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- Corey takes a look at an original-condition 1952 Fender Telecaster that's worth a pretty penny in this collection of scenes from "Fender Bender."
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Pawn Stars
Season 12
Episode 3
Fender Bender
"Pawn Stars" follows three generations of the Harrison family as they assess the value of items coming in and out of their Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, from the commonplace to the truly historic.
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Proof that going to school doesn't mean you're smart
Nice one
Excellent~
Hahahahaha
That thing will sell in a couple weeks, there’s more than enough rich blues dads
blame the teachers
i felt i was being ripped off just by watching him being ripped off
lol.. I am a guitarist and my favorite one is the Tele.. only a real guitar player can know the value of such guitars...
+le-ak hydra it's fake. here's the same guitar reverb.com/item/811642-fender-telecaster-1952-blonde
I needed a shower...
+le-ak hydra He was not ripped off. He was given an option. Try to sell it using other means for 6 months or get cash now. He wanted cash NOW! He ripped himself off.
+le-ak hydra Except it was on camera and set up by History channel and kid got paid.
Hey Police, yeah I'm on Las Vegas Blvd and I just witnessed a robbery.
You got that right!!!!
No you didn't. What you saw was someone in debt up to his eyeballs. 6mos? He could have found a buyer through the appraiser in 6 more hrs. And made about 5 thousand more easy. Probably a degenerate gambler. 13k cash right now? His eyes lit up.
Hey Gavin’s Friend
@@allen6924 The show is fake
Wish Grandpa fought him to negotiate. Hated seeing that rip off
He's gonna regret selling that guitar for his entire life.
He really is
nah he to stupid to regret anything
This hurts to see this. His grandpops DNA is all over that thing. It's gone now in some collectors house resting in its case. All original '52 Tele. So sad but if one is not a musician then the perspective is different.
So true he will be sorry
that's a steal lol
Why is it that the hand-me-down guitars always end up in the hands of people who don't play guitar?
That's why I'm glad I ended up with my dads 1963 Gibson sg bass and I've played guitar since I was 4 years old and I love music and will never sell the bass
Seth P or respect them
Guitar raffles always seem to be won by non-players, also.
It's probability - most folks don't play guitar so it's more likely that they get handed down to non-players.
Because talent as they say skips a generation =P
As of june 2019, none of these are available for sale, but a 1956 stratocaster in rough shape is worth 56 000$. That guys grampa died twice.
A similar black guard Tele sells for about 40k
I can’t believe he didn’t try to get at least $15K! Stupid move.
@@lennywright5655 I agree with you. I fear that going to college would not help.
rip again
@@lennywright5655 Yep, I would've raised it to $ 15-18K and told the pawn shop that when it sold there's a split on the difference between the cash now part of the deal. Works both ways, a loss and he'd be eating a portion of that. I get how pawn shops work, but this is not your usual pawn shop item. He's not hocking a Chinese guitar here.
If my Granddad left me a 1952 black guard Tele it would not be for sale....
my God amen to that!
Same
Yup
My uncle left me 7 pre CBS strats mint
Percy's Guitars and Amps right man 😂
Why would you go to college when you have a 52 tele?!
+Willie Ward ROFL, probably one of the best comments yet. Learn to play, become famous, screw college!! Right?
+Willie Ward If I had a real '52 I couldn't ever put it down.
w9j15g Okay, you clearly don't get it. Bye.
+w9j15g have fun doing what you do only for money and living a boring, generic life
+w9j15g Wow you must be fun at parties.
His grandfather just disowned him from his grave.
“Lemme sell my grandads tele for some “rent” and “college” omg
Translation: I need money for drugs and escorts.
in this economy that's what it's come down to. he probably asked his granddad or his granddad left it to him. sure it has significance but dude has to be realistic. i don't blame him.
Sky Dominguez nah that’s dumb ah , this guy used that money for “one semester”. He could’ve sold it triple the price to a guitar collector.
