Grog
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Years ago I tried a MK-72, The feel & tone of that guitar was amazing! I bought it & even though I’m more of an electric player, it has remained my main acoustic. The concept was well engineered & it was the first attempt to improve the tone of acoustics in many years. Due partially to the inconsistency of wood, the results varied quite a bit. I try them when I come across them, most have little or no tone compared to my MK-72. I bought a MK-35 for cheap to use as a wall hanger, it sounds thin & cheap. If you do find one that sound & feels good to you, it’s a bargain compared to many vintage Gibson acoustics.
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1 hour ago, Riverbassman65 said:
I got this, after an 8 month wait. So worth it!
I agree! I bought two of these also in blue. One to modify. My Les Paul Triumph bass has always been my “go to” bass. I find myself playing this more lately.
If you are looking for a hard shell case, The Gator Les Paul case fits perfectly.
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The finish is listed as sunburst, to me it looks blond……….
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A SG case does fit. There is extra clearance by the small bout but the larger part of the body is an exact fit.
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The pots that had six digit codes were typically from the fifties or older but your number is odd. Les Paul Standards with humbuckers were only special order until the middle seventies. It could be a ‘73 but the sixth digit shouldn’t be higher than a 5. Could the pot have been changed?
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I would say about 1967. Chrome hardware, the larger pickup cover & reflector knobs place it around that timeframe. The hand rest looks wrong & the finger rest has been removed. The current Vintage Guitar Price Guide lists it from $1,300 to $1,700. With a headstock repair, it would likely reduce it to around $1,000. Look on eBay & Reverb to see what EB-0’s are actually selling for to help set a price.
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I have most of the original info on this amp. PM me your email address & I will try to send you a copy…………
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I got it yesterday…….
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The “LE” looks like it was added after the guitar was made. It is off center & hand scratched verses stamped into the wood. It’s not impossible , but I doubt it came from the factory stamped that way…….
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I have a ‘67 ES-335.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/0BeEbcp.jpg[/img]
The harmonica bridge on yours screams 70’s. Also it shouldn’t have a stop tailpiece. They came with a trapeze tailpiece or like mine a Bigsby.
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They are Schaller made Gibson tuners. They were used approximately 1969 to well into the 70’s. The earlier ones had an “S” on the back for Schaller. These tuners may not be the favorite for looks, but in my opinion, they do the one thing a tuner is supposed to do better than most……. Stay in tune! These are my personal favorite.
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Looks like a 1972 ES-335 to me. There is one on Reverb now exactly like it in mint condition……….
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If it has black tolex covering & silver grill cloth it is likely from the middle sixties. This was the last series of amps built at the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo.
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Looks great to me also…..
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Should be a 2017. Eight digit serial numbers, first & fifth numbers signify the year…….
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Congrats!! I’ve had an RD Artist guitar & Bass for quite a while now, both 1977s. You don’t come across them very often anymore…….
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If you can see one of the pot codes, with either a dental mirror or a WiFi Borescope that will narrow it down a bit more.
Example 1377235 137=manufacture CTS 72=year pot was made. 35=week of the year pot was made.
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It looks similar to an ES-330 around 1960……..
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Looks more like some kind of Melody Maker with the narrow headstock. The pickups have two height adjusting screws one on each end, Les Paul Recording & the similar shaped Marauder neck pickup have three height adjusting screws. The body sure looks thin!
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Great ES-335!! It looks to me that it might be a 1966 with the reflector knobs & chrome hardware. I have a cherry 1967, by then they were using witch hat knobs. It’s sort of a mystery about the orange label. It looks like there might have been a number “2” under the “F” in Freddy. My ‘67 didn’t have an orange label at all. It was custom ordered with a Bigsby in place of the lyre vibrato like yours or a trapeze tailpiece. Blank, original orange labels were still readily available at the time I bought it 25 years ago, so I added one. If only a fifty + year old guitar could talk & tell it’s story!
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I had a 1975 Les Paul Recording with a maple neck, I still have a 1972 EB-4L with a maple neck. All of the Les Paul Tribute DC guitars & basses that came out in 2019 had mahogany bodies & maple necks…….
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It’s not a Gibson, it’s a counterfeit of some sort.
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Tronical was the company that made Gibsons Min-Etune system. Either your SG had it originally & everything was removed, or someone dropped the TOM bridge on the original studs.
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On 1/8/2020 at 10:47 PM, Lungimsam said:
Is your bass neck -heavy? Have neck dive?
Are the fret edges rough or finished nicely?
I had to eventually dress the fret edges on both of my DC basses & my DC JR. Also my ES LP & a 2015 LP Studio. The luthier at GC said it was a Minnesota thing but I never had to do it on any of my vintage guitars.
Finally a Gibson bass!!!
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Congrats!! I’ve been playing a ‘72 Les Paul Triumph bass for about 30 years. My blue LP Jr DC bass has been major competition for it.