Waynewalt Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 First off, I'm new here. Maybe some of you could help me out. So a friend of mine has this Gibson, or at least it says it's a Gibson on the headstock. What is it? No numbers, nothing. It's neck and fretboard are delaminating. So, trying to justify the repair. Help me out guys! Picture links https://ibb.co/eGPbWa https://ibb.co/dXQiBa https://ibb.co/h38EHF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 A home-made Gibson, maybe? A Gibson on a Frankenstein prescription? I suspect it is a counterfeit. Just my two cents. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I don't know what it is, but put it this way. That guitar has certainly never seen the inside of a Kalamazoo (or Bozeman) factory. Unless they have a Kalamazoo in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynewalt Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Here are some gut shots too. Didn't look at the thing too long. Was that a common thing to fake gibson acoustics? I know a bunch of jap companies were copying les pauls in the 70s. https://ibb.co/hdd4jv https://ibb.co/hgQvra https://ibb.co/b5Ec4v https://ibb.co/inKc4v Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 The headstock is the wrong shape for starters. QM aka Jazzman Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 It's definitely not a Gibson. Looks like a budget '70s Japanese dread, made of laminates with probably an "ebonised" (i.e. Painted) fretboard and bridge, and a body covered in thick polycellulose goop. It's not worth repairing unless someone can do it for free. For the money you'd spend on fixing it, you could buy a decent Epiphone or Sigma acoustic which would be 10,000X the guitar this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawg007 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 First off, I'm new here. Maybe some of you could help me out. So a friend of mine has this Gibson, or at least it says it's a Gibson on the headstock. What is it? No numbers, nothing. It's neck and fretboard are delaminating. So, trying to justify the repair. Help me out guys! Picture links https://ibb.co/eGPbWa https://ibb.co/dXQiBa https://ibb.co/h38EHF Its a J-13FOS. There were a limited run of these back in 1913. They were made to commemorate the Chinese Bullfrog. (Totally kidding of course.) It's crazy how these guitars pop up. I wonder how it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Somewhere, someone could have a great time collecting fake Gibsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I had a similar one in my garage for years; a local folk club had a collection of art pieces made from old instruments and a friend thought maybe I could do something with it. I never did, and the club closed, so I finally threw it away recently. I always wondered how/why it came to have that logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I would not pay to have that guitar repaired with OldCowboys money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Many of the Japanese "lawsuit era" guitars of the '70s were actually very well made by Ibanez, Takamine, Aria and others. They copied many of Gibson, Martin, and Guild's visual cues, but not the name on the headstock. This guitar does not come close to breathing even that kind of air, so just quickly step away from the firewood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I would not pay to have that guitar repaired with OldCowboys money. What? I have money? OMG! Quick - tell me where it is, and above all don't let my wife know!!! 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waynewalt Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 Well, thanks for all your responses. I didn't figure it was the real deal, but the fake logo was decently impressive. Someone probably spent more time making a fake logo the. It actually took to build the guitar. I may use it for practicing my repair work. I have done a few guitars at this point and this one seems like a fun challenge. He also has a Kay arch top acoustic hanging there as well. Wrong forum for this, but here is a picture anyway. https://ibb.co/gdiz1a Is this one worth messing around with? I don't know much about old arch tops, but it looks like it has a nice pair of f holes. Can you say that still? F holes? At any rate, I hate to see any guitar dying like that. This guys man cave is like a guitar hospice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Looks like a pile of poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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