Post by Tony Ravenscroft on Feb 6, 2021 15:25:01 GMT -6
If I were feeling a little richer (and had more open space 
), I'd buy this just to get a closer look -- presently asking $149+65.
At first glance, that sure does look like the "droopy mustache" bridgeplate, right?
The model number seems accurate. The long serial number tells me it's not pre-2000, and looks to be an IC (Cort Indonesia) prefix anyway, maybe 2008.
But that bridge nagged at me, so I went looking, and found this. Clearly, it's an AU502, the non-cutaway, non-electrified, wide-neck version of the AU510N. Yeah, that bridgeplate looks like the proper Alvarez style.
...except it's presently listed as an AA40-D.
In this instance, I suspect it's being offered by a clueless/lazy seller (sorry, but it's true), who is expecting $180+$150 AND says this obvious round-butt Concert or 000 body is a square-butt Dreadnought.
I'd be tempted to talk him down from the high-buck ledge, but I've already got a Branson Cutaway that just needs some electrical repair.
), I'd buy this just to get a closer look -- presently asking $149+65.At first glance, that sure does look like the "droopy mustache" bridgeplate, right?
The model number seems accurate. The long serial number tells me it's not pre-2000, and looks to be an IC (Cort Indonesia) prefix anyway, maybe 2008.
But that bridge nagged at me, so I went looking, and found this. Clearly, it's an AU502, the non-cutaway, non-electrified, wide-neck version of the AU510N. Yeah, that bridgeplate looks like the proper Alvarez style.
...except it's presently listed as an AA40-D.
In this instance, I suspect it's being offered by a clueless/lazy seller (sorry, but it's true), who is expecting $180+$150 AND says this obvious round-butt Concert or 000 body is a square-butt Dreadnought.
I'd be tempted to talk him down from the high-buck ledge, but I've already got a Branson Cutaway that just needs some electrical repair. 
