Brian Krashpad
September 8th, 2007, 03:03 PM
Going on Ebay w/$400 BIN. I had at local buyer at $400 but he could never come up with the cash.
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Original owner of this beautiful DeArmond M-72, purchased new in approximately 2001. After playing this one at a couple band gigs I decided she was just too pretty to be used at bar gigs, so I took her to church and kept her there as my backup for my weekly contemporary service performances. I kept her stored in a church closet there and only played her occasionally (although I played weekly, I brought different guitars each week and generally kept this one in the closet in case I had broken strings or other “issues” with the ones I brought) over the next several years, until switching churches in January of 2007.
She has only been played at two band gigs, and after that has been kept in an air-conditioned, smoke-free environment (first at church and now at my office and home). Comes with a strap and a Musician’s Friend hardshell case with a little extra room, as the lower bout of the guitar is broader than that of a Les Paul and she would not fit in a standard-size LP case. The case has lots of stickers, but is in good shape with only minor scuffs and a couple of very small nicks at the corners/edges. All three hinges and all three clasps work perfectly, and it comes with a key for the middle clasp, which locks.
All of the guitar is original, except for the pickguard, which was originally clear. I painted the underside of the pickguard white, so that when it is affixed to the guitar it shows as a white pickguard, but the white color (being on the underside) can never be scratched off by playing, which gives it a neat sort of 3-D effect.
The pickups are alnico PAF-type humbuckers, called Gold Tones, made in the Fender plant in the United States. The guitar, which was crafted for Guild-DeArmond in Korea, is made of chambered mahogany with a flat maple cap with a nice light flame under a finish DeArmond called “antique burst”. The back of the guitar is a dark chocolate brown with nice figuring. The guitar is in very good shape with only minor pick swirls on the top, with the plastic covering still on the truss rod cover and back cavity covers! No playability issues, frets have virtually no wear. I’ve seen guitars selling as new in music shops in much worse shape!
For reasons unknown to DeArmond enthusiasts (I have a DeArmond Jet Star which has the same pickups as this M-72, and thus provides a very similar sound, and have owned 3 other DeArmonds), Fender stopped making these and you don’t see them for sale as much any more, much less in such excellent condition, since they are fantastic bang-for-buck guitars that will blow Epiphones out of the water.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondCloseup.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondCase.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondBack.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/Honey.jpg
Original owner of this beautiful DeArmond M-72, purchased new in approximately 2001. After playing this one at a couple band gigs I decided she was just too pretty to be used at bar gigs, so I took her to church and kept her there as my backup for my weekly contemporary service performances. I kept her stored in a church closet there and only played her occasionally (although I played weekly, I brought different guitars each week and generally kept this one in the closet in case I had broken strings or other “issues” with the ones I brought) over the next several years, until switching churches in January of 2007.
She has only been played at two band gigs, and after that has been kept in an air-conditioned, smoke-free environment (first at church and now at my office and home). Comes with a strap and a Musician’s Friend hardshell case with a little extra room, as the lower bout of the guitar is broader than that of a Les Paul and she would not fit in a standard-size LP case. The case has lots of stickers, but is in good shape with only minor scuffs and a couple of very small nicks at the corners/edges. All three hinges and all three clasps work perfectly, and it comes with a key for the middle clasp, which locks.
All of the guitar is original, except for the pickguard, which was originally clear. I painted the underside of the pickguard white, so that when it is affixed to the guitar it shows as a white pickguard, but the white color (being on the underside) can never be scratched off by playing, which gives it a neat sort of 3-D effect.
The pickups are alnico PAF-type humbuckers, called Gold Tones, made in the Fender plant in the United States. The guitar, which was crafted for Guild-DeArmond in Korea, is made of chambered mahogany with a flat maple cap with a nice light flame under a finish DeArmond called “antique burst”. The back of the guitar is a dark chocolate brown with nice figuring. The guitar is in very good shape with only minor pick swirls on the top, with the plastic covering still on the truss rod cover and back cavity covers! No playability issues, frets have virtually no wear. I’ve seen guitars selling as new in music shops in much worse shape!
For reasons unknown to DeArmond enthusiasts (I have a DeArmond Jet Star which has the same pickups as this M-72, and thus provides a very similar sound, and have owned 3 other DeArmonds), Fender stopped making these and you don’t see them for sale as much any more, much less in such excellent condition, since they are fantastic bang-for-buck guitars that will blow Epiphones out of the water.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondCloseup.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondCase.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/DeArmondBack.jpg