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by Rickoshay
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:14 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

Thanks for checking it out, and also for this great site.

Rick
by Rickoshay
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:17 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

Hi Barry,

You're right about that (re selling the SG). I have seen similar ones on Ebay with an asking of up to $8,000! I sold mine to the guy who played the lead in our band and he is still using it today, 30 years later (semi-professionally) and takes excellent care of it... he was the one who ...
by Rickoshay
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:03 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

Hi Charles, As you requested, I posted a couple of pictures of the label in the sound hole on photobucket. Did it shed any light on this guitar?

Thanks.
by Rickoshay
Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:50 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

Hi Barry, thanks for your comments. When I used to play a lot, I was always in the habit of wiping the strings and putting the guitar back in its case. Little did I know that I would appreciate having done that.
I took the pictures today, so I also used the opportunity to try and remember how to ...
by Rickoshay
Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:03 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

thank you. Its been kept in a hard shell case for the past 30 years and used very little.

I just uploaded two pictures of the label to photobucket.
by Rickoshay
Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:27 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

I posted two more pictures to photobucket... do I go back and add them to my original post, or add them now, such as this?
by Rickoshay
Sun Aug 02, 2009 11:47 am
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Re: Model # 218

I have posted some photos on Photobucket http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af1 ... =slideshow
by Rickoshay
Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: El Degas Show & Tell
Topic: Model # 218
Replies: 27
Views: 29229

Model # 218

I have an El Degas acoustic guitar (model # 218) that I bought in the 70’s. I purchased the guitar new but cant remember what I paid for it. At the time of purchase I had a barcus berry installed (inside, under the bridge) so that I could use the guitar with an amplifier, on stage. After my “band ...