Lol he said ‘13 thousand cash?’ You knew he wasn’t using that for college
Here you go! Dude gets his classes and is sitting around one day, "Gee, think I'll learn guitar!".
"I've seen these things go for $5k"
Please tell us where!!!
I know right
You show me a 52 tele original for 5k and I'll take 4 of them yesterday.i just played a 52 custom reissue the other day with all the relic and everything and they wanted 6k for that.
@@jimmyswag5794 - Corey isn't a guitar expert I don't think he means 52 Teles specifically as I'm sure one could be had for less than 500K
Jimmy swag I have a 2018 ‘52 reissue take and its incredible! Don’t need the original although I wouldn’t mind if my grandpa had one for me lol
I've seen a pickup from that era go for $5K, hahahahahaha
Taking all the risks on a 1952 fender telecaster. Yeah right.
What risk
Exactly.
Bonamassa prob bought it
N every other 52
@@carlsmith1263 He' probably already got three others.
Not only did he sell a vintage Tele he sold a vintage Tele from his grandpa
He is a moron. He will blow that money in a few weeks.
Marty Powell 😂
People do anything for some cash
Wilson The Coconut are you really this stupid to believe he found it in his grandpa's basement?
I was lucky like this guy. My grandpa left me a sixties Gibson
it’ll go to a better owner, that guy honestly doesn’t deserve it. poor grandpa
True, i felt bad for his grandpa but I didn't think of it that way. That telly needs some love
Plot twist: It was actually a modded squier and the expert was in on it.
Lol . Reliced
I would rather have that guitar than a semester of college.
HAHAHA
Unless you got to an expensive uni, that’s like over a year’s worth of tuition.. but like the man above me said, no way would I give that up. Incredible historical value and sentimental value would never justify giving up that guitar in my hands unless there was an emergency.
This guitar is a pure gold... man THATS 52 TELECASTER Its not about value its all about tradition.
Anker Peet he seems like he got a good deal
It's not enough for Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, MIT etc., so I don't understand that guy.
Grandads prized guitar gone forever. Its heartbreaking
I bet Joe Bonamassa has it now. That guy thinks guitars are Pokemon, gotta catch em all.
@@backhandok If there would be anyone I'd be okay with having all of the vintage/rare badass guitars in the world, it'd be Joe Bonamassa.
@@BeholdenYeti That is true.
I know some of these are fake, but if this is real: this guy sold his birthright for a bowl of soup
This is a fickle and faithless generation.
I guess he's not attending a business college. 🤦♂️
Awesome
Art degree, no doubt.
he could have easily made $15k
I'd told Corey 20k or I'm out. Hed have paid it
guess he never attended it
"You'll spend the next 6 months trying to sell it"
Right.
Wayne Deadder
6 weeks more like, some people are obsessed with vintage telecasters
for this cash ill do it for 6 years
LOL he a fat liar
6 months trying to sell it. 10k more? Yeah.. or maybe hold on to it and keep that beautiful thing. I mean look at it. It's perfect condition for that age.. this annoyed me so much that he took 13k when he knows lower end he can get 25k. Must of been wanting to gamble or something.. ugh. If I had this guitar I'd keep it in the family and pass it on only on the condition it stays in the family for someone who will love it and play it.
The 6 Next hours would be closer to reality
January 1952... so its actually more like 1951. It means one of first teles ever made. This is holy grail of guitars.
This is one of the more important comments. In 1950 they were Esquires and then Broadcasters in early to mid 1951. I’m not sure how many Fender produced per month, but a January 1952 headstock labeled Tele, especially in this condition, quite literally is a holy grail. I can see this going up for auction for insane $$
Wow this was painful to watch
Anthony Sclafani I know he got ripped off pretty hard. One day he will realize his mistake
I agree. He should have take it to Christie's!He would have got 50 k at least or more at auction.
