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Permalink Reply by marc e on February 3, 2019 at 8:43am

So depressing. 

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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on February 3, 2019 at 8:54am

It even comes through PSA as a pickguard. How disturbing is that?

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Permalink Reply by marc e on February 3, 2019 at 11:58am

I know , there needs to be much more up front about it

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 3, 2019 at 9:14am

Saw this some time ago, and shared it with a few Garbage fan friends. I didn't say anything here, because I think it speaks for itself. But gluing a Newbury Comics signed booklet on a guitar and calling it a signed guitar is like lazy PT Barnum-ish stuff. 

On top of that, this is image is actually photoshopped. I could go on and on, but I'll stick with the obvious - this looks pretty unprofessional and, at best, comical. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 3, 2019 at 12:26pm

2 of the 3 Madonna guitars he has say "repurposed" signature in the write-up:

https://autographpros.com/?s=madonna+guitar&post_type=product

I don't know why it's not on the one you posted.

Lots of his guitars say "repurposed" in the title and/or the writeup, and make it clear that they were not signed on the actual pickguard or guitar. Most of them do. But if it's not clear to the buyer that the signature was not signed on the pickguard, yes, they should be entitled to a refund under the guarantee.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on February 3, 2019 at 12:28pm

Honestly I wouldn't know what a repurposed pickguard is.

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Permalink Reply by Corey Moylan on February 3, 2019 at 12:31pm

I mean we made a big deal about these when the site found out about the Maca guitars.

Now that we know the source or someone doing the same - seems like as long as he says repurposed, we should just let it slide? 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 3, 2019 at 1:26pm

Seamus,

I can't speak for Ballroom, but I'd have no problem with dealers selling McCartney autographs transferred onto pickguards if they said that's what they did. As long as they were transferring the actual autograph and not a copy of it.  I'd want to make it clear to collectors to watch out for them, since some may sell them without saying that, but there's nothing wrong with doing that unless you represent it as the original pickguard.

In the case of Mike's pickguards, they look like sections of albums, complete with the graphics. What about this isn't honest and open?

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on February 3, 2019 at 1:53pm

I also don't have a problem with it, as it does indeed appear to be a different situation. The Macca guitars contained only the signatures with no additional printing, and in each case give the impression that he signed a pickguard. AFAIK, there was no mention that those signatures came from books.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 3, 2019 at 1:19pm

Here's the dictionary definition of repurposed. And it's albums, CDs and perhaps photos that are repurposed to a pickguard:

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on February 3, 2019 at 2:06pm

It’s DVD cases too. Someone turned a Macca signed “The Space Within Us” into a pickguard.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Kasmar-AutographPros.com on February 3, 2019 at 12:36pm

We recently redesigned the Autograph Pros website and many of the product descriptions and full details have yet to be imported. The Madonna guitars like Steve mentioned are a good example of this, with 2 saying repurposed pickguard and the third pending our upcoming mass-import with full descriptions. I believe there is a strong demand for repurposed pickguards and we are excited to bring a lot of very unique items in this style to our customers.

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