The Official Thrift / Discount Store Bragging Thread Part III (Sept 2018-)

[Purplelabel]

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[JamesJohn]

Arc’Teryx may very well be the most hype brand right now tbh

 

[My Main Man]

El Degas were rebranded Ibanez guitars in Canada

I think they just were made in the same factory from what I can find. Doesn’t necessarily change the value either way tbh unless El Degas has more name recognition in Canada than it does down here. It’s amazing how much a different water slide decal can change the price of something when it comes to guitars. Like the lawsuit era Ibanez Les Pauls are always going to be cheaper than Gibson Les Pauls from the same era even though they were virtually mirror copies and arguably more well-made guitars for a minute.

 

[impuntura]

NOS 93602

 

[double00]

I think they just were made in the same factory from what I can find. Doesn’t necessarily change the value either way tbh unless El Degas has more name recognition in Canada than it does down here. It’s amazing how much a different water slide decal can change the price of something when it comes to guitars. Like the lawsuit era Ibanez Les Pauls are always going to be cheaper than Gibson Les Pauls from the same era even though they were virtually mirror copies and arguably more well-made guitars for a minute.

copies can be amazing ! my amp is a kit-built deluxe reverb and really kicks the hell out of the typical fender dr

 

[My Main Man]

copies can be amazing ! my amp is a kit-built deluxe reverb and really kicks the hell out of the typical fender dr

those kit amps are incredible, as long as someone with soldering skills wires it up. You can get a legit hand wired amp for cheaper than a PCB mass produced thing. I’ve been eying the Mojotone amp kits but my soldering skills are not good enough yet to attempt one. Someday.

 

[goatamous II]

NOS 93602
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the folks over in the Canadian Shoe Thread would go nuts for those

one of my early mistakes a long time ago was leaving three pairs of NOS Florsheims because i didn't think they were anything valuable. the other end of "the talk" - learning what old stuff does have value.
the ones that get away are the ones that still haunt you.

 

[CWOyaji]

+1 and the Vintage Shoe Thread has a lot of Canadians on it too if you have time.

 

[impuntura]

Done

 

[CWOyaji]

Lots of excitement over on the Vintage Shoe thread right now.

 

[Reosymes]

Incotex.

100% Yak, both of them.

 

[flipstah]

Lol that guitar has some kind of identity crisis:

Named "El Degas" 🇲🇽🇪🇸
Has a little union jack flag on the top🇬🇧
Has Al Capone written down by the strings🇮🇹
Made in Japan🇯🇵

that’s what happens when mom is a showgirl

Sayonara NYC it’s been a slice

 

[Nataku]

Yesterday's finds.

I grabbed these based on intuition. The details are amazing.

Cool 80's-early 90's fantasy graphic t-shirts

Screen Stars Jack

 

[eddiegreen]

Live, this Stefano Ricci is fake right?, i want to believe but has mad typos in the label?

 

[tgaith77]

NOS 93602
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I've not seen vtg Florsheim Imperials soles like this before. Don't they usually have the wood grain print/ v-cleat on them?