It really is, I wouldn’t wanna get rid of a beauty in a snap of a finger like that. Screw the pawn shop, and screw college debt, id keep that axe
Very painful
Anthony Sclafani Extremely!!!!
if my grandfather passed something like this down to me i wouldn't give it up for a million. Not just because im a guitarist but because of sentimentality
yeah, this guy is an a-hole
yeah
Yes I feel you , put dat bitch on display
+zombiedanceprod if i came across one of this i would not give it up at all.
I agree with man! That's so disrespectful to just sell off a relic like that!! Especially for how much he got screwed on the price!
If that guitar was valued at between 25 and 30K... I would have walked at 13K, taken it down the street to the nearest vintage guitar shop and offered it to them for 20K. Heck I would have hopped in the car and taken the 4 hour drive to LA and gone to Norman's Rare Guitars.
+OneLiterPeter Cowtown
Hear-hear! Bring it to SOMEBODY, anybody else! At least LOOK at the dealer lists in 'Vintage Guitar' for twenty minutes first!!
+OneLiterPeter right, so either this show is fake, or he's a complete idiot. i still think the show is fake, either way.
+OneLiterPeter Yes. Pawn shops are really just for desperate, lazy or stupid people.
+OneLiterPeter Roman's Guitars is in Vegas, that's where the "expert" came from and Pawn Stars sold it to them within an hour after buying it. I remember this episode.
The "Thermometer" case that Tele is sitting in is worth a fortune on its own, never mind the guitar which has to be 50 grands worth. That kid was well and truly shafted.
What is unique about that case? If i had one of those teles never gonna sell them to anybody. Let alone have anubody touch it
Shafted dry
You wonder why so ignorant when we have been here longer than Pawn Stars and he never even called us???
He shafted himself.
51's are selling from 40-61k in 2019 bet he already dropped out of college 😂
This isn't real. Nobody is stupid enough to throw away that kind of money. It would take all of a week to sell that on eBay for $25-30k.
+Matt Dickey I disagree an Obama voter would have sold it for 1500 then burned down cvs blaming the cops for being a drug dealer
+Matt Dickey I would have offered him 20k cash and sold it online for 30k in less than a month.
+Matt Dickey It was real, the guitar "expert" bought it off Cory just hours later for double what Cory paid. Shown later in the episode.
I agree, reality tv is as real as a brass magnet
+Matt Dickey well stupidity is real iam afraid....
Dude had the original poodle case and the guitar was in immaculate condition. He could have easily got above 35K for it. What a dope.
Drewism lol - it takes years to find a buyer willing to pay retail on these types of guitars. Years 👍
Robot 5000 not true at all. You can sell a guitar like that in like 6 months if you go to the right Auctions. Ppl want OG telecasters and will pay a lot for them
I hate this show because most of these people are selling something for the first time and don't even know they're being ROBBED.
“It’s good enough for a semester.” God, college is such a scam.
That kid just spent $3000 on a semester of community college and dropped the other $10,000 on crack after selling an original '52 blackguard and case for $13,000.
In America, sure.
In Europe, not so much.
@@OriginalPuro depending on what county you live in, going to college in germany is a waste of time unless you plan on taking your degree out of country. Too many people with degrees, not enough jobs.
Speak for yourself. My degree changed my life. Are there other jobs that can make more? Sure. But in my experience, it wasn't a scam. And yes, I'm in the United States.
correction north american college is a scam, moving from portland to munich germany this summer and i’m going to save 30k dollars
Dude, don’t sell your grandpa’s 52 tele! Learn to play it! Keep it in the family.
As a tele player this hurts my soul.
Ripped off. He could have easily made at least 30,000 by selling it directly to a collector.
Aris Theocharis good luck peddling it directly to one.
a guy like Kenny Wayn or Mr Springsteen or really any rock guitarist would have been happy to pay 30k or more
Zach Gonzales with a guitar like that and the world wide web, collectors peddle themselves to you.
