cazsendall Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hi , I am a newbie who is trying to find out exactly what my guitar is and roughly what it is worth. The serial number inside the lower F hole is R6779 19. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I believe it to be an ES-330TD based on appearance, made in 1960 based on the serial number. I don't want to guess the value. If you give George Gruhn $50 he will do an appraisal for insurance purposes and you can figure the actual market value to be about 60-70% of that dollar amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazsendall Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 I believe it to be an ES-330TD based on appearance, made in 1960 based on the serial number. I don't want to guess the value. If you give George Gruhn $50 he will do an appraisal for insurance purposes and you can figure the actual market value to be about 60-70% of that dollar amount. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I believe it to be an ES-330TD based on appearance, made in 1960 based on the serial number. I don't want to guess the value. If you give George Gruhn $50 he will do an appraisal for insurance purposes and you can figure the actual market value to be about 60-70% of that dollar amount. Perhaps the latter part of 1960, based on the reflector-top control knobs. The tailpiece appears to be an Epiphone Trem-o-tone. Gibson was building Epiphone guitars around that time, so there's sort of a connection there. As I understand it, the Trem-o-tone was introduced in 1961. Yours is incomplete. It would have looked like this originally: A standard trapeze tailpiece for a 330 would have been this type: Your tuners are not original, and this will bring the value down to some degree. The black ring surrounding your pickup selector toggle switch is a bit unusual, but is probably original. ===== In terms of market value, you can check ebay completed auctions, and you can find a range of asking prices (just as a guideline) here: http://www.gbase.com/gear?q=gibson%20es330&year=1960 2-pickup models like yours are worth more than the single-pickup version (ES-330T). Blond finish is worth more than sunburst. Yours appears to be in very nice shape, but any damage (neck cracks, etc) or repairs will bring the value down to some extent. In terms of dealing with Mr. Gruhn, what typically happens is that you can actually sell an instrument to him for 60% of the appraised value; or, consign it to him and you would receive 80% of the eventual sale price (20% would be his commission fee). Beautiful guitar! (I had a very similar 1960 example many years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Also, on early examples of the 330 the neck joined the body at the 16th fret. This was changed to the 19th fret a few years later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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