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  • Corey takes a look at an original-condition 1952 Fender Telecaster that's worth a pretty penny in this collection of scenes from "Fender Bender."
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    Pawn Stars
    Season 12
    Episode 3
    Fender Bender
    "Pawn Stars" follows three generations of the Harrison family as they assess the value of items coming in and out of their Gold & Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, from the commonplace to the truly historic.
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  • @PabloGonzalez-hv3td
    @PabloGonzalez-hv3td Před 5 lety +2262

    Proof that going to school doesn't mean you're smart

  • @maddhendrix
    @maddhendrix Před 4 lety +2095

    He's gonna regret selling that guitar for his entire life.

    • @cathanmccann1769
      @cathanmccann1769 Před 4 lety +43

      He really is

    • @johnyguitar258
      @johnyguitar258 Před 4 lety +124

      nah he to stupid to regret anything

    • @JohnDoe-pq8yw
      @JohnDoe-pq8yw Před 4 lety +101

      This hurts to see this. His grandpops DNA is all over that thing. It's gone now in some collectors house resting in its case. All original '52 Tele. So sad but if one is not a musician then the perspective is different.

    • @jtnnetwork6024
      @jtnnetwork6024 Před 4 lety +5

      So true he will be sorry

    • @krzyroah
      @krzyroah Před 4 lety +9

      that's a steal lol

  • @vaxxor
    @vaxxor Před 4 lety +1906

    Hey Police, yeah I'm on Las Vegas Blvd and I just witnessed a robbery.

    • @JohnDoe-pq8yw
      @JohnDoe-pq8yw Před 4 lety +10

      You got that right!!!!

    • @allen6924
      @allen6924 Před 4 lety +12

      No you didn't. What you saw was someone in debt up to his eyeballs. 6mos? He could have found a buyer through the appraiser in 6 more hrs. And made about 5 thousand more easy. Probably a degenerate gambler. 13k cash right now? His eyes lit up.

    • @bradoozy
      @bradoozy Před 4 lety +2

      Hey Gavin’s Friend

    • @rjfgjgthkygbff
      @rjfgjgthkygbff Před 4 lety +14

      @@allen6924 The show is fake

    • @kimedmond5377
      @kimedmond5377 Před 4 lety +6

      Wish Grandpa fought him to negotiate. Hated seeing that rip off

  • @sethp8947
    @sethp8947 Před 4 lety +564

    Why is it that the hand-me-down guitars always end up in the hands of people who don't play guitar?

    • @beatlefan713
      @beatlefan713 Před 4 lety +26

      That's why I'm glad I ended up with my dads 1963 Gibson sg bass and I've played guitar since I was 4 years old and I love music and will never sell the bass

    • @sasporillo207
      @sasporillo207 Před 4 lety +1

      Seth P or respect them

    • @shedjammer87
      @shedjammer87 Před 4 lety +8

      Guitar raffles always seem to be won by non-players, also.

    • @nokie2
      @nokie2 Před 4 lety +1

      It's probability - most folks don't play guitar so it's more likely that they get handed down to non-players.

    • @foxhound5702
      @foxhound5702 Před 4 lety +8

      Because talent as they say skips a generation =P

  • @le-akhydra5357
    @le-akhydra5357 Před 8 lety +4000

    i felt i was being ripped off just by watching him being ripped off

    • @SiddharthMusic-uj8ox
      @SiddharthMusic-uj8ox Před 8 lety +45

      lol.. I am a guitarist and my favorite one is the Tele.. only a real guitar player can know the value of such guitars...

    • @davidwaligora4418
      @davidwaligora4418 Před 8 lety +1

      +le-ak hydra it's fake. here's the same guitar reverb.com/item/811642-fender-telecaster-1952-blonde

    • @Nazzz65
      @Nazzz65 Před 8 lety +2

      I needed a shower...

    • @Salvation4DJews
      @Salvation4DJews Před 8 lety +11

      +le-ak hydra He was not ripped off. He was given an option. Try to sell it using other means for 6 months or get cash now. He wanted cash NOW! He ripped himself off.

    • @lesselp
      @lesselp Před 8 lety

      +le-ak hydra Except it was on camera and set up by History channel and kid got paid.

  • @percys9427
    @percys9427 Před 6 lety +2676

    If my Granddad left me a 1952 black guard Tele it would not be for sale....

  • @chadbaker2224
    @chadbaker2224 Před 4 lety +171

    His grandfather just disowned him from his grave.

  • @waynedeadder664
    @waynedeadder664 Před 4 lety +456

    "You'll spend the next 6 months trying to sell it"
    Right.

    • @AnnoyingOrange420
      @AnnoyingOrange420 Před 4 lety +17

      Wayne Deadder
      6 weeks more like, some people are obsessed with vintage telecasters

    • @osixrl9447
      @osixrl9447 Před 4 lety +2

      for this cash ill do it for 6 years

    • @dexxfilm
      @dexxfilm Před 4 lety +2

      LOL he a fat liar

    • @bassface8580
      @bassface8580 Před 4 lety +6

      6 months trying to sell it. 10k more? Yeah.. or maybe hold on to it and keep that beautiful thing. I mean look at it. It's perfect condition for that age.. this annoyed me so much that he took 13k when he knows lower end he can get 25k. Must of been wanting to gamble or something.. ugh. If I had this guitar I'd keep it in the family and pass it on only on the condition it stays in the family for someone who will love it and play it.

    • @Nockturnmortem
      @Nockturnmortem Před 3 lety +4

      The 6 Next hours would be closer to reality

  • @elkinsplayboy
    @elkinsplayboy Před 8 lety +3718

    Why would you go to college when you have a 52 tele?!

    • @guitarradio544
      @guitarradio544 Před 8 lety +172

      +Willie Ward ROFL, probably one of the best comments yet. Learn to play, become famous, screw college!! Right?

