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Or more like an Anime cartoon. (I know I said I was going to shut up now, but this one just slipped out.) 😌

This is going to sound weird, but I kind of like it. Looks mystical and intriguing, like abstract sleeve tattoos. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😐

I'm not sure I understand the question. 😐

Did you say you need one wired conductor? 😁

Okay, so the Slick guitar has been holding up just fine. And she still sounds killer-great. And I have sold off a few more guitars in the past month. The Slick remains, so she must be a keeper. But the front of the thing struck me as a bit bland. So a few months ago, our girl singer painted a gecko on there for me. And today I used some masking tape and pin-striping tape and gave her racing stripes. And a sporty Mr. Horsepower sticker. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😐 (The original state of affairs....)

Now, if I were to buy a used ebony SG, I would go for this 1997 model. I do so love the naked pickups, much more than the chrome covered ones. And only eight hundred-fiddy bones. 🙂 https://reverb.com/item/38322047-gibson-sg-1997-ebony?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=7276534768&utm_content=campaignid=7276534768_adgroupid=83071981320_productpartitionid=891689877040=merchantid=240048658_productid=38322047_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=391708917119&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3Y-ABhCnARIsAKYDH7txOs82ug_38a_Nfd95QPBTjgiBJ0mIulKdUiBU0UoWx70XWvVwIosaAnmsEALw_wcB

Doggone it. And here I am with all this religious porn that I'm fixing to try and unload. 😬

She sure is pretty, Paw. 🙂

She's a Kramer from 1985 or 1986. Most likely built in Korea, based upon that serial number. Other than that, the photos are too small to pick out any of the critical details. Can you take a close up photo of the front of the headstock, the back of the headstock, and the bridge EMG-style pickup? Thanks!! 🙂

This might be considered Mint Condition as well, when you think about it. 😐

Welcome, Sarah. It's great to have you aboard! There are a lot of veteran players here with plenty of great advice. Seek and ye shall find! Sparky PS My wife's favorite niece, from southern Alabama, is named Sarah Sims. Small world! 🙂

I can't wait to give a listen. I must confess though, I have never heard of the band Love, nor this album, before today. Looking over the musicians involved, it's going to be treat, I suspect. I see most of the Wrecking Crew on there. Very excited now. 🙂

A bassless Geddy Lee. 😐

I was just copying the sound hole label protocols that Gibson used many years ago. 'Style' was what we might call Model Number. 'Gibson' was either guitar, ukulele, or mandolin. And Serial Number is self explanatory. Trust me, they weren't consistent in their application of these practices either. See examples below.

I must state right up front that: * These photos suck. I like photographing in natural light, not in the evening with overhead lamps and Kodak flash. But I have to work with the resources I have this evening. and, * I would never endeavor to represent this fake Gibson as the real deal. I'm just happy to have stumbled across it (while in search of gun ammo), and to find that it fills a niche that needed filling. See, I have been scheming for a few months to find a cheap used acoustic guitar, and to install a pickup, wiring, and primitive Volume and Tone Knobs right on the front of it. I even ordered a cheap kit in order to accomplish this goal. (see link below) https://www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Guitar-6-string-Control-Pickup/dp/B07D992WY5/ref=sr_1_17?dchild=1&keywords=acoustic+guitar+6+string+Volume+and+Tone+Control+%2B&qid=1610589958&s=musical-instruments&sr=1-17 I really hate modern acoustic/electric controls (mounted on the upper shoulder of the guitar typically), and I always liked the look and groove of the Beatles J-160e. I wanted to create something like that on my own. Bigger than Stuttgart, I walked into that pawn shop, and there she is; The beast who must be bought. And so I bought her. And now she is mine. And she actually plays and sounds really nice. Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😔

And Dub-T-123 wins the prize. She's a fairly faithful reproduction of (one of those two) famous Gibson J-160e's that Brian Epstein bought for the lads back in 1962. The sound hole tag had been torn out, so I recreated one, and invented a serial number that details the exact day the the Beatles broke up all those years ago. $169 dollars, American, used. Actually plays, sