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Hello my name is David and I am a G.A.S. addict.
I've always wanted one of these but I just haven't got the space for any more guitars.
I am on the G.A.S. wagon (apart from yesterday's slip up). Sorry.
The first time I saw a BOND ELECTRAGLIDE I wanted it. Oh! I wanted it!
I saw that guy from The Clash (and later Big Audio Dynamite) posing with one. I saw Dave Stewart with one. I read about it in GuitarPorn Magazine. Oh My God! I wanted one.
I put a search in Ebay for one and every now and then one popped up. The other day there was just the body and neck (no fretboard or electronics). I even drooled over that.
Today my dream came true and slowly turned into a nightmare. This story does not have a happy ending. You have been warned.
There it was £700 plus delivery. I couldn't believe it. £700. I looked around my studio. Three walls hung with guitars. A small pile of cases filled with guitars on top of cabinet. Three more under the bed. NO! No more! I can't! That was it. I was not going to succumb. I switched off the computer, had a coffee and a shower and went to work.
I could not stop thinking about it. If I sold something, I could make some space and justify a new acquisition. The price was fantastic. A real piece of history and unique in its own right.
That was it, I started checking some prices. The Baja Tele could go. I could reduce the prices on those other guitars that I've been trying to sell for the past two months. That Peavey amp I don't use. Yes! Yes! Yes! I could do it!
Ebay beckoned. I searched. No Bond Electraglide apart from the afore mentioned shell. Back to my saved search. I was sweating. It can't be. "Click!"... "This item is no longer available."
Nooooooooooooooooooo!
So, all I can do is share with you all my sad, sad story.
This is what I let slip through my fingers. Mock me, go on. I deserve it. What a damned fool!
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| Seven hundred quid! |
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| Tremolo arm... OMFG! |
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| Thing of beauty |
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| Almost the "number of the beast"! Might as well be for all my torment. |
BOND ELECTRAGLIDE
1980s Handbuilt Carbon Fibre Electric Guitar
This is an extremely rare example
it is UNIQUE in being the ONLY bond ever fitted with a tremelo system
it is the actual guitar featured in the Bond Catalogues and magazine adverts
details as follows:
SERIAL NUMBER #000328
3 X SINGLE COIL PICKUPS
ADJUSTABLE VOLUME BASS TREBLE
Correct power supply
correct Bond stereo cable with angled jack
correct straplocks
original bond owners manual
original bond case{ condition of this is poor }
The guitar has a couple of light marks on the back of the neck which i have pictured
there are NO SPLITS OR CRACKS OR REPAIRS
THE STEPPED FINGERBOARD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
all the electrics work well...except the out of phase button on front two pickups is stiff
the screen lights up , all leds work
the guitar sounds superb and plays well
a true one off example with the factory fitted BOND tremelo unit
Aaaaaaaaaaaagh!
The Q&A was the final knife between the shoulder blades.
Q: does it actually stay in tune with this tremelo please?
A: hello, strangely yes ! the design works very well ..and because of the straight line stringing and roller saddles it behaves much better than a strat for example also the mass of the design and the fact it is so superbly engineered by schaller gives the sound good sustain and tone , i was told by the guitar guru and author and bond expert Paul Day this tremelo cost so so much to 'tool up' by andrew bond with SCHALLER that it was the tipping point for the companies finances ...and it never went into production , this remains i believe the only correct factory fitted example in existence , nice thing ! , best regards, paul
I will NEVER be the same again.
David. Forlornly blogging from Barcelona
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