Kinda a long shot but looking for a Washburn AF-40V,

Being a drummer myself I really don't have any real knowledge, but I remember reading on a forum once that this was not a great guitar. Am I remembering that correctly?

True but its mainly for collection not so much the playing, i have plenty of Les Pauls for that.
Although i have heard mixed reports from its awesome to its crap so who knows really.

They are cool as a collectable for sure.

I always wondered why Ace put his name on it if he never intended to use it? He could've made a deal with any company for any model he wanted, right?

There has been one of these for sale on eBay $2400 if I remember hadnt sold last time I looked

There were two on Ebay last week.
I bought a red and black one when they first came out.
Super guitars!!!

Saw the two on ebay but a bit too pricey im afraid, looking for a better deal.

I paid $700 for mine new.
I wouldn't pay more than $1400 now for a MINT one.
They are super guitars.
Nothing like a Les Paul though which makes more sense for ACE.

Can you post a pic of yours in the Our Gear section please? I'd love to see it.

Couple of options, Legacy can do a blank body and i can build it up OR Ed Roman ( god forgive me ) makes them as well.
Original wise i would go $1400-1500 tops and i did notice both that were on ebay didnt sell.

Maybe talk to the seller. I am pretty sure Ed would build you one but it would cost a bomb!!

Ed Roman price...DRUM ROLL....$5500 - $6000 !!!! i almost fell off my chair with laughter is this guy a complete wanker or what ?? is the guitar made by the hands of Ace Frehley himself, does Jesus actually walk the earth and go to Vegas to bless it, is it made from alien material gathered from Area 51 ????? so many questions i have for this insane pricing.

From what I gather, Ed's "people" will make you ANYTHING, it will be expensive but it will be fantastic quality.

To make a guitar like that from scratch would take a lot of work if you don't have the templates and make them every day.

People who have his stuff to say it's fantastic, but it cost a lot, so that's why I predicted it would cost a bomb!

Plus freight, plus import duty, you'd be looking at closer to $7000

Genebaby wrote:From what I gather, Ed's "people" will make you ANYTHING, it will be expensive but it will be fantastic quality.

To make a guitar like that from scratch would take a lot of work if you don't have the templates and make them every day.

People who have his stuff to say it's fantastic, but it cost a lot, so that's why I predicted it would cost a bomb!

I believe that he has a body template for this model as well as most others that you can dream of. Your right in that I've never ran across anyone who actually owns one of the guitars that he builds that didn't say that it was top quality. He does however expect big bucks for his custom guitars though.


http://www.edroman.com/guitars/abstract ... hehole.htm

Kisstrooper wrote:Ed Roman price...DRUM ROLL....$5500 - $6000 !!!! i almost fell off my chair with laughter is this guy a complete wanker or what ?? is the guitar made by the hands of Ace Frehley himself, does Jesus actually walk the earth and go to Vegas to bless it, is it made from alien material gathered from Area 51 ????? so many questions i have for this insane pricing.

Maybe he doesn't want to make it? I've worked with suppliers before who have told me that particular projects were going to be so much trouble that they over-priced their estimate to either discourage the project or to make an unwanted project more palatable.

Another one on ebay ATM for $2800 US.

Walking through K-Mart today and this Kawasaki ( WTF ) toy guitar caught my eye !! looks pretty much like a Washburn AF-40V, ahhh those crazy Chinese !

I'm assuming you bought it?

Nah but i thought about it !

Wow! It's a Musical Guitar! As opposed to a Surgical Guitar maybe???

found this :

I have 3 AF-40V Washburns for sale. One is signed by Ace and comes with a photo of him signing it and the shirt and tour pass. They are black with red trim (very rare). 2 of them are factory sequence serial numbers and must be sold together. They are truly MINT condition. Contact me wildemu22@optonline.net. location - NYC.


but hey man why not get tj to make you one ? im sure his vrsion would be 100 times better than the original . they never made a good usa one any ways the washburn was an import that just tanked..and what yur gonna pay for a nice used washburn you can get a custom from tj ! just sayin ps my tele coem today if its anything close to my VVV its gonna kick major ass!
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btw i mite sell my washburn ss-40 steve stevens model some one already took the liberty in hand painting a frakenstien graphic on it in color i can send pics upon request. it would make a god wall piece or a player ...
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Dannii gets first dibs on the Steve Stevens model.

fine by me id hook him up

danni can message me if hes into it

I'm really lusting over a HAMER Californian Elite USA these days...the little fuckers keep their value well.




I almost cracked & was going to purchase a metallic flack burgundy one from ebay. But they guys was asking way too much for the postage. Also there was a nice flake purple, but the seller didn't get back to me. The hunt is still on

Right now there is one on ebay...$2500 + postage...Tell him he is dreaming son.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HAMER-Californi ... 43aa32a97c
Didn't realize VV is selling a Hamer on ebay...Kinda prices he'd ask.

He's asking too much but that is a nice one Dannii!!!

Still looking -0-0- , not too many kicking around.

I've always loved the look of that thing!

rick has one, unless i imagined picking it up in his house which is possible.

I didn't know Rick as well back then or I would have asked to stay over..

I have the crimson bolt model. You didn't imagine it !!!!

I bought it 15 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio at a place called Mike's Music. I believe I got it for $700.00 US.
A total piece of shit but I had to have it because it looks so cool.


You could have stayed dude but you had to get to Eastern Pennsylvania or New York by the next morning...

yeah but i would have told em i broke down. haha

I never saw the red variation before. It's actually cooler than the standard!
I'm not a guitar player, but it looks like it would be awkward to play.

It's a crazy thing. Ugly and beatiful , my kind of guitar.

Rick how does it sound?

Funny thing is I don't recall ever plugging it in. I strum it occasionally.

I strum it occasionally too...

Make a video and share with us.

Don't think they make a camera big enough!!!!