How much isthis guitar worth?

[stefvorcide]

I bought this guitar a few years ago, thinking I would give it some love, but never had time/cash to do so.

Basicly it's a custom 7 strings Flying-V, by Marc Chinoine (A luthier in Quebec) Body & neck are mahagony, fretboard is ebony. Set-neck construction. There's only a bridge pickup, it's a tone zone 7 IIRC. The bridge is well.... kind-of custom, with a cut bone piece. Goloth tuners. The headstock broke, it's glued (looks like a butchered job) but it's super-solid....

I don't really know how old is this guitar, I figure it was originaly worth maybe 2-3k, but now, what would be a fair price to ask ??

 

[Mudder]

That's not an easy answer. I'm not familiar with the builder, and it has damage. So what will someone pay for an item like that? What would you pay for a Gibson V with broken headstock? $600? If you want top dollar it might take you a long time to find that one guy looking for a guitar by Chinoine. Unless I really needed cash I'd probably just keep it, perhaps see about having the head fixed better, maybe by the original builder.

 

[rupe]

Relatively unknown builder + less desirable body shape + less desirable string configuration + poorly repaired broken headstock = next to worthless...you'd be lucky to get a few hundred dollars for it.

 

[stefvorcide]

Actually I bought it for $400 , so if it's more than $410 it's pure profit!! (changed the strings once!)

any others opinions ?