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Re: Indian Teak 202 on UK Ebay
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 8:47 am
by bart1927
gramophoneshane wrote:Bart, silver oxide 5a's are extemely hard to find, and if you could find one, they'd probably cost you 3 or 4 times what regular 5a's sell for.
Ah. I thought it was just a regular 5A. I couldn't tell the difference from the pictures.
Re: Indian Teak 202 on UK Ebay
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 1:48 pm
by brianu
AZ* wrote:Retrograde wrote:Anyone know the seller? the buyer?
Who knows, maybe a member of the infamous "ring" got it.
undoubtedly.
Re: Indian Teak 202 on UK Ebay
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:55 pm
by Steve
Bart, as Shane said, the 202 has a special oxidised silver plated soundbox so the likelihood of finding a spare one is next to nil. You could of course buy a standard 5a and get it stripped and professionally re-plated to match but assuming anyone today could match the blue colour and saturation of the tint, it's not going to be easy to strip one of these down to get it refinished and at what cost would it be anyway?
My original silver 5a cost me over £400 but it only became available due to the vendor acquiring a spare one from new! I consider myself very lucky to have come across it at any price.