Rev.WillieVK
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Limbo
see Dante's Inferno
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Limbo
see Dante's Inferno
The Franks sold the guitar to Al Parish.
Al Parish never got the guitar due to his prosecution over a ponzi-scheme he had been running.
Phil W auctioned the guitar on behalf of the courts to a new owner. The identity of the new owner has not been divulged in this thread.
Correct so far?
Confusing or what? Are we talking about the Al Parish Cosmo conversion, the Hendrix Strat or the Peter Green Les Paul?
The "Hendrix" Strat.
I presume the guitar didn't go to Parish because the liquidator took legal possession of it post the arrest and subsequent court orders. It appears that Phil then sold it, before the liquidators auction, with the sale proceeds going to the liquidator for distribution to the claimants.
The interesting element is that Phil says Parish bought if from the Franks.
The operative question then becomes one of who acted as agent in purchasing the guitar on behalf of the Franks? It may have been the Franks' money that funded the purchase, but somebody acted as their purchase agent and somebody authenticated it as a Hendrix instrument pre-purchase?
One can only guess as to who that might have been.
"He didn't try to buy it, he did buy it".
AP bought the guitar and remitted funds. Those funds were "not his" as they were part of the proceeds of the Ponzi scheme.
"he did buy it he just never received the guitar because I had it in my safe"
Ponzi scheme went tits-up, likely AP's assets frozen by court order. ergo it stays in the safe.
"he bought it from the alleged "owner" of the Peter Green Les Paul".
Phil being "cute". Legal transfer would be from Franks' to AP, as the Franks' were the legal owner of the guitar only they had the power to sell it. PW likely acted as agent and arranger (and, perhaps, authenticator) in the sale for a share of any profits achieved. I'd be surprised if Franks ever had more than a cursory glance at the guitar.
Correct, in relation to that thrown towards Eric E.
You have to love a quote out of context.
I offered the same to EE in 2008, he accepted then failed to show
I'm surprised Eddie Vegas hasn't parted out that Cry Baby & Tube Screamer
you would never believe who the buyer was!
I make a point of taking time at the Harrods oyster bar just over the road from where you live, take an hour to sit down with me, I'll tell you all I know from day one up to & including the current status of THE "CUSTODIANSHIP",
Franks sold the guitar, I did not
Al never received it because it was in my safe, I sold it
on the contrary, you are the king of that, it is your MO, 95% of your posts are out of context, I understand, it gets the crowd baying,
Back in 80's...when the seeds were planted for me to pursue vintage guitars as my profession, I never dreamed it would become what it has.
The concept of "guitars as investments' has probably been the one single factor that has screwed things up the most.
That is what attracted the sharks.
Almost every facet of my job, finding cool gear, visiting awe inspiring shops like Southworth's, meeting other folks that LOVE guitars, has been replaced with other unfulfilling, unwanted, time wasting crap....like sitting at the computer looking or reading about guitars.
Maybe I just need to go plug in.
How in the world could anyone take what you say "out of context"? Brother, just where is the context in your sly, I know so much more than you postings and furious spinning?
I don't know you, but I know lie spoutin con man speak when I hear it. Why anyone would choose to buy anything from you or associated with you is beyond me. I've read enough. I get it, good Lord I get it. Way too many shenannigans attached to your dealings and way too much BULLSHIT explainations and sorry ass excuses blaming everyone else. Your shit trail is all over the web and it is apparent just what kind of charcter you are.
you go girlfriend. hope you're feelin' better, al. fuck this fruitcake-crookasscrook. it is a miricle that anybody would ever spend a dime with this charlatan... "A charlatan (also called swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or some similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, or other ..."