Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:12 am
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DONT BE SCARED PEOPLE...this is a beautiful guitar and deserves to go to someone who will be able to enjoy it.
I will re-list it on ebay, as it realy dose need to be sold...have a bid, you wont be disapointed
Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:13 pm
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Once you get an auction uploaded be sure to put a link to your auction on the "eBay auctions and alerts" thread. Never hurts to direct anyone that might be reading Forum posts to your auction. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:34 pm
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Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:08 am
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His guitar sold for £280 a year ago - the market is a bit more depressed now than it was then, but I'd still think that's the ballpark. Vintaxe's advice is good - but it's worth remembering that UK prices are still a little higher than those in the States.
As I said before, personally I always do 99p, no reserve auctions - regardless of what I hope or expect the instrument to sell for. Because of the inherent potentially massive risk of getting next-to-bugger-all for your guitar I would never actually recommend this - but I have observed that high start prices put bidders off, meaning that there's less of a last-minute scramble to drive up the final price. I'd avoid a BIN unless you are happy to accept a punter-enticing low price for the guitar - otherwise, you'll have to be lucky enough to find someone who's looking for your specific guitar.
I do think presentation is massively important - the best & most detailed photos you can take, as much honest information as you can provide. The item title needs to be very specific - use terms people will be using if they're searching for vintage Japanese guitars.
You do have to be circumspect about how you describe it though, since Ebay is getting increasingly inept at telling the difference between a copy and a counterfeit - your guitar is a copy of a Gibson ES175, however if you describe it as such in your title - Ebay will pull your auction for using a trademarked brand. It's fine to use those terms in the description, though. I also tend to run listings for 10 days, starting on a Thursday & finishing Sunday evening - typically Ebay's busiest time.
Anyway, as an example of what I'm talking about, this is a bass I sold a few months ago: Ebay item no. 120272445007
The pics were taken with a pretty cheap camera, in good natural light. The ones I used were chosen from about 40 I originally took - the beauty of digital photography! - and I cropped & resized them myself to retain clarity. If you upload large pics to Ebay & let the interface software resize them, they will look fuzzy & poor-quality. I paid a little extra to use Ebay's largest accepted image size (800 pixels) and 6 pics - but I think it's worth it.
The pink fluff is, of course optional.
Jon.
Statistics: Posted by Bassassin — Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:22 am
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I don't know what your Kasuga is worth but here is what I'm thinking.
The gold standard for ES175 copies from this era is probably the Yamaha AE-11. The VG Price Guide value for this guitar is $700-$1,100 USD.
Kasuga is generally considered a 2nd tier outfit falling behind Yamaha and even builders like Matsumoku and Fujigen. I'm not saying this is reality, but it is a perception.
My hunch is your guitar will actually sell within the $350-$550 USD range in today's economy. You can certainly hope for more, but don't expect more. If you want to be conservative, put on a BIN price of $400 or $450 and see what happens. Your market value will come from the level of interest your auction generates. Good luck. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:51 pm
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Im stuck as to how much my Kasuga is actualy worth, and the problem is what do i ask for a starting bid? Its to good a guitar to go for cheap silly money.
Any Kasuga buffs out there i need your help
Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:22 am
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I hope that it goes for a respectful price, and that someone can enjoy this guitar as much as i have.
Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:07 am
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i need more practice i guess lolAs for your mate, that be great thanks. Id love to know what his guitar sold for that would be interesting....its just sad that this ole girl has to be sold but im not playing it and it should realy have someone to love and play it more often than i do.
Statistics: Posted by evo82 — Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:03 am
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