PSA allegedly NOS 95 Korina standard

[Jimbilly]

If you go to 'more items from this seller', you will see this "If you need Ovation, Guild or Hamer parts, give us a shout, there’s a decent chance that Kim and Big Sammy have them"

time to ask about that mop pickguard for your trans white Daytona or Cruise bass. 

 

[currypowder]

I'm curious. Does anyone remember what the new price for this run was back in 1995?

[Steve Haynie]

32 minutes ago, currypowder said:

I'm curious. Does anyone remember what the new price for this run was back in 1995?

The Standards might have been $1700.  They were priced low at a time Gibson was asking $11,000 for a 1958 Historic reissue. 

[currypowder]

10 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said:

The Standards might have been $1700.  They were priced low at a time Gibson was asking $11,000 for a 1958 Historic reissue. 

I found an old price list and a "regular" Standard with dots was $1,700. I'm assuming these Korina Limited Run models were at a premium to this.

[gorch]

Anyways, great guitar.

[kizanski]

1 hour ago, The Shark said:

I come here to avoid that shit...

[HSB0531]

20 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

The tailstop is saying something else!

I saw that too.  Looks worn down in the middle

[HSB0531]

Well I look at it this way.  I don't care if it was played, un-played, taken out of the box, the case. etc.  The condition other than the worn tail-stop plating, the beautiful wood grain and overall image is fantastic.  If it plays and sounds as good as it looks, who cares if someone played it or not.  At the current prices I'm seeing out there, and the pace at which they're increasing, I say for me it would be a good deal...except for two things.....I don't play guitar anymore, and I wouldn't want to damage, tarnish, or scratch it. That means it would get stored away to show on rare occasions only.  I waited 30 years to order my 12-string Standard bass in 2008, then waited until it was done in 2010.  I'm scared to death to nick or scratch it, and only took it to 1 gig for fear of damaging it.  So it sits in the case un-played.  This 1 of 96 Korina Standard is quite the time capsule guitar, and I hope someone here snags it, because it'll get played And cared for.  Best of both worlds I believe.

[The Shark]

2 hours ago, kizanski said:

Stokes!  "You're a weird Motherfucker.  I got my eye on you"...

[RobB]

8 hours ago, currypowder said:

I'm curious. Does anyone remember what the new price for this run was back in 1995?

If this helps, I paid $1200 for my Korina Standard new in ‘96. 

[Ham Rex]

On 9/13/2024 at 12:51 AM, Ham Rex said:

Although US currency is devalued, I feel I got a good deal for #19 of 96 built, not 100, from the same batch. I love prime numbers.

Slightly less than the one for sale.

Same thing was said. Unplayed. NOS display, absolutely pristine, kept in top floor Museum for display only. Except for the same issue with the faded tailstop.

I still have the original but I found a Kluson Zinc tailstop new in gold. 

I also purchased a vintage Hamer fitted case with Red Lining that supports all the pressure points, instead of all the weight on the far point in a rectangle case.

Looks and sounds amazing.

Who ever buys this is getting a once in a lifetime guitar.

But that's just my opinion. 

Some one was nice enough to correct me about the Number of Korina Stardards for 1995. He's fairly certain there were 101 made as two were stamped 100 and he saw both stamped with different SN #s.

My information was from my seller that there were 96 made. 

I love prime numbers and have a couple prime number SNs.

I own one Carvin LB75 Dark Blue Burst Quilted maple top with a RADAR SN. 73137

The center digits add up to 7 too... cool to me.

Edited September 14, 2024 by Ham Rex

[Ham Rex]

15 hours ago, RobB said:

If this helps, I paid $1200 for my Korina Standard new in ‘96. 

Wow... 

[stonge]

22 hours ago, HSB0531 said:

I saw that too.  Looks worn down in the middle

the gold stoptails are prone to oxidation and tarnishing while the guitar is sitting in the case; i've had to replace two or three that have blistered up and it wasn't from sweat or usage.

edited to add: the seller is legit; i've done a fair number of deals with him pre-Reverb days.  i'm pretty sure he supplied most of the backlines for the post-factory tour jams back in the day.

Edited September 14, 2024 by stonge

[RobB]

22 hours ago, Ham Rex said:

Wow... 

