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  1. 20 minutes ago, Whitefang said:

    OP also said he picked it up "locally"(wherever that is) but where?

    A music shop?  or...

    Pawn shop?

    Thrift shop?

    Yard sale?

    Outside all the issues he posted, any others?  Does it play well?  Sound good?  Or like crap? 

    Inquiring minds want to know.  [wink]

    Whitefang

    Hello Whitefang!

    I reside in Jolly Old England ☺️

    (private sale from a fellow with quite a few decent guitars). Plays well, not crap in sound or feel at all. Good solid tone and nice feel to build etc.

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  2. 24 minutes ago, Might Be said:

    Not with a Sonex. 

     

    I presume whoever did the neck swap wanted to keep the original TRC. Not really unlikely. 

     

    How is the neck attached? 

     

    The serial seems odd. I'd have to assume those are badly stamped 8s but then it makes no sense.

    Yes, would seem so. Neck is attached not with the original bolt style but seems to be glued (it's discernible where this work has been done, but very subtle). It seems literally that the 3 numbers have been stamped the wrong way. . .very strange. If they were 8s, as you say, it makes no sense. . .

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  3. 1 minute ago, Dub-T-123 said:

    That was an annoying way to phrase an incorrect answer. Where the hell is the ignore button?

    😄 Indeed! Taken from one of many online images available. . . .

     

    🤔 

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  4. Hi all,

    Picked up an oddity locally last week and would like some help/advice. I bought, I think (for a relatively low price) a bit of an interesting Frankenstein's monster. It's essentially the body of a Sonex 180 Deluxe with what appears to be the neck/headstock of a Les Paul Junior (I was told this is what it is?) or SG(?) with inlay 'blocks' as opposed to the dots that would be on the Sonex fingerboard. The  Tuners have been changed to Grovers and the pickups appear to be changed to Seymour Duncan Antiquities. Truss rod cover is a three-screw jobbie, as appears is expected with a Sonex.  However the strangest thing about it is that the serial number appears to be kosher (Dec 1980 , Nashville) BUT the two number '3's found in the serial number are the wrong way round (back-to-front). Is anyone aware of, or encountered, anything similar ever?

    Any info or comments gratefully received! Images attached!

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