elegance and pure absurdity!!

FC Bass

I don't see a Euro sign on the fretboard :-)
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cozmik_cowboy

Erwin was a good luthier, Flip, but I don't think he was a pyschic; the guitar predates the Euro by 12 years.  Sweet guitar; I want it badly (but nowhere near $12.5K badly).
 
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FC Bass

Headstock says $27!
 
If you rightclick on the pictures in the link Jonathan gave and paste the url in the address bar of your browser, you can see bigger versions of the pictures. -> http://www.frettedamericana.com/sites/default/files/01202_hs.jpg
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on November 06, 2012)
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'83 Spoiler
'88 Spoiler
'99 Orion 5 fretless
'10 Elan 5
'23 Series II Europa 5