    • @johnspokus
      @johnspokus Před 8 lety +155

      +Willie Ward If I had a real '52 I couldn't ever put it down.

    • @will.a.benjamin
      @will.a.benjamin Před 8 lety +12

      w9j15g Okay, you clearly don't get it. Bye.

    • @gooberdoober22
      @gooberdoober22 Před 8 lety +13

      +w9j15g have fun doing what you do only for money and living a boring, generic life

    • @turtlepenguin1494
      @turtlepenguin1494 Před 8 lety +21

      +w9j15g Wow you must be fun at parties.

  • @blason56
    @blason56 Před 5 lety +818

    As of june 2019, none of these are available for sale, but a 1956 stratocaster in rough shape is worth 56 000$. That guys grampa died twice.

    • @Simplycoburn
      @Simplycoburn Před 4 lety +9

      A similar black guard Tele sells for about 40k

    • @lennywright5655
      @lennywright5655 Před 4 lety +8

      I can’t believe he didn’t try to get at least $15K! Stupid move.

    • @pnphlsd
      @pnphlsd Před 4 lety +5

      @@lennywright5655 I agree with you. I fear that going to college would not help.

    • @_pant0m
      @_pant0m Před 4 lety

      rip again

    • @jimcamp2423
      @jimcamp2423 Před 3 lety +3

      @@lennywright5655 Yep, I would've raised it to $ 15-18K and told the pawn shop that when it sold there's a split on the difference between the cash now part of the deal. Works both ways, a loss and he'd be eating a portion of that. I get how pawn shops work, but this is not your usual pawn shop item. He's not hocking a Chinese guitar here.

  • @xavierpascal3907
    @xavierpascal3907 Před 4 lety +279

    “Lemme sell my grandads tele for some “rent” and “college” omg

    • @YesuAiNimen
      @YesuAiNimen Před 4 lety +33

      Translation: I need money for drugs and escorts.

    • @skydominguez2039
      @skydominguez2039 Před 4 lety +3

      in this economy that's what it's come down to. he probably asked his granddad or his granddad left it to him. sure it has significance but dude has to be realistic. i don't blame him.

    • @dg_96_7
      @dg_96_7 Před 4 lety +4

      Sky Dominguez nah that’s dumb ah , this guy used that money for “one semester”. He could’ve sold it triple the price to a guitar collector.

    • @Barryzuckercorn69
      @Barryzuckercorn69 Před 4 lety +2

      Lol he said ‘13 thousand cash?’ You knew he wasn’t using that for college

    • @denboe2894
      @denboe2894 Před 3 lety

      Here you go! Dude gets his classes and is sitting around one day, "Gee, think I'll learn guitar!".

  • @thedownsides
    @thedownsides Před 4 lety +166

    Plot twist: It was actually a modded squier and the expert was in on it.

  • @chrisdee5032
    @chrisdee5032 Před 5 lety +1400

    "I've seen these things go for $5k"
    Please tell us where!!!

    • @hunterjo118
      @hunterjo118 Před 5 lety +4

      I know right

    • @jimmyswag5794
      @jimmyswag5794 Před 5 lety +45

      You show me a 52 tele original for 5k and I'll take 4 of them yesterday.i just played a 52 custom reissue the other day with all the relic and everything and they wanted 6k for that.

    • @PabloGonzalez-hv3td
      @PabloGonzalez-hv3td Před 5 lety +1

      @@jimmyswag5794 - Corey isn't a guitar expert I don't think he means 52 Teles specifically as I'm sure one could be had for less than 500K

    • @Zainpinto118
      @Zainpinto118 Před 4 lety +1

      Jimmy swag I have a 2018 ‘52 reissue take and its incredible! Don’t need the original although I wouldn’t mind if my grandpa had one for me lol

    • @mlukas
      @mlukas Před 4 lety +8

      I've seen a pickup from that era go for $5K, hahahahahaha

  • @NyqWill95
    @NyqWill95 Před 6 lety +970

    Not only did he sell a vintage Tele he sold a vintage Tele from his grandpa

    • @rickjason215
      @rickjason215 Před 5 lety +90

      He is a moron. He will blow that money in a few weeks.

    • @albertvasquez9015
      @albertvasquez9015 Před 5 lety

      Marty Powell 😂

    • @lukasgarage956
      @lukasgarage956 Před 5 lety +2

      People do anything for some cash

    • @bottle1lack743
      @bottle1lack743 Před 5 lety +3

      Wilson The Coconut are you really this stupid to believe he found it in his grandpa's basement?

    • @kirkt3970
      @kirkt3970 Před 4 lety +1

      I was lucky like this guy. My grandpa left me a sixties Gibson

  • @DS-yg4qs
    @DS-yg4qs Před 4 lety +79

    January 1952... so its actually more like 1951. It means one of first teles ever made. This is holy grail of guitars.

    • @gunkanjima3408
      @gunkanjima3408 Před 4 lety +13

      This is one of the more important comments. In 1950 they were Esquires and then Broadcasters in early to mid 1951. I’m not sure how many Fender produced per month, but a January 1952 headstock labeled Tele, especially in this condition, quite literally is a holy grail. I can see this going up for auction for insane $$

  • @reece5853
    @reece5853 Před 4 lety +190

    it’ll go to a better owner, that guy honestly doesn’t deserve it. poor grandpa

    • @MatraBatra
      @MatraBatra Před 4 lety +7

      True, i felt bad for his grandpa but I didn't think of it that way. That telly needs some love

  • @AnkerPeet
    @AnkerPeet Před 5 lety +1423

    I would rather have that guitar than a semester of college.

    • @dongdelacruz1250
      @dongdelacruz1250 Před 4 lety +1

      HAHAHA

    • @nahuelcassullodiaz4938
      @nahuelcassullodiaz4938 Před 4 lety +2

      Unless you got to an expensive uni, that’s like over a year’s worth of tuition.. but like the man above me said, no way would I give that up. Incredible historical value and sentimental value would never justify giving up that guitar in my hands unless there was an emergency.

    • @admit8318
      @admit8318 Před 4 lety +2

      This guitar is a pure gold... man THATS 52 TELECASTER Its not about value its all about tradition.

    • @mariogamefreak1
      @mariogamefreak1 Před 4 lety

      Anker Peet he seems like he got a good deal

    • @TheKeef98
      @TheKeef98 Před 4 lety +1

      It's not enough for Stanford, Caltech, Harvard, MIT etc., so I don't understand that guy.

  • @EvelcyclopS
    @EvelcyclopS Před 6 lety +846

    Taking all the risks on a 1952 fender telecaster. Yeah right.

  • @alexjohnson4759
    @alexjohnson4759 Před 4 lety +95

    51's are selling from 40-61k in 2019 bet he already dropped out of college 😂

  • @cliffwheeler7357
    @cliffwheeler7357 Před 5 lety +87

    The "Thermometer" case that Tele is sitting in is worth a fortune on its own, never mind the guitar which has to be 50 grands worth. That kid was well and truly shafted.

    • @monocyte2210
      @monocyte2210 Před 5 lety

      What is unique about that case? If i had one of those teles never gonna sell them to anybody. Let alone have anubody touch it

    • @lukasgarage956
      @lukasgarage956 Před 5 lety +5

      Shafted dry

    • @ajsmusic2561
      @ajsmusic2561 Před 2 lety

      You wonder why so ignorant when we have been here longer than Pawn Stars and he never even called us???

    • @MatthewSmith-fy5hk
      @MatthewSmith-fy5hk Před 11 měsíci +1

      He shafted himself.

  • @er1cmaurer
    @er1cmaurer Před 6 lety +684

    I guess he's not attending a business college. 🤦‍♂️

  • @zombiedanceprod
    @zombiedanceprod Před 8 lety +1219

    if my grandfather passed something like this down to me i wouldn't give it up for a million. Not just because im a guitarist but because of sentimentality

    • @dowrow6898
      @dowrow6898 Před 8 lety +3

      yeah, this guy is an a-hole

    • @Hotitalianman
      @Hotitalianman Před 8 lety +1

      yeah

    • @BrianOblivionB
      @BrianOblivionB Před 8 lety +1

      Yes I feel you , put dat bitch on display

    • @burningTr33
      @burningTr33 Před 8 lety +1

      +zombiedanceprod if i came across one of this i would not give it up at all.

    • @mck974
      @mck974 Před 8 lety +4

      I agree with man! That's so disrespectful to just sell off a relic like that!! Especially for how much he got screwed on the price!

  • @derpking356
    @derpking356 Před 5 lety +57

    As a tele player this hurts my soul.

  • @robwilliams239
    @robwilliams239 Před 4 lety +35

    NEVER SELL ANY GUITAR FROM THE 50’s. EVER!!!

  • @anthonysclafani3963
    @anthonysclafani3963 Před 6 lety +829

    Wow this was painful to watch

    • @thedominator4796
      @thedominator4796 Před 6 lety +20

      Anthony Sclafani I know he got ripped off pretty hard. One day he will realize his mistake

    • @tangentz0007
      @tangentz0007 Před 5 lety +2

      I agree. He should have take it to Christie's!He would have got 50 k at least or more at auction.

    • @josevillegas9029
      @josevillegas9029 Před 5 lety +7

      It really is, I wouldn’t wanna get rid of a beauty in a snap of a finger like that. Screw the pawn shop, and screw college debt, id keep that axe

    • @dbo5241
      @dbo5241 Před 5 lety +2

      Very painful

    • @markhorton3041
      @markhorton3041 Před 5 lety +1

      Anthony Sclafani Extremely!!!!

  • @missknewbie1193
    @missknewbie1193 Před 5 lety +732

    Grandads prized guitar gone forever. Its heartbreaking

    • @backhandok
      @backhandok Před 5 lety +45

      I bet Joe Bonamassa has it now. That guy thinks guitars are Pokemon, gotta catch em all.

    • @BeholdenYeti
      @BeholdenYeti Před 5 lety +20

      @@backhandok If there would be anyone I'd be okay with having all of the vintage/rare badass guitars in the world, it'd be Joe Bonamassa.

    • @backhandok
      @backhandok Před 5 lety +1

      @@BeholdenYeti That is true.

    • @jinjxmusic
      @jinjxmusic Před 4 lety +15

      I know some of these are fake, but if this is real: this guy sold his birthright for a bowl of soup

    • @pierredubois719
      @pierredubois719 Před 4 lety +10

      This is a fickle and faithless generation.

  • @sparekeiv
    @sparekeiv Před 5 lety +39

    Dude, don’t sell your grandpa’s 52 tele! Learn to play it! Keep it in the family.

  • @rlombardo1998
    @rlombardo1998 Před 5 lety +50

    "good enough for a semester"
    What about a guitar for a lifetime?

    • @furbymetal83
      @furbymetal83 Před 5 lety +10

      Poor tele, spending a whole lifetime with that clueless fruitcake? this dumbass would ve left it to rot in some damp basement. Maybe now some artist like Bonamassa or John 5 gets to buy it and play it, that would be a positive plot twist

  • @OneLiterPeter
    @OneLiterPeter Před 8 lety +542

    If that guitar was valued at between 25 and 30K... I would have walked at 13K, taken it down the street to the nearest vintage guitar shop and offered it to them for 20K. Heck I would have hopped in the car and taken the 4 hour drive to LA and gone to Norman's Rare Guitars.

    • @raywaco
      @raywaco Před 8 lety +2

      +OneLiterPeter Cowtown

    • @Nazzz65
      @Nazzz65 Před 8 lety +2

      Hear-hear! Bring it to SOMEBODY, anybody else! At least LOOK at the dealer lists in 'Vintage Guitar' for twenty minutes first!!

