I agree with Jacob that prices can be all over the place and that's with any item for sale, guitars or otherwise but LS-320 examples are not just the normal, run of the mill guitar.
Even though cataloged the LS-320 is an 'order only' guitar and as such these were most likely not typically made unless a paying buyer requested one and how long did the buyer wait for one to be delivered after an order?
The lumbers utilized for these builds are also not the average run of the mill species and some of the lumber species are now becoming much less available.
Some sellers are flipping guitars nearly as quick as they obtain them, LS-320s included and then some sellers such as myself have had LS-320 examples in hand for 16 plus years.
The example I offered is a circa 2000 example but it wasn't sold until 2006 as exhibited by the original sale date on the warranty card, yet it remains in original condition with nothing changed except strings.
My suspicion is the LS-320 example I have may have been ordered by the original buyer (Big Boss Freaks Market) as a curiosity and/or possibly a store demo. This is purely speculation but I have often wondered why would a circa 2000 example not be originally sold until late 2006? Who knows?
There were less that two years passed between the original sale date showing on the warranty card of this example and the time that it landed in my hands, it has had a very good home with me for over 16 years and it is in basically the very same condition now as when I purchased it.
Every item for sale has a different history and story behind it and there will always be differing variables involved.
I have flipped guitars over the years but the LS-320 isn't just any run of the mill guitar; at least this one isn't.
If someone is seriously interested in the guitar there is the possibility to work a deal but then if that never happens I'm certainly OK with that too.