Appx. $600, or so, off of MSRP. Purchased from (now defunct) Haight Ashbury Music. I got the, “ex-employee good guy”, price. Unprecedented, as Massoud NEVER discounted gear like that. Also got a ‘93 Special P90, new. They had a Floyded Studio Custom (nee Sunburst Archtop) that had a sick top. Almost passed on the Standard for that one. 

Edited September 15, 2024 by RobB

[Steve Haynie]

2 hours ago, stonge said:

the gold stoptails are prone to oxidation and tarnishing while the guitar is sitting in the case; i've had to replace two or three that have blistered up and it wasn't from sweat or usage.

I opened the case of my korina Standard this year, and the tailpiece was tarnished.  There is green dust in the case lining in the lid around the tailpiece area.  It brings up the question of whether that will induce oxidation on a replacement tailpiece.

Edited September 14, 2024 by Steve Haynie

[DarkHammer]

This guitar is super awesome! Unreal that it is in such practically new condition 

[HSB0531]

2 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

I opened the case of my korina Standard this year, and the tailpiece was tarnished.  There is green dust in the case lining in the lid around the tailpiece area.  It brings up the question of whether that will induce oxidation on a replacement tailpiece.

Good question.  Was the oxidation caused by the plating process, the quality of the nickel/gold plating, or the substrate.  And will this happen with any newly plated piece?

[Cboss]

1 hour ago, HSB0531 said:

Good question.  Was the oxidation caused by the plating process, the quality of the nickel/gold plating, or the substrate.  And will this happen with any newly plated piece?

Back in the 80s I had a big blingy fake gold rolex, my mom used to laugh at me and call it a bolex; that thing left green on my wrist every time I wore it LOL 

cheap plating

[gorch]

On 9/14/2024 at 2:27 AM, RobB said:

If this helps, I paid $1200 for my Korina Standard new in ‘96. 

I don't think it helps really.

[kizanski]

On 9/14/2024 at 6:55 PM, Cboss said:

Back in the 80s I had a big blingy fake gold rolex, my mom used to laugh at me and call it a bolex;

Feauxlex.

[velorush]

On 9/14/2024 at 5:55 PM, Cboss said:

Back in the 80s I had a big blingy fake gold rolex, my mom used to laugh at me and call it a bolex; that thing left green on my wrist every time I wore it LOL 

cheap plating

Around 1985 a couple of "entrepreneurial" fraternity brothers bought a case of those with plans to sell them at a local flea market the next weekend. Something came up and they couldn't make it. They got word "somebody" (lawyers, reps, "somebody") had shown up at the flea market that weekend. Confiscations (definitely) and arrests (allegedly) ensued.

Terrified and grateful, they threw the whole lot away (other than the ones they had sold previously to those of us who'd considered a fake to be good enough - no, that didn't include me).

Edited September 16, 2024 by velorush

[Cboss]

5 hours ago, velorush said:

Around 1985 a couple of "entrepreneurial" fraternity brothers bought a case of those with plans to sell them at a local flea market the next weekend. Something came up and they couldn't make it. They got word "somebody" (lawyers, reps, "somebody") had shown up at the flea market that weekend. Confiscations (definitely) and arrests (allegedly) ensued.

Terrified and grateful, they threw the whole lot away (other than the ones they had sold previously to those of us who'd considered a fake to be good enough - no, that didn't include me).

Wow! That is a good story and a narrow escape for your frat brothers!

My best entrepreneurial scheme back then was to take the $156 I had at that moment and go buy a bunch of fireworks in tennessee, then bring them home to Minnesota and have my brother sell them at school they went like hotcakes and that was a good investment!

Edited September 17, 2024 by Cboss

[DaveH]

On 9/13/2024 at 9:39 AM, kizanski said:

I'm with you. Words have meaning, even if those wielding them use them carelessly.
Of course he meant that the condition of the guitar is of one that had not been played, but you can't say that it was unplayed.
That's literally impossible.  And I'm purposely using one of the most carelessly used words, "literally," because I know what the word means.

For whatever reason, "it's minty clean" came to mind...

[HSB0531]

On 9/16/2024 at 5:45 PM, Cboss said:

Wow! That is a good story and a narrow escape for your frat brothers!

My best entrepreneurial scheme back then was to take the $156 I had at that moment and go buy a bunch of fireworks in tennessee, then bring them home to Minnesota and have my brother sell them at school they went like hotcakes and that was a good investment!

 

14 minutes ago, DaveH said:

For whatever reason, "it's minty clean" came to mind...

Aye, but is it Minty Fresh??

[cmatthes]