Edwards by Navigator LP - Good Deal?

[se7en]

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[jonny toetags]

Navigators are the next brand up from Edwards.
If you get it for $829. that is a great deal, but it might go a lot higher.

 

[jkdsteve]

Had one of those but all in black...was pretty cool, heavy mofo (11lbs) with a baseball bat neck though


I think I paid less than that ($650?) shipped from Japan but lost a little on re-sale...

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15521&p=184701&hilit=Edwards#p184701

 

[se7en]

Navigators are the next brand up from Edwards.
If you get it for $829. that is a great deal, but it might go a lot higher.

Well, I don't think it's a true Navigator. The headstock says Edwards.

 

[jkdsteve]

Navigators are the next brand up from Edwards.
If you get it for $829. that is a great deal, but it might go a lot higher.

I read that too..but I think later production models may just be using 'Navigator' as a brand name....I mean they could be the Navigator could be to Edwards as ESP is to LTD but I was never convinced...

 

[Speed_Racer71]

msrp sticker on the site after the conversion is $5200..not sure what actual street price is but ive never heard anything bad about Navigators


http://www.espguitars.co.jp/navigator/index.html

 

[dougiefresh]

Pretty sure that's not a Navigator.
It says "By Navigator" on the truss rod cover.
Just like an Orville that has "By Gibson".
A true Navigator says so on the headstock, and competes with the LP Historics, etc.

https://cgi.ebay.com/ESP-NAVIGATOR-EARLY ... .m20.l1116

 

[jonny toetags]

Pretty sure that's not a Navigator.
It says "By Navigator" on the truss rod cover.
Just like an Orville that has "By Gibson".
A true Navigator says so on the headstock, and competes with the LP Historics, etc.

https://cgi.ebay.com/ESP-NAVIGATOR-EARLY ... .m20.l1116

ahh...i missed that.
Then $829 for an Edwards is about the going rate. Maybe a tad high.
I bought mine new from Ishibashi a few years ago for ~800$ US shipped.

 

[chunktone]

I know there's a lot of Edwards fans here, but that just seems to high for a copy.