Re: Old Roland equipment value

Why would they have put an emg in the guitar in place of one 
humbucker?  That would be an active pickup as one, and a passive as 
the other which wouldn't work out too well.  And I had thought that 
the g-series didn't have a telecaster clone, my g-505 is a strat copy.

--- In midiguitar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Kilpatrick <richard@xxxx> 
wrote:
> In message <b38jim+epfh@xxxx>, "russell holloway 
> <superman859@xxxx>" <superman859@xxxx> writes
> >All the
> >same, I never use any of it except the gr-505, and that is just for
> >practicing for the band using the standard jack.
> 
> Personally, I find my 505 not as pleasant as my 707.
> 
> Price wise, here's what I paid in the UK for most of my gear:
> 
> G-505 with EMG humbucker in place of first coil - lost the LFO 
> touchplates, it seems, but otherwise VGC, with poor condition case: 
£275 
> The seller said he'd have felt guilty taking much more, I was 
entirely 
> satisfied with the price - it's a good quality telecaster clone and 
was 
> priced similarly to the best Squiers (made in the same factory), 
but has 
> the hex-pickup.
> 
> 110V GR300, mint, boxed, with 240V-110V stepdown, plus fair 
condition 
> GR700 (ends loose, minor dent), cable, and mint silver G-707 with 
mint 
> case - £450, less £125 for two Carlsbro pedals included with the 
deal 
> which I sold, and something vague for an MXR Phase 90 swapped in 
another 
> deal.
> 
> G77, red, apparently mint with mint case and cable - £400 - should 
have 
> that on Tuesday.
> 
> Korg Z3 I can't remember, but it wasn't much, either £50 or £90
> 
> Two new cables from Roland last year - £104.
> 
> Prices I've seen have been quite variable. If you want an idea of 
how 
> silly they can be, I've seen G-303s go on eBay for figures 
approaching 
> $2,000, and Unionday is a regular seller of early GR gear with 
> relatively high (I'd say 'retail') prices, but presumably much more 
> predictable than eBay. When I wanted a 707, asking prices tending 
to be 
> nearly double what I paid for my 707, 700 and 300 together, and one 
guy 
> in the UK asked for £250 for a 707 /without/ the electronics when I 
> wanted one to practise guitar-playing with.
> 
> It all depends on who you're selling to. Sometimes there will be a 
buyer 
> who absolutely must have the stuff, and will pay a fortune for it. 
But 
> like I said, I think those people either have the gear, or are 
tired of 
> it and are selling too.
> 
> FWIW - Analogue synths /don't/ get crazy money, really. A new 
Minimoog 
> is £1,500, used ones are slightly lower. Only genuine rarities get 
> serious money, even such classics as the NED Synclavier barely 
break 
> £2,000 unless they're fully specced - and this is a system that 
cost as 
> much as a house new, around £25,000 in the very early 80s.
> 
> Richard
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