About James Koontz Expertise Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Amplifiers, Most anything Music related... Also most anything related to security, Fire and access control, as well as CCTV system.
Experience 20 years as a sound engineer, part time luthier, and general all around technical dude for many local bands. One of which was fairly large in the 80's and 90's with multiple recordings, and was the opening act for David Allen Coe, as well as got a nashville recording opportunity. The band disbanded before making it mainstream.
Organizations Loyal Order of the Moose, Boy Scouts,BMI
Publications Highlights for Children, Mystery Magazine,several online Publications, multiple cd's from various artists.
Education/Credentials I have 20 years experience, some electrical college experience. Studied Law, philosophy, and theology.
Awards and Honors well, too many to listm and none worth much more than a paperweight to hold down the ones that are on paper.
Expert: James Koontz Date: 7/19/2007 Subject: c.f. martin
Question Hi. I got a Martin 7-28, now I want to sell it. Could you say how much it is worth. The guitar is in good condition with an original case. I bought it in 1980 from a dealer in Germany.
Answer Hello,
I can honestly say I have never heard of this model number for a Martin. I know of the D-28, but not a 7-28, as a matter of fact, I don't think I have ever seen a Martin model number that began with 7.. So, without knowing more about it, I can't give you any real information, I'm sorry.. Could it be a D-28 instead of a 7-28? If so, I would still need the serial number in order to date it, so I can give you a more accurate value, though, Figure somewhere in the $1500 range for anything late seventies early eighties.. If it is older (I know one store sold their brand new 1965 Martin D-28 in 1992, it sat there in the store all that time, noone ever bought it, until then, SO, stranger things have happened.), then figure the price more along the $2000 range, but it's not hard to sell a Martin, they sell themselves pretty quick, and if you throw it on Ebay, the price will go where you want it in no time, I rarely see a Martin sell for less than it's worth, but I see alot of them sell for more..
