[J-45 ? Circa 1953 info please. Bought from NYC Pawn Shop In Late 1967]

@jgdm "It's certainly seen a lot of action. "

 

 

It has indeed.  I wonder if some expert could analyze the picking patterns.  I figured it probably was played by a mad flat picker.  🙂

[J-45 ? Circa 1953 info please. Bought from NYC Pawn Shop In Late 1967]

My wife knew her brother Mike and  I knew one of Linda's cousins.   I'm super curious who might have owned the guitar before I found it in that Greenwich Village pawn shop.  That's a mystery which may never be solved.

[J-45 ? Circa 1953 info please. Bought from NYC Pawn Shop In Late 1967]

Thank you very much Dave F.  This is informative info!  I would love to be able to have DNA tests run on this guitar.  I can say for certain that Linda Rondstadt played it once because I brought the guitar when I visited her. That was in another lifetime.

[J-45 ? Circa 1953 info please. Bought from NYC Pawn Shop In Late 1967]

I love this guitar but unfortunately I can't play it much anymore.  The photos show the condition, which is very close to how I found it, including the Grover pegs and the case. 

Obviously some very energetic pickers have played it.  NYC was a hotbed of folk music in those days and I have wondered who might have owned it before I found it, and why it had been pawned.    I'd appreciate any recommendations for historians who might be able to help me. Thanks for any information and insights.

Paul