    • @unabonger777
      @unabonger777 Před 8 lety +2

      +OneLiterPeter right, so either this show is fake, or he's a complete idiot. i still think the show is fake, either way.

    • @timk7508
      @timk7508 Před 8 lety +2

      +OneLiterPeter Yes. Pawn shops are really just for desperate, lazy or stupid people.

    • @Oneness100
      @Oneness100 Před 8 lety +1

      +OneLiterPeter Roman's Guitars is in Vegas, that's where the "expert" came from and Pawn Stars sold it to them within an hour after buying it. I remember this episode.

  • @bradley3030
    @bradley3030 Před 6 lety +340

    "I am taking all the risk of making a $17k profit."

    • @allennance949
      @allennance949 Před 5 lety

      52 reissues go for that.

    • @luckyvet
      @luckyvet Před 4 lety

      This episode is older than 2015, probably just after 2009 when black jesus ran your us economic into the ground. dummies!

    • @andysmith6218
      @andysmith6218 Před 4 lety +2

      CV dickhead

    • @adonisgomez161
      @adonisgomez161 Před 4 lety

      @@luckyvet you do know the recession started under Bush's presidency, right? Imagine this scenario: you're given a business that is days away from going bankrupt due to what happened under the previous owner. Are you then one to blame for the financial state of said company or the previous?

  • @ry_pha9465
    @ry_pha9465 Před 4 lety +113

    Seller: I want 13k
    Guitar Nerd: It's worth 20-30k
    Seller: I want 30k
    Buyer: I'll give you 13k
    Seller: Ok
    My man doesn't even try to negotiate and just offers the highest price said, and then sold it for less than half. Like buddy you could've probably gotten at least a solid 20k out of that.

    • @AlexanderTheGreat1000
      @AlexanderTheGreat1000 Před 4 lety +2

      RISC Productions omfg right!!! Wtf is going on with that clown

    • @skrt2246
      @skrt2246 Před 4 lety +1

      Actual guitar price over 50k or much more the buyer goes I’ll give you 100 dollars ‘I’m taking all the risk here” seller yeah ight.

    • @curtr.5792
      @curtr.5792 Před 4 lety

      I mean, he was only looking for 13k to begin with. Why be upset? I know he coulda had more money, but he wasn't expecting it anyway

    • @rockdinosaur666
      @rockdinosaur666 Před 4 lety

      Wouldn't it be a sad irony if the seller was going to college to study finance!!

    • @justanotherfishinbikinibot6060
      @justanotherfishinbikinibot6060 Před 4 lety +1

      he could've atleast researched what it cost but yeah, he chose to be stupid

  • @stevieprice-fx9bi
    @stevieprice-fx9bi Před 4 lety +34

    “It’s worth $40,000” “I’ll give you $20”

  • @andreww1212
    @andreww1212 Před 7 lety +146

    Dude had the original poodle case and the guitar was in immaculate condition. He could have easily got above 35K for it. What a dope.

    • @Robot-vv1yg
      @Robot-vv1yg Před 5 lety

      Drewism lol - it takes years to find a buyer willing to pay retail on these types of guitars. Years 👍

    • @connorsmith6517
      @connorsmith6517 Před 5 lety +5

      Robot 5000 not true at all. You can sell a guitar like that in like 6 months if you go to the right Auctions. Ppl want OG telecasters and will pay a lot for them

    • @a.v.d2315
      @a.v.d2315 Před 5 lety +1

      I hate this show because most of these people are selling something for the first time and don't even know they're being ROBBED.

  • @SolomonsWisdom
    @SolomonsWisdom Před 5 lety +304

    “It’s good enough for a semester.” God, college is such a scam.

    • @randolphvanhook5829
      @randolphvanhook5829 Před 3 lety +5

      That kid just spent $3000 on a semester of community college and dropped the other $10,000 on crack after selling an original '52 blackguard and case for $13,000.

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro Před 3 lety

      In America, sure.
      In Europe, not so much.

    • @aydenburris8631
      @aydenburris8631 Před 3 lety +2

      @@OriginalPuro depending on what county you live in, going to college in germany is a waste of time unless you plan on taking your degree out of country. Too many people with degrees, not enough jobs.

    • @redalertcavy
      @redalertcavy Před 3 lety

      Speak for yourself. My degree changed my life. Are there other jobs that can make more? Sure. But in my experience, it wasn't a scam. And yes, I'm in the United States.

    • @iheartcicada
      @iheartcicada Před 3 lety

      correction north american college is a scam, moving from portland to munich germany this summer and i’m going to save 30k dollars

  • @jeffreyhill7990
    @jeffreyhill7990 Před 4 lety +9

    I watched that all the way to the end, and cried!!

  • @trollpolice
    @trollpolice Před 5 lety +36

    That guitar is worth more than a college degree tbh.

  • @mattdickey2717
    @mattdickey2717 Před 8 lety +533

    This isn't real. Nobody is stupid enough to throw away that kind of money. It would take all of a week to sell that on eBay for $25-30k.

    • @joejack6576
      @joejack6576 Před 8 lety +1

      +Matt Dickey I disagree an Obama voter would have sold it for 1500 then burned down cvs blaming the cops for being a drug dealer

    • @rdoetjes
      @rdoetjes Před 8 lety +1

      +Matt Dickey I would have offered him 20k cash and sold it online for 30k in less than a month.

    • @ryan_riffs
      @ryan_riffs Před 8 lety

      +Matt Dickey It was real, the guitar "expert" bought it off Cory just hours later for double what Cory paid. Shown later in the episode.

    • @son0fsocal
      @son0fsocal Před 8 lety

      I agree, reality tv is as real as a brass magnet

    • @kanitsomarkos
      @kanitsomarkos Před 8 lety

      +Matt Dickey well stupidity is real iam afraid....

