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12C
Message #1 Posted by Charlie O. on 15 July 2005, 12:40 a.m.

can someone tell what's special about this 12c?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5787905173&category=50575&rd=1

      
Re: 12C
Message #2 Posted by John Limpert on 15 July 2005, 1:25 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Charlie O.

My guess is that it's an early example of the 12C, before production was moved offshore and product quality was subjected to the death of a thousand cuts.

      
Re: 12C
Message #3 Posted by Karl Schneider on 15 July 2005, 1:25 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Charlie O.

Quote:
can someone tell what's special about this 12c?

As the listing indicates, US-made in the 1980's (not the lower-quality Indonesian and Chinese ones from the mid-1990's onward). Also appears to be in good cosmetic shape, athough the digital photo has mediocre resolution.

The price still seems a bit steep, but maybe the market is appreciating.

-- KS


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