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Is this one a fake? 57 Les Paul or a 70's Spotlight Special.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 12:54 PM
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:05 PM
This is not a guitar that left the factory....notice all the fixed hack marks all over the body.
It looks like the body had to be altered because the neck is mounted in the 'wrong' place.
It MIGHT actually be a genuine vintage Gibson neck, but it has been hack as well....so it wouldn't be worth anything.
It looks like the body had to be altered because the neck is mounted in the 'wrong' place.
It MIGHT actually be a genuine vintage Gibson neck, but it has been hack as well....so it wouldn't be worth anything.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:06 PM
It's fake. The headstock has no ears. The body is home made and not even a shape I have ever seen Gibson build. Cool looking guitar though. I might give $200 for it if it comes with the case which is real.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:13 PM
Its a fake but i don't think its Chinese made like the "new" fakes of today. Very interesting...
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:14 PM
I think those pups are Dimarzio? Hell, i want it.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:15 PM
dem00n, on 08 April 2012 - 01:14 PM, said:
I think those pups are Dimarzio? Hell, i want it.
Yep, they look like old Dimarzio "PAF"s. I'd love to see how it's wired with those outputs.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:43 PM
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Fake junk.
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Fake junk.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 01:45 PM
BigKahune, on 08 April 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:
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Fake junk.
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Fake junk.
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I don't think its junk, i think its a high school project.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 02:59 PM
It looks like something from a young up-and-coming luthier from the late 70s. Reminds me of Hagstrom and early BC Rich. It's as if there was a teenage KISS, Zeppelin, or Thin Lizzy fan who couldn't afford a real LP, and Epis weren't around yet, and the lawsuit guitars were starting to fade away from our neck of the woods. (y'know, after Ibanez got the big no-no from Norlin Inc....).
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Take a Gibson Les Paul, throw a DiMarzio Super Distortion in it, plug it into a Marshall amp and turn it up to 10. It's pretty much a no brainer!- Ace ****in' Frehley
I don't see why we have to go through all the bullshit of high school just to be musicians- Alex Lifeson
It doesn't matter how fast you can play or how many chords you know, if you can't play the blues, go the **** home you ain't worth nothin'- Richie Scarlet
Critics love Elvis Costello because they all look like him- David Lee Roth
Ace is God- Dimebag Darrell (RIP. 1966-2004)
Like is too strong a word...I don't really like anybody- Chris DeNicola (I love Road Rants)
You can keep the drugs, I'll take the sex and the rock n' roll- Paul Stanley
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And most importantly....**** OFF ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME! (Gene Simmons, Eddie Trunk, and anyone who matters)
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 03:25 PM
Looks like a Nighthawk.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 04:50 PM
BigKahune, on 08 April 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:
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Fake junk.
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Fake junk.
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Could be from the " Kaching" Dynasty...........
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.................................." I hate it when people compare god with jimmy page, I mean, he's good and all, but he's no jimmy page."..................................
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" It occured to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception." Einstein on his theory of relativity.
" Music is a higher relevation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents." Ludwig von Beethoven
" There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.' Johann Sebastian Bach
" Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or a punching bag. It's not the thing itself; it's preparatory to the activity." Barney Kessel
" After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Hoxley
" There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have crossed this line." Pianist Oscar Lavant
" Music came before language; musical grunts became words." Damian (copyright)
" I know how to get there, all I've got to do is keep playing." Jimmy Page
" Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
" Music is an outburst of the soul." Fredrick Deluis
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 05:13 PM
BigKahune, on 08 April 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:
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Fake junk.
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Fake junk.
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I don't know which makes me madder; fake junk or genuine junk.
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Posted 08 April 2012 - 07:15 PM
That's some crazy stuff.
Gibson SG Standard Ebony ('11) - Epiphone G400 Cherry ('04) - Samick Greg Bennett Acoustic ('06)
Voodoo Lab 2 Plus / Boss TU-3 / SHO Clone - Codtone. / Dirty Little Secret Clone / BYOC Phase Royal / Way Huge Aqua Puss / Cosmo Delay - GGS (Garland Guitar Services).
Acoustic 160 ('79) / Acoustic G100T ('81) / Acoustic 450 ('75) / Sound X505R ('66)
Acoustic 105 4x12 ('76) / Acoustic 204 4x12 ('73) / Acoustic 469 4x12 x2 ('81+'83) / Acoustic 466 2x12 ('83)
Acoustic 109 1x12 Combo ('81) / Acoustic 834 x2 ('78)
Voodoo Lab 2 Plus / Boss TU-3 / SHO Clone - Codtone. / Dirty Little Secret Clone / BYOC Phase Royal / Way Huge Aqua Puss / Cosmo Delay - GGS (Garland Guitar Services).
Acoustic 160 ('79) / Acoustic G100T ('81) / Acoustic 450 ('75) / Sound X505R ('66)
Acoustic 105 4x12 ('76) / Acoustic 204 4x12 ('73) / Acoustic 469 4x12 x2 ('81+'83) / Acoustic 466 2x12 ('83)
Acoustic 109 1x12 Combo ('81) / Acoustic 834 x2 ('78)
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:21 AM
I knew I'd seen that distinctive angled stop-tail 'back-in-the-day'.
It, the bridge and possibly other bits of hardware are from a mid-'70s Guild such as this one;
The p-ups on the guit in the ad are one DiMarzio 'PAF' and one 'Super Distortion' so it's almost certain this is the donor instrument.
The neck on the OP instrument might be from a real Gibson but that's about it.
Looks pretty well made and the parts are worth a certain amount on their own.
It might even play and sound very good!
P.
It, the bridge and possibly other bits of hardware are from a mid-'70s Guild such as this one;
The p-ups on the guit in the ad are one DiMarzio 'PAF' and one 'Super Distortion' so it's almost certain this is the donor instrument.
The neck on the OP instrument might be from a real Gibson but that's about it.
Looks pretty well made and the parts are worth a certain amount on their own.
It might even play and sound very good!
P.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 03:29 AM
Nice spot on the stopbar pippy. I like the fact that the seller "believes" it may be a 1957 les paul. I wonder what on earth brought him to that conclusion.
Have cut back on my equipment do to circumstance. Just my #1 Gibson Les Paul Standard just now. No amps, no pedals.
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Posted 09 April 2012 - 06:09 PM
One of these days I'm going to find a REAL treasure and SHOW THEM ALL!!!!
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