Greg 57 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I have a J-50 in the shop for some major repairs, including a neck reset. I believe this guitar is old enough to not have the paddle neck joint but want to make sure. The guitar is Mahogany with black shading on the heel. Rosewood bridge and fretboard, plastic tortoise binding which is now crumbling. The tuners say "Gibson Deluxe" and the serial number A004297 is pressed into the rear of the peghead. The words "made in USA" are barely visible under the serial number. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I believe the serial number would date it to 1973 to 1975 (probably closer to '73, with the first two digits being zeros). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg 57 Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 That is the conclusion I reached also. I wanted to confirm that since it seems that dating Gibsons using serial numbers alone can be difficult. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltcraft Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I have a J-50 in the shop for some major repairs, including a neck reset. I believe this guitar is old enough to not have the paddle neck joint but want to make sure. The guitar is Mahogany with black shading on the heel. Rosewood bridge and fretboard, plastic tortoise binding which is now crumbling. The tuners say "Gibson Deluxe" and the serial number A004297 is pressed into the rear of the peghead. The words "made in USA" are barely visible under the serial number. Thanks for your help. Mine is very similar to this one except the TRC is a 3 hole cover (and I don't have the original cover) and the tuners have been swapped out for new gold tuners (which I don't like). Do you think the tuners on yours are original? Dating for mine is still being debated but most likely 1969-70 it seems. http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/117039-1969-j50/page__pid__1591572__st__20#entry1591572 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg 57 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Mine is very similar to this one except the TRC is a 3 hole cover (and I don't have the original cover) and the tuners have been swapped out for new gold tuners (which I don't like). Do you think the tuners on yours are original? Dating for mine is still being debated but most likely 1969-70 it seems. http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/117039-1969-j50/page__pid__1591572__st__20#entry1591572 This guitar is not mine and the customer doesn't have precise knowledge of the history. But the tuners do look original to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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