<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Phil </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Sorry.  I meant to say this vintage <FONT size=5>did </FONT>have the sand casted plate. A plus in my opinion</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Hi Phil</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   Providing it needs little work probably 6 to 9 k. I find at this age they usually need at least a face lift of hammers,regulation & bass strings....babababuuuttt not always. I remember the C-3 from this time period from my Dads dealer ship. <U> I liked them I don't believe they yet had the heavier sand casted plate.  Not a fan of the vacuum cast plate</U></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><U> Dale </U></EM></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>.</BODY></HTML>