It’s not real
It's a damn pawn shop. You want more money or let's say, a fair deal, don't go to a pawn shop.
"I am taking all the risk of making a $17k profit."
52 reissues go for that.
This episode is older than 2015, probably just after 2009 when black jesus ran your us economic into the ground. dummies!
CV dickhead
@@luckyvet you do know the recession started under Bush's presidency, right? Imagine this scenario: you're given a business that is days away from going bankrupt due to what happened under the previous owner. Are you then one to blame for the financial state of said company or the previous?
I would be ashamed if my grandson did this, I would rather want him to play it.
Why not buy a better guitar for a fraction of the price? :)
Even though it's guitar pop culture to praise these guitars as the best, they really aren't.
Also, playing them deteriorates the value.
JP Jona Guitars are meant to be played, that's why, if his grandpa preserved it, that guitar should be for someone to enjoy it, even better if it's for his grandson. I'm not talking about from the "this is a valuable thing because it's old and people would pay a ton of money for it", I'm saying this from the "This was from my grandpa" point of view.
Yes, guitars are meant to be played, just like every car on a museum is meant to be driven.
I can see the emotional aspect of it, but be that as it may, playing on a historical instrument like this is not good business.
That's why people who owns guitars like this doesn't use them. Of course there are exceptions, but those are usually people with enough money to not care. I highly doubt this college kid go that much "fuck you"-money ;)
even worse he made atleast a 7 thousand fucking loss when he could have raked cash what an idiot what a waste of a beautiful guitar
JP Jona I know he needs to go to college, I know sometimes it's hard to get money to survive, I'm just 21 but I know money comes and goes, a gift from your grandpa don't.
NEVER SELL ANY GUITAR FROM THE 50’s. EVER!!!
Seller: I want 13k
Guitar Nerd: It's worth 20-30k
Seller: I want 30k
Buyer: I'll give you 13k
Seller: Ok
My man doesn't even try to negotiate and just offers the highest price said, and then sold it for less than half. Like buddy you could've probably gotten at least a solid 20k out of that.
RISC Productions omfg right!!! Wtf is going on with that clown
Actual guitar price over 50k or much more the buyer goes I’ll give you 100 dollars ‘I’m taking all the risk here” seller yeah ight.
I mean, he was only looking for 13k to begin with. Why be upset? I know he coulda had more money, but he wasn't expecting it anyway
Wouldn't it be a sad irony if the seller was going to college to study finance!!
he could've atleast researched what it cost but yeah, he chose to be stupid
That was very sad to watch, that was the best looking 52 i'd ever seen! I'm sure the kid needed the money but he's dumber than a post!!! I"m sure Corey sold that for $30,000 plus!
+J.D Truths I doubt it. this isn't 2005 anymore. That bubble burst ages ago. 20 to 30 for that thing max.
It's all fake you idiot!
they showed him selling it to Jessie later in the show for 30gs
Why did he sell it to pawn stars? and not a guitar store
+Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Because TV.
cuz he's a dumbass
guitar center would have given him much more for this amazing guitar
+Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Probably to get on TV....
+Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Becasue he didn't know what he had.
cuz he will appear on tv
13?
30?
13?
ok.
The art of the deal.
He should have said $18K but only in bitcoin.
Clearanceman2 then he would have been worse off
Pawn shop. Rare guitar? No.
"good enough for a semester"
What about a guitar for a lifetime?
Poor tele, spending a whole lifetime with that clueless fruitcake? this dumbass would ve left it to rot in some damp basement. Maybe now some artist like Bonamassa or John 5 gets to buy it and play it, that would be a positive plot twist
“It’s worth $40,000” “I’ll give you $20”
......and im taking all the risk
It sells for 30k but hey 13k in cash? Sure LOL
Yeah, but he didn't even negotiate. He could have gotten 18, maybe even 20.
Yeah. He's just a kid, and Corey kinda took advantage of him.
i saw 52 in worse condition went for 44500 on e bay
He didn't even try to get to 15!
