[vlmagee]

Graham, Ebay is definitely something you should try. Although you will find avid fans here, this is by no means the entire universe of Lightfoot fans; far from it. Plus, if you look at the "active users" statistics, you'll see that over the short term not that many people check here. Yes, there are some of us who visit regularly, but there are many fans who visit rarely or not at all. And a post about a guitar for sale shows up near the top for only a few days, if that. It's great that you offered it here, but there were no takers (remember, several of us have one already), so if you really want to sell, Ebay is probably the way to do it.

However, you will still have a problem because you are in the UK, and most Lightfoot fans are on the other side of the pond. There will definitely be a customs charge if purchased by a US resident: 10% I believe. Even though it was made here, it will almost definitely be subject to customs fees. Finally, I'm sure that people will be a little uneasy about having the guitar shipped so far. You may want to offer to pay the return cost, if they are unhappy with it for any reason. In fact, you may want to sell it with shipping included, and state how you will ship it and that you will insure it for full value.

Finally, when you consider what you are likely to get for it, remember that the guitar that just sold had a hand-signed autograph. Although the seller thinks there are maybe 10 of those, I seriously doubt that. His is only the 3rd I have ever heard about. There was another on Ebay, and my guitar is also hand-signed. Of the 35 or so owners I do know, none of them had their guitar signed (yet).

Good luck. But do you really want to sell it?