H157 played by Mick Taylor goes unclaimed on ebay

[JohnCovach]

This guitar wasn't owned by Mick Taylor, just played by him and signed.  If it had been played by Ron Wood or Keith Richards it would likely have fetched at least the price of the opening bid.  Check out the pics. 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=010

[Kazwell]

In the description it states:

 

        "  at some point in its early history the head stock did require some repair "

 

Thats a deal breaker for many. Hell, I don't care if old Keith Richards had recorded his parts for the entire Sticky Fingers album using this guitar and there were still remnants of the "happy dust" he snorted off the back of thing. For 2000, I could buy damn near two of these somewhat used-(well maybe plus another 500 to be realistic) and know they have necks that weren't damaged and in the end have better resale value.

 

Hey, I love the Stones and know damn good and well Mick Taylor was one of, if not the best musician they ever had in their lineup. It IS sad though that many of the younger players probably don't know who he is.

 

And even if someone gave it to you, would you play it with the possibility of rubbing that autograph off?

[Kazwell]

Actually I meant  two used H-150's,  know the 157's HAVE been going a lot higher.

[JohnCovach]

I had forgotten about the headstock repair.  This is a great example of how fleeting success can be though.

[Thundersteel]

I'm one of those that don't really care who played any guitar previously. To me, just because someone famous played it doesn't make it any more valuable--it's still just a guitar.

[GuitArtMan]

Well to each his own but autrographed guitars to me are "meh, who cares?"  I find it anoying when some bonehaed tries to auction his piece of shit squire strat that sold new for $200 and he thinks it worth $2000 now becuase Eddie signed it.  Let's see P.O.S. strat, $200, Eddies signature $1800 that adds up to me, how about you?

 

Mick's a bit of a has been, it has a head stock repair (and a poor one at that from the photo), and it's overpriced, pass.

[Kazwell]

Here's two good examples of guitars where they are exploiting the "legend" angle:

 

http://www.jamplay.com/equipment/epiphone/...tic-guitar.html

 

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/EVH...itar?sku=513703

[JohnCovach]

I'd never buy a guitar like this myself, but you'd think that Stones fans interested in putting the guitar on the wall as a souvenir (a la Hard Rock Cafe) might step up.  And many would if it were signed by Jagger, Richards, and probably Wood.  But Mick Taylor no longer rates with fans, I guess.

[dblazer]

Who else has owned a guitar doesn't have any intrinsic value to me. I like to SEE famous guitars, like Albert Collins' '66 Telecaster Custom at the RRHOF and things like that, but I wouldn't pay any more for a guitar that belonged to someone in particular, and I wouldn't buy a guitar with a headstock repair with the idea of playing it.

 

That's just me, people do pay way insane money for guitars they'll never play. Right at $500,000 for Clapton's old Strat comes to mind.

[Kazwell]

I agree that the pedigree tag on price for guitars is ridiculous. I saw an early 60's Strat at a guitar shop about 15 years ago, they wanted 16K for it. They said part of the price was attributed to the fact that Jimmy Page "played it" in a video when he was with the band "The Firm". What a crappy band, but it WAS Jimmy Page. Still think about all the equipment you could buy for 16K even 15 years later and well, I guess if you are an insane Zeppelin fan, I uh guess it would be worth it to you.

 

I have to admit though, there WAS on guitar I saw on E-Bay last year, bidding started at like 3K-it was a Gibson LP Studio--no big deal of course, BUT, on the front was a nice, big marker drawing of Bart Simpson -with kinda of a beatnick look if you imagine with a cigarette dangling from his bottom lip drawn by none other than the creator of the Simpsons, Matt Groening.  Noiw if I had the extra money, YES, THAT I would put some cash down for.

 

Jimmy Page was great and everything, but in my book, he ain't no Bart Simpson.

[NewHeritageowner]

MAYBE Mick signed the guitar and possibly it is the guitar he played............... Way to many fake autograph scammers to trust EBAY. Go to his show he is still brilliant (despite the has been comments, come on!!!! ) and polite and will sign your guitar after the show. Just don't be a snake and try to sell it on EBAY, get it out of respect and or for your kids to enjoy. I did.