  • @sisyphus349
    @sisyphus349 Před 7 lety +927

    Ripped off. He could have easily made at least 30,000 by selling it directly to a collector.

    • @MrZachgonz
      @MrZachgonz Před 7 lety +13

      Aris Theocharis good luck peddling it directly to one.

    • @S7E4L7H
      @S7E4L7H Před 7 lety +18

      a guy like Kenny Wayn or Mr Springsteen or really any rock guitarist would have been happy to pay 30k or more

    • @DetVen
      @DetVen Před 7 lety +28

      Zach Gonzales with a guitar like that and the world wide web, collectors peddle themselves to you.

    • @NuthinOnTheTv
      @NuthinOnTheTv Před 6 lety +7

      It’s not real

    • @donalddutchie4929
      @donalddutchie4929 Před 6 lety +13

      It's a damn pawn shop. You want more money or let's say, a fair deal, don't go to a pawn shop.

  • @87BruceH
    @87BruceH Před 4 lety +4

    Omg! That is so crazy, I would’ve never even taken it in there. That guitar is a keeper for sure!

  • @rodbelding9523
    @rodbelding9523 Před 5 lety +11

    It broke my heart he sold his grandpa's guitar like that, come on man.

  • @angelojulioth3616
    @angelojulioth3616 Před 7 lety +681

    I would be ashamed if my grandson did this, I would rather want him to play it.

    • @jpjona9807
      @jpjona9807 Před 7 lety +18

      Why not buy a better guitar for a fraction of the price? :)
      Even though it's guitar pop culture to praise these guitars as the best, they really aren't.
      Also, playing them deteriorates the value.

    • @angelojulioth3616
      @angelojulioth3616 Před 7 lety +13

      JP Jona Guitars are meant to be played, that's why, if his grandpa preserved it, that guitar should be for someone to enjoy it, even better if it's for his grandson. I'm not talking about from the "this is a valuable thing because it's old and people would pay a ton of money for it", I'm saying this from the "This was from my grandpa" point of view.

    • @jpjona9807
      @jpjona9807 Před 7 lety

      Yes, guitars are meant to be played, just like every car on a museum is meant to be driven.
      I can see the emotional aspect of it, but be that as it may, playing on a historical instrument like this is not good business.
      That's why people who owns guitars like this doesn't use them. Of course there are exceptions, but those are usually people with enough money to not care. I highly doubt this college kid go that much "fuck you"-money ;)

    • @RebelWolf8U
      @RebelWolf8U Před 7 lety +4

      even worse he made atleast a 7 thousand fucking loss when he could have raked cash what an idiot what a waste of a beautiful guitar

    • @angelojulioth3616
      @angelojulioth3616 Před 7 lety +17

      JP Jona I know he needs to go to college, I know sometimes it's hard to get money to survive, I'm just 21 but I know money comes and goes, a gift from your grandpa don't.

  • @jonathanbohn4805
    @jonathanbohn4805 Před 8 lety +105

    13?
    30?
    13?
    ok.
    The art of the deal.

    • @Clearanceman2
      @Clearanceman2 Před 7 lety +1

      He should have said $18K but only in bitcoin.

    • @cornstar1253
      @cornstar1253 Před 6 lety

      Clearanceman2 then he would have been worse off

    • @ElliotRose
      @ElliotRose Před 6 lety

      Pawn shop. Rare guitar? No.

  • @Tiredboi21
    @Tiredboi21 Před 5 lety +5

    I would never ever sell a '52 telecaster. I would cherish that beauty.

  • @richfrazier8756
    @richfrazier8756 Před 2 lety +2

    Corey probably ran to daddy yelling "Look what I just bought from a young sucker!"

  • @j.dtruths5577
    @j.dtruths5577 Před 8 lety +139

    That was very sad to watch, that was the best looking 52 i'd ever seen! I'm sure the kid needed the money but he's dumber than a post!!! I"m sure Corey sold that for $30,000 plus!

    • @doublestrokeroll
      @doublestrokeroll Před 8 lety

      +J.D Truths I doubt it. this isn't 2005 anymore. That bubble burst ages ago. 20 to 30 for that thing max.

    • @AlienSexGod
      @AlienSexGod Před 7 lety +2

      It's all fake you idiot!

    • @dzzap
      @dzzap Před 5 lety

      they showed him selling it to Jessie later in the show for 30gs

  • @dr.pendyke4887
    @dr.pendyke4887 Před 5 lety +223

    Who else was yelling "NO...GOD...No Kid, please don't"....A 52 legit Tele with OHSC.....JESUS

    • @monocyte2210
      @monocyte2210 Před 5 lety

      Whats OHSC? Poor kid

    • @BBBwagggan
      @BBBwagggan Před 5 lety +4

      @@monocyte2210 Orginal Hard Shell Case

    • @mouseanalyse
      @mouseanalyse Před 5 lety

      Yep. Me too, saying: “No, ... no, ... no...!” Out loud. Doesn’t happen often to me. 😢

    • @vvavie4858
      @vvavie4858 Před 5 lety +1

      RDJ410 the dude who came in to look at it would have offered him more money lol

    • @Getyabootsoffskinny
      @Getyabootsoffskinny Před 4 lety

      Me !

  • @mikecamps7226
    @mikecamps7226 Před 5 lety +20

    Go to school for as long as you want...….and like the comedian says...…"you can't fix stupid"

  • @leoc2837
    @leoc2837 Před 4 lety +27

    What a ripoff Corey 'I'm taking all the risk' Yeah right, what a scam artist.

  • @swallow_skyla3602
    @swallow_skyla3602 Před 7 lety +124

    "when u get robbed and it's all on camera"

  • @geirolav2
    @geirolav2 Před 8 lety +305

    Why did he sell it to pawn stars? and not a guitar store

    • @Gretchluver1
      @Gretchluver1 Před 8 lety

      +Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Because TV.