Who else was yelling "NO...GOD...No Kid, please don't"....A 52 legit Tele with OHSC.....JESUS
Whats OHSC? Poor kid
@@monocyte2210 Orginal Hard Shell Case
Yep. Me too, saying: “No, ... no, ... no...!” Out loud. Doesn’t happen often to me. 😢
RDJ410 the dude who came in to look at it would have offered him more money lol
Me !
Spoiler alert, that guy works at the local vintage guitar shop and that Tele "found in my grandpa's basement" is actually from their shop inventory. Nice try History(?) Channel......
+Jimmy Glover If that guy works in a local vintage shop why would he be selling a '52 Tele for $13,000?? He'd know its worth infinitely more and he'd be selling it at his shop. Are you saying the entire segment was made up just for the show?
XLBiker13 you got a point
there it is. that makes much more sense than the bs acting job going on in that scene.
Where'd you find this out?
redrick2030 Yeah. That place is nothing but a tourist place, close to the Freemont Street tourist area downtown. They have an area roped off out front for the line of tourist waiting to get in. From what friends who have actually been inside, the guys you see on TV are NEVER even in there. Occasionally the close off the store to film scenes.
Corey probably ran to daddy yelling "Look what I just bought from a young sucker!"
I watched that all the way to the end, and cried!!
this disgusts me. ripped off. poor guy
+Steven RHCP freak He ripped himself off. A college education won't cure stupidity.
+Steven RHCP freak he made him an offer, he had the choice to take it or not, at the end of the day the pawn shop has to make money and maintain employees and overhead, so that makes no sense.
im not saying the guy isnt stupid btw, i agree. completely idiotic on his part. i just dont get how they could take him for that big of a sucker
+Steven RHCP freak couldnt agree more.... when he said guitars like that go for as low as 5000 he doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about
+Steven RHCP freak why poor guy?, he is a dumb fuck, he failed to negotiate and lost out, that's business. Good on the pawn shop
Big hoss ripped this guy off big time
It was easy enough !
2:32: "Here's the deal: I'm still taking all the risks." I hate when they say that under circumstances like this. They're not taking any real risk. They'll double their money in about a week.
I agree. Those pawnshop rip off artists should not be able to look at themselves in the mirror.
However, that dumdass kid had absolutely no sense either.
I guess it’s cheats vs idiots.
@@Deb526 - Business people vs idiots he could have walked out when he found out its value.
Corey sold it to Jesse for 30k 5 mins later but in the guitar world your name means a lot a dealer is going to attract the high end buyers not some kid that doesn't even understand what he had.
They got Bonamassa on speed dial
Yeah this guitar didn't sit in the shop 1 day. I guarantee they called any musician buddy of theirs and sold it for at least 20-25k
@@Deb526 dude I would be smiling in the mirror if I got a deal like that. This is business. Wtf are you crying about?
Omg! That is so crazy, I would’ve never even taken it in there. That guitar is a keeper for sure!
What a ripoff Corey 'I'm taking all the risk' Yeah right, what a scam artist.
That guitar would go for at least $40,000
cone maybe 80,000!
This is a great advert for avoiding pawn shops.
Corey says 'if you want the spend the next 6 months trying to sell it' and the guy falls for it.
That guitar would have collectors lining up.
"when u get robbed and it's all on camera"
That guitar is worth more than a college degree tbh.
It broke my heart he sold his grandpa's guitar like that, come on man.
Grandpa's turning in his grave!
I'll give you $10 and half a sandwich
Is that Turkey sandwich with Jalepeno's?....if so....deal
one that he took a bite off of the rip off artists
Wade Wilson 😅😅😅
Wade Wilson hey! Can we be sandwich brothers if I say yes?. I’ll even buy the next sandwich with the ten dollars you give me, lol :-p
Barry A. I didnt know the flash liked jalepenos
These people should sell their rare guitars to a proper guitar dealer..not a cheap pawn shop
Ping a dealer wouldn’t pay much more
Go to school for as long as you want...….and like the comedian says...…"you can't fix stupid"
I would never ever sell a '52 telecaster. I would cherish that beauty.
