Thought I'd give you guys to have a go before I put it on FleeceUbay.

As new.  Light home use only.  All solid woods. Cedar top, rosewood (I 
think) back and sides.  Fishman pickup.  Light home use only. c/w Washburn 
hard case.  Beautiful guitar!  Sensible offers please :)
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On 2008-07-22, Bren  wrote:
> Thought I'd give you guys to have a go before I put it on FleeceUbay.
>
> As new.  Light home use only.  All solid woods. Cedar top, rosewood (I 
> think) back and sides.  Fishman pickup.  Light home use only. c/w Washburn 
> hard case.  Beautiful guitar!  Sensible offers please :)
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>

What models number please?


Thanks
-- 
Jon

Jon Rogers wrote:
> On 2008-07-22, Bren  wrote:
>> Thought I'd give you guys to have a go before I put it on FleeceUbay.
>>
>> As new.  Light home use only.  All solid woods. Cedar top, rosewood (I 
>> think) back and sides.  Fishman pickup.  Light home use only. c/w Washburn 
>> hard case.  Beautiful guitar!  Sensible offers please :)
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>>
> 
> What models number please?
> 
> 
> Thanks


If it is a GAL 5990/5190 they are solid rosewood back and sides, very 
lightly built (about the thinnest solid rosewood you will ever find) and 
an equally light cedar top. Very responsive guitar but needs to be 
lightly strung, 635mm scale helps.

I know how little they cost, and the Fishman pickup is a special Chinese 
OEM fitting which costs a fraction of any Fishman rig you can buy to 
postfit. But they are worth much more than they originally sold for, and 
  my son's got our bigger one (5990?). I sold my 5190 to someone who was 
in need of a really good guitar on a budget.

David

On 2008-07-22, David Kilpatrick  wrote:
>
> If it is a GAL 5990/5190 they are solid rosewood back and sides, very 
> lightly built (about the thinnest solid rosewood you will ever find) and 
> an equally light cedar top. Very responsive guitar but needs to be 
> lightly strung, 635mm scale helps.
>
> I know how little they cost, and the Fishman pickup is a special Chinese 
> OEM fitting which costs a fraction of any Fishman rig you can buy to 
> postfit. But they are worth much more than they originally sold for, and 
>   my son's got our bigger one (5990?). I sold my 5190 to someone who was 
> in need of a really good guitar on a budget.
>
> David

Thanks David,

I recently bought a 2190 on eBay and it arrived broken.  Pity as it is a
really nice looking guitar.

I paid eighty two  pounds for it, so on the basis that yours sounds
similar (small body, not a dreadnought?), is that in the right area
(plus shipping of course)?

Thanks
-- 
Jon

Jon Rogers wrote:
> On 2008-07-22, David Kilpatrick  wrote:
>> If it is a GAL 5990/5190 they are solid rosewood back and sides, very 
>> lightly built (about the thinnest solid rosewood you will ever find) and 
>> an equally light cedar top. Very responsive guitar but needs to be 
>> lightly strung, 635mm scale helps.
>>
>> I know how little they cost, and the Fishman pickup is a special Chinese 
>> OEM fitting which costs a fraction of any Fishman rig you can buy to 
>> postfit. But they are worth much more than they originally sold for, and 
>>   my son's got our bigger one (5990?). I sold my 5190 to someone who was 
>> in need of a really good guitar on a budget.
>>
>> David
> 
> Thanks David,
> 
> I recently bought a 2190 on eBay and it arrived broken.  Pity as it is a
> really nice looking guitar.
> 
> I paid eighty two  pounds for it, so on the basis that yours sounds
> similar (small body, not a dreadnought?), is that in the right area
> (plus shipping of course)?
> 
> Thanks


Yes - my 5-series (2 in a row) cost £99 for one (factory second) and 
£140 for the other. I had about six Lamaqs within two months in 2006/7, 
including a very good laminated braz rosewood classical. They were all 
in that range, and all of them were worth 2-3 times more in terms of 
'bang for buck'. They all came with hard cases too.

David

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> On 2008-07-22, Bren  wrote:
>> Thought I'd give you guys to have a go before I put it on FleeceUbay.
>>
>> As new.  Light home use only.  All solid woods. Cedar top, rosewood (I
>> think) back and sides.  Fishman pickup.  Light home use only. c/w 
>> Washburn
>> hard case.  Beautiful guitar!  Sensible offers please :)
>> Remove NOSPAM to reply
>>
>
> What models number please?
>
>
> Thanks
> -- 
> Jon

It's a GAL5190E  the hard case is by Washburn.