    • @tazs8142
      @tazs8142 Před 8 lety

      cuz he's a dumbass
      guitar center would have given him much more for this amazing guitar

    • @Alfgunnarp
      @Alfgunnarp Před 8 lety

      +Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Probably to get on TV....

    • @Bluebuthappy182
      @Bluebuthappy182 Před 8 lety

      +Marius Hjertø (MariusHj) Becasue he didn't know what he had.

    • @RicardoRMarin
      @RicardoRMarin Před 8 lety +10

      cuz he will appear on tv

  • @JakobBath
    @JakobBath Před 4 lety +14

    Used on Johnny cash "I walk the line" Luther perkins never used a telecaster, he used a Fender Esquire.

    • @GenosGlory
      @GenosGlory Před 4 lety +1

      Jakob Bath Luther Perkins played Fender Esquire, Fender Jazzmaster and a Fender Jaguar. Also an accoustic Martin D28 at times so yes you are correct he never played a Telecaster.

  • @donaldgosling
    @donaldgosling Před 5 lety +5

    The first 'solid body electric guitars' came out in the 1930's ( Travis Bigsby ). Fender introduced the first 'Tele' guitar in 1948 ( 3 x 3 headstock) , History tells the rest . Broadcaster, Nocaster,Telecaster. etc

    • @rcornelius863
      @rcornelius863 Před 4 lety +1

      You're forgetting the esquire good sir. I had the opportunity to play a '51 through a '52 wide panel deluxe while working at GC. WE offered him I think 13 total, 12k for guitar and 1k for the amp? It's been almost a decade so I don't remember the exact numbers, but considering they were gonna garage sale the thing for like 500 bucks the dude was stoked.

  • @allrain
    @allrain Před 8 lety +259

    It sells for 30k but hey 13k in cash? Sure LOL

    • @50nuccio
      @50nuccio Před 7 lety +12

      Yeah, but he didn't even negotiate. He could have gotten 18, maybe even 20.

    • @captross07
      @captross07 Před 7 lety +19

      Yeah. He's just a kid, and Corey kinda took advantage of him.

    • @okavipra
      @okavipra Před 7 lety +11

      i saw 52 in worse condition went for 44500 on e bay

    • @codykleinsmith
      @codykleinsmith Před 7 lety +1

      Ross Childs As much as I don't like the people on this show, the kid was a bit unknowledgeable on the instrument. With the amount of information available on the internet, there is no excuse why he couldn't come up with a better number. There are so many websites that he could have used to sell it on. For example, Reverb.com is probably the top website among musicians to both buy and sell.

    • @amzharpyro
      @amzharpyro Před 5 lety

      He didn't even try to get to 15!

  • @Gloveberg1
    @Gloveberg1 Před 8 lety +325

    Spoiler alert, that guy works at the local vintage guitar shop and that Tele "found in my grandpa's basement" is actually from their shop inventory. Nice try History(?) Channel......

    • @XLBiker13
      @XLBiker13 Před 8 lety +28

      +Jimmy Glover If that guy works in a local vintage shop why would he be selling a '52 Tele for $13,000?? He'd know its worth infinitely more and he'd be selling it at his shop. Are you saying the entire segment was made up just for the show?

    • @BloodyCovers
      @BloodyCovers Před 8 lety +9

      XLBiker13 you got a point

    • @n8milliken
      @n8milliken Před 8 lety +33

      there it is. that makes much more sense than the bs acting job going on in that scene.

    • @drummerben04
      @drummerben04 Před 8 lety +7

      Where'd you find this out?

    • @gregputman
      @gregputman Před 8 lety +2

      redrick2030 Yeah. That place is nothing but a tourist place, close to the Freemont Street tourist area downtown. They have an area roped off out front for the line of tourist waiting to get in. From what friends who have actually been inside, the guys you see on TV are NEVER even in there. Occasionally the close off the store to film scenes.

  • @nateflint1334
    @nateflint1334 Před 4 lety +4

    Doctor: You only have a couple years to live
    Rick: 3 years, call me if you change your mind

  • @joehurtig7950
    @joehurtig7950 Před 4 lety +3

    This makes me sad. If my granddad left me that instrument, I would be in my basement playing it right now! Those are great guitars!

  • @xavierg.8299
    @xavierg.8299 Před 7 lety +166

    Grandpa's turning in his grave!

  • @Jakeman90210
    @Jakeman90210 Před 7 lety +126

    That guitar would go for at least $40,000

  • @jamz8844
    @jamz8844 Před 3 lety +2

    Now he's gotta find 7 more of those guitars and he will be all set with school.

  • @bendobbing9239
    @bendobbing9239 Před 4 lety +6

    1. I cannot believe he would actually sell his Grandfather’s prized Telecaster
    2. If he negotiated properly, he could have easily got atleast $18,000 for it
    3. Today ‘51 and ‘52 telecasters are even more expensive

  • @shonc8338
    @shonc8338 Před 6 lety +106

    Big hoss ripped this guy off big time

  • @StevenRecknagelMusic
    @StevenRecknagelMusic Před 8 lety +974

    this disgusts me. ripped off. poor guy

    • @GenteelCretin
      @GenteelCretin Před 8 lety +6

      +Steven RHCP freak He ripped himself off. A college education won't cure stupidity.

    • @mariohds86
      @mariohds86 Před 8 lety

      +Steven RHCP freak he made him an offer, he had the choice to take it or not, at the end of the day the pawn shop has to make money and maintain employees and overhead, so that makes no sense.

