So I just got a Jazzmaster...

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as a gift, out of the blue. They said it's a '62 - is there anyway to tell if it's an authentic or reissue, and does anyone know how much each of those generally runs for?

― Tony Toe Neal (Lee is Free), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:12 (nineteen years ago)

Yes to both questions. Before I bother to go further, give a serial number and (no offense) let us know that you aren't a troll.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:19 (nineteen years ago)

Uhh...sure...I don't see how this could be a troll post, but anyway...

It's V155115

― Lee is Free (Lee is Free), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:25 (nineteen years ago)

Sorry. Too many weird things showing up as of late here...

It's a reissue, according to the serial number. Does it have a country of origin label anywhere? (should be USA or Japan)

― John Justen, the archetypal shit head generation (johnjusten), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:38 (nineteen years ago)

USA

― Lee is Free (Lee is Free), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:39 (nineteen years ago)

Excellent. Current retail is $2000, which means that current street price is $1400. Depending on color, condition and accessories (case and case candy, etc.), it's worth about $1000. Certain colors (Sherwood Green in particular) are worth more, others (Sunburst and other standard colors) are worth less. Still, we're only talking about a $100 +/- factor here, at least at this point.

Nice gift, by the way.

― John Justen, the archetypal shit head generation (johnjusten), Saturday, 27 May 2006 05:48 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

hell yeah that's a nice gift

― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Sunday, 28 June 2009 03:32 (sixteen years ago)

when I was buying a Tele, there was some guy in the store talking in hushed tones about some secret promotion that had the Costello Jazzmaster selling at half price -- I couldn't get anything approaching a decent explanation from him, so I tried to just pretend he was crazy as I paid

― nabisco, Monday, 29 June 2009 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

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