You can be damm sure of 1 thing. He was not an ECONOMICS MAJOR!!!!
Why the hell would you sell a 1952 Blackguard Fender Tele?
I would keep it and jam on it for the rest of my life and hand it down to my son.
Then he probably should learn it, just because of THE guitar !
no doubt. why oh why sell that thing to a pawn shop?
Rented Temple I'd be too afraid to touch it
Poor guy got ripped off
not poor, just stupid
Nah, no one would really let it go down like this. The show is scripted.
[SURVIVOR115]
Wow I wouldn't take any less than 20k for it knowing the guy just said it was worth 25-30
It's the kids fault though. He should have done his research before walking into the shop.
It’s a pawn shop not a guitar store. I’m pretty sure he knew what he was doing.
Used on Johnny cash "I walk the line" Luther perkins never used a telecaster, he used a Fender Esquire.
Jakob Bath Luther Perkins played Fender Esquire, Fender Jazzmaster and a Fender Jaguar. Also an accoustic Martin D28 at times so yes you are correct he never played a Telecaster.
Doctor: You only have a couple years to live
Rick: 3 years, call me if you change your mind
Rick's son is my least favorite employee
Facts and the old man
Chumplee is the worst
He’s an arrogant creep!
He gets the best prices tho. He knows what he’s doing
I don’t understand why people who are fortunate enough to get things like these would ever sell. I’d keep it for myself forever.
He scored big time.
But that would soo much more in years from now.
He's going to be older and regretting he sold that beauty.
"I take all the risks. Now hike that leg up. This is about to be painful."
This makes me sad. If my granddad left me that instrument, I would be in my basement playing it right now! Those are great guitars!
Legend has it he graduated found no job, bought a Telecaster and started a band
They could sell that so fast with just a phone call. Joe Bonamassa. Keith Richards. I would have hit up JB on Facebook. Send him a picture of it, it's as good as sold.
+Anthony Norton John 5 is a huge vintage tele collector as well... this is any easy sell for anyone with industry knowledge
+Anthony Norton Probably not. Both JB and Keith already have so many of these
vintage axes one more '52 Tele isn't needed. But no question the young man
should have done his homework before taking it to a professional haggler like
this guy. It's his own fault. He really should have walked out the door unless the
guy could come up with at lest another $5,000. He got screwed.
Keif would buy that in a heartbeat.
College ;( this breaks my heart imagine the amount of care that his granda did just to make it look like that after 60 years :(
1. I cannot believe he would actually sell his Grandfather’s prized Telecaster
2. If he negotiated properly, he could have easily got atleast $18,000 for it
3. Today ‘51 and ‘52 telecasters are even more expensive
The first 'solid body electric guitars' came out in the 1930's ( Travis Bigsby ). Fender introduced the first 'Tele' guitar in 1948 ( 3 x 3 headstock) , History tells the rest . Broadcaster, Nocaster,Telecaster. etc
You're forgetting the esquire good sir. I had the opportunity to play a '51 through a '52 wide panel deluxe while working at GC. WE offered him I think 13 total, 12k for guitar and 1k for the amp? It's been almost a decade so I don't remember the exact numbers, but considering they were gonna garage sale the thing for like 500 bucks the dude was stoked.
Wow what an amazing guitar. It still had the "ashtray" bridge cover, most players discarded it.
kinda hard to palm mute on
~
Duuuude...missed the joke. Hard to palm mute on the ashtray bridge cover...
50nuccio gg
That immediately caught my eye as well. Pretty cool
i wouldn't even sell that guitar at any price..
This hurts
"I just sold my grandpas 52' tele to party and fail out of the semester I just paid for"
"Cash?"
Nah dude, he's gonna give you dabloons.
As a side note, I would forgo any schooling to have a '52 Tele.
I hope that kid is planning on studying something where he can make a good living. If he just sold that family heirloom for a degree in Sociology, well what can you say?
Agreed. I play guitar it's the love of my life as far as hobbies. And guess what degree I have? Yep sociology. Whats my proudest moment? College degree or learning guitar? Guitar. Everytime. Btw sociology degree expect $8-10 an hour.
It's a waste of time and money, yes
I have known people with those diplomas in Sociology with 0 chances of any sort of employment. It's almost worthless here in the USA.
+Michael Aitchison Even Better. Communications.
+coffeewaldo 8-10 an hour?! Wow. People make more cleaning vomit at Walmart.
It's cheaper to keep her.
Customer: do you have change for a dollar?
Rick: 60 cents is the best i can go. I'm taking all the risk
more like 30
DragosPSYCHOPATH unfunny and overused joke
Now he's gotta find 7 more of those guitars and he will be all set with school.
My friend had a 50s Tele body that someone cut into a teardrop shape. If we could go back in time.
If my future grandkids do this to any of my guitars I'm coming back to haunt them!
The Telecaster was actually not the first solid body electric guitar, the Fender Esquire was. Then Fender came out with a better model called the Broadcaster. That name was discontinued as a result of legal action from Gretsch, which resulted in the birth of the Telecaster in 1951. This kid sold his guitar for thousands less than fair market value.
Doug Baumwall lets not forget about the period where they were nocasters
Selling a priceless guitar for a semester of college where you can learn anything you want for free with a smart phone. 🤦🏻♂️
While I agree with the sentiment here, most employers in most markets will just throw your resume in the trash if it says "Learned how to do _____ watching UA-cam on my phone" where your education goes.
Devin Gallagher
The smart ones don’t need an employer.
@@Devgal89 who needs school when you can create a portfolio and teach yourself things on the internet for free?
@@er1cmaurer I must say you hit the nail right on the head. 100% true👍
@@er1cmaurer The "smart ones" are also broke.
That is a once in a lifetime kinda buy. I would’ve totally held onto that!
The thing still has it's bridge cover. Most people took them off and tossed them away or used them as ash trays. That's rare to still find a bridge cover
pawn shop guy is pretty careless just tossing that mint Tele on the case like that. how dare he!
i would never sell a 50s guitar to a pawn shop
Right it is insulting. You put a piece of art into hands of some dudes who only want to make money out of it
This kid could have walked out on the street and sold it for twice that
I was at an east coast guitar show about 8-10 years ago. A dealer there whom I had done business with over the years had a man approach him, as he was returning to his booth after getting some snacks, and the man had a list of 5 Fender Stratocasters he wanted to sell. The man had been away in military service and his Strats were stolen. The police had just retrieved them and returned the guitars to him. My dealer friend asked him how much he wanted for the 5 Strats and he said $15,000. My dealer friend said: "sir, EACH of these guitars, depending on condition, could be worth about $15,000. Bring the guitars to me at my shop and I will put them on consignment for you. I will take 15% of the final sale price". I offer this true experience in contrast to this Pawn Stars episode.
Student?!? I wouldn’t want to be stuck doing a science project with him! Ouchh
I wouldn’t sell any guitars from the 50s, 60s, or 70s that I had in my possession.
@Steven Hickman You must be a pervert from the UK!
Bottom Line: Don't believe everything you see on Pawn Stars.
I'm so tired of hearing "I'm taking all the risks".
"I'll give you all cash" like that adds more value .......
As my Grandpa died he left me his guitars too... two fender Esquires from 51 and 56 an Nocaster from 51 and a Fender Strat from 64... a couple of Gretsch from the late 60s and a Gibson Junior from 1958... i sold a gretsch Hollowbody and the 51 Esquire because i dont like them to play... but i never would sell the other ones... thats music History...