    • @StevenRecknagelMusic
      @StevenRecknagelMusic Před 8 lety

      im not saying the guy isnt stupid btw, i agree. completely idiotic on his part. i just dont get how they could take him for that big of a sucker

    • @mattclifford8858
      @mattclifford8858 Před 8 lety +2

      +Steven RHCP freak couldnt agree more.... when he said guitars like that go for as low as 5000 he doesn't know what the fuck he is talking about

    • @apachefilms8777
      @apachefilms8777 Před 8 lety

      +Steven RHCP freak why poor guy?, he is a dumb fuck, he failed to negotiate and lost out, that's business. Good on the pawn shop

  • @beneten6462
    @beneten6462 Před 3 lety +2

    That is a once in a lifetime kinda buy. I would’ve totally held onto that!

  • @devdogg2759
    @devdogg2759 Před 5 lety +4

    "I just sold my grandpas 52' tele to party and fail out of the semester I just paid for"

  • @WonkaVator72
    @WonkaVator72 Před 6 lety +174

    2:32: "Here's the deal: I'm still taking all the risks." I hate when they say that under circumstances like this. They're not taking any real risk. They'll double their money in about a week.

    • @Deb526
      @Deb526 Před 5 lety +22

      I agree. Those pawnshop rip off artists should not be able to look at themselves in the mirror.
      However, that dumdass kid had absolutely no sense either.
      I guess it’s cheats vs idiots.

    • @PabloGonzalez-hv3td
      @PabloGonzalez-hv3td Před 5 lety +4

      @@Deb526 - Business people vs idiots he could have walked out when he found out its value.
      Corey sold it to Jesse for 30k 5 mins later but in the guitar world your name means a lot a dealer is going to attract the high end buyers not some kid that doesn't even understand what he had.

    • @carlsmith1263
      @carlsmith1263 Před 5 lety +2

      They got Bonamassa on speed dial

    • @jimmyswag5794
      @jimmyswag5794 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeah this guitar didn't sit in the shop 1 day. I guarantee they called any musician buddy of theirs and sold it for at least 20-25k

    • @anom3778
      @anom3778 Před 4 lety

      @@Deb526 dude I would be smiling in the mirror if I got a deal like that. This is business. Wtf are you crying about?

  • @christianadrian28
    @christianadrian28 Před 8 lety +361

    I'll give you $10 and half a sandwich

    • @barrya.6212
      @barrya.6212 Před 6 lety +2

      Is that Turkey sandwich with Jalepeno's?....if so....deal

    • @zebdoz333
      @zebdoz333 Před 6 lety +1

      one that he took a bite off of the rip off artists

    • @snowbird3067
      @snowbird3067 Před 6 lety

      Wade Wilson 😅😅😅

    • @ajwasp
      @ajwasp Před 6 lety

      Wade Wilson hey! Can we be sandwich brothers if I say yes?. I’ll even buy the next sandwich with the ten dollars you give me, lol :-p

    • @benjaminsimmons6029
      @benjaminsimmons6029 Před 6 lety

      Barry A. I didnt know the flash liked jalepenos

  • @HVNTERTN
    @HVNTERTN Před 5 lety +5

    "Cash?"
    Nah dude, he's gonna give you dabloons.
    As a side note, I would forgo any schooling to have a '52 Tele.

  • @halbertking2683
    @halbertking2683 Před 4 lety

    My friend had a 50s Tele body that someone cut into a teardrop shape. If we could go back in time.

  • @michaelhernandez7312
    @michaelhernandez7312 Před 5 lety +158

    Rick's son is my least favorite employee

    • @abdulhamza172
      @abdulhamza172 Před 4 lety

      Facts and the old man

    • @mjphoto45
      @mjphoto45 Před 4 lety +2

      Chumplee is the worst

    • @pjk9056
      @pjk9056 Před 4 lety +2

      He’s an arrogant creep!

    • @Liam.2000
      @Liam.2000 Před 3 lety

      He gets the best prices tho. He knows what he’s doing

  • @survivor1155
    @survivor1155 Před 7 lety +465

    Poor guy got ripped off

    • @AizwellOfficial
      @AizwellOfficial Před 7 lety +71

      not poor, just stupid

    • @jesse_cole
      @jesse_cole Před 7 lety +4

      Nah, no one would really let it go down like this. The show is scripted.

    • @299charles
      @299charles Před 7 lety +8

      [SURVIVOR115]
      Wow I wouldn't take any less than 20k for it knowing the guy just said it was worth 25-30

    • @DiscipleOfChrist00
      @DiscipleOfChrist00 Před 6 lety +4

      It's the kids fault though. He should have done his research before walking into the shop.

    • @23bitchris60
      @23bitchris60 Před 6 lety

      It’s a pawn shop not a guitar store. I’m pretty sure he knew what he was doing.

  • @jasongallimore1882
    @jasongallimore1882 Před 3 lety +1

    "I take all the risks. Now hike that leg up. This is about to be painful."

  • @MrMetalManMe
    @MrMetalManMe Před 4 lety

    Wow he was nuts too take that for the guitar!
    Pawn stars gain again

  • @RedRebel8
    @RedRebel8 Před 5 lety +4

    This is a great advert for avoiding pawn shops.
    Corey says 'if you want the spend the next 6 months trying to sell it' and the guy falls for it.
    That guitar would have collectors lining up.

  • @honour123
    @honour123 Před 5 lety +81

    You can be damm sure of 1 thing. He was not an ECONOMICS MAJOR!!!!

  • @christiandude3149
    @christiandude3149 Před 7 měsíci

    As my Grandpa died he left me his guitars too... two fender Esquires from 51 and 56 an Nocaster from 51 and a Fender Strat from 64... a couple of Gretsch from the late 60s and a Gibson Junior from 1958... i sold a gretsch Hollowbody and the 51 Esquire because i dont like them to play... but i never would sell the other ones... thats music History...

  • @roybacker3253
    @roybacker3253 Před 4 lety +4

    Student?!? I wouldn’t want to be stuck doing a science project with him! Ouchh

  • @ping5580
    @ping5580 Před 8 lety +28

    These people should sell their rare guitars to a proper guitar dealer..not a cheap pawn shop

    • @Robot-vv1yg
      @Robot-vv1yg Před 5 lety +2

      Ping a dealer wouldn’t pay much more

  • @rentedtemple9889
    @rentedtemple9889 Před 8 lety +151

    Why the hell would you sell a 1952 Blackguard Fender Tele?
    I would keep it and jam on it for the rest of my life and hand it down to my son.

    • @maximshen3078
      @maximshen3078 Před 8 lety +5

      Then he probably should learn it, just because of THE guitar !

    • @TheDesertRat31
      @TheDesertRat31 Před 8 lety +1

      no doubt. why oh why sell that thing to a pawn shop?

    • @dwit878
      @dwit878 Před 7 lety +1

      Rented Temple I'd be too afraid to touch it

  • @aydenburris8631
    @aydenburris8631 Před 3 lety

    The thing still has it's bridge cover. Most people took them off and tossed them away or used them as ash trays. That's rare to still find a bridge cover

  • @akisantoniou2913
    @akisantoniou2913 Před 4 lety +1

    I have a vintage Fender Jazz Bass and I hope it doesn't end up like this one.

  • @alienvolt7741
    @alienvolt7741 Před 7 lety +8

    Legend has it he graduated found no job, bought a Telecaster and started a band

  • @JordanLake25
    @JordanLake25 Před 7 lety +28

    He scored big time.
    But that would soo much more in years from now.
    He's going to be older and regretting he sold that beauty.

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 Před 3 lety

    Ouch..........I think I just hit my head on the floor as I fell out of my chair 💥💥

  • @YNGWIE998
    @YNGWIE998 Před 4 lety

    It has got a horrendous 1/4" action! Once it is properly set up, it will be AMAZING!!!

  • @paule.t.5728
    @paule.t.5728 Před 8 lety +47

    i wouldn't even sell that guitar at any price..

  • @Brxvs
    @Brxvs Před 6 lety +4

    I don’t understand why people who are fortunate enough to get things like these would ever sell. I’d keep it for myself forever.

  • @jme92685
    @jme92685 Před 6 měsíci

    Grandpa: You sold my ‘52 Tele for what??!!!

  • @marklund9
    @marklund9 Před 5 lety +2

    I felt violated just by watching that!

  • @smilemore.productions
    @smilemore.productions Před 6 lety +94

    This hurts

  • @deltablue6618
    @deltablue6618 Před 6 lety +3

    If this was my grandfathers guitar from the 1950’s to me it would have been priceless.

  • @MrJackie64
    @MrJackie64 Před 4 lety

    I'm crying while I watch.

  • @grant8490
    @grant8490 Před 4 lety +1

    That was one of the more brutal things I've seen on this show. I feel like the cops are going to come busting into my house just for watching this.

  • @ALEEN517
    @ALEEN517 Před 8 lety +70

    They could sell that so fast with just a phone call. Joe Bonamassa. Keith Richards. I would have hit up JB on Facebook. Send him a picture of it, it's as good as sold.

    • @andrewrotz2323
      @andrewrotz2323 Před 8 lety +1

      +Anthony Norton John 5 is a huge vintage tele collector as well... this is any easy sell for anyone with industry knowledge

    • @larrygeetar9309
      @larrygeetar9309 Před 8 lety

      +Anthony Norton Probably not. Both JB and Keith already have so many of these
      vintage axes one more '52 Tele isn't needed. But no question the young man
      should have done his homework before taking it to a professional haggler like
      this guy. It's his own fault. He really should have walked out the door unless the
      guy could come up with at lest another $5,000. He got screwed.

    • @ElliotRose
      @ElliotRose Před 6 lety

      Keif would buy that in a heartbeat.

  • @CallmeDaBreeze1971
    @CallmeDaBreeze1971 Před 8 lety +50

    Wow what an amazing guitar. It still had the "ashtray" bridge cover, most players discarded it.

    • @lmbtcs1879
      @lmbtcs1879 Před 8 lety +3

      kinda hard to palm mute on

    • @Thickardo
      @Thickardo Před 7 lety +2

      ~

    • @50nuccio
      @50nuccio Před 7 lety +7

      Duuuude...missed the joke. Hard to palm mute on the ashtray bridge cover...

    • @lmbtcs1879
      @lmbtcs1879 Před 7 lety

      50nuccio gg

    • @andrewptob
      @andrewptob Před 7 lety +1

      That immediately caught my eye as well. Pretty cool

  • @surfer5072
    @surfer5072 Před 5 lety

    I was at an east coast guitar show about 8-10 years ago. A dealer there whom I had done business with over the years had a man approach him, as he was returning to his booth after getting some snacks, and the man had a list of 5 Fender Stratocasters he wanted to sell. The man had been away in military service and his Strats were stolen. The police had just retrieved them and returned the guitars to him. My dealer friend asked him how much he wanted for the 5 Strats and he said $15,000. My dealer friend said: "sir, EACH of these guitars, depending on condition, could be worth about $15,000. Bring the guitars to me at my shop and I will put them on consignment for you. I will take 15% of the final sale price". I offer this true experience in contrast to this Pawn Stars episode.

  • @christos7344
    @christos7344 Před 4 lety +1

    Breaks my heart :(

  • @yeh6198
    @yeh6198 Před 5 lety +8

    College ;( this breaks my heart imagine the amount of care that his granda did just to make it look like that after 60 years :(

  • @Jonathan-L
    @Jonathan-L Před 8 lety +30

    It's cheaper to keep her.

  • @alexhage8092
    @alexhage8092 Před 3 lety +1

    "I'll give you all cash" like that adds more value .......

  • @davewalker3070
    @davewalker3070 Před 3 lety +1

    Guitars like this would be so easy to sell without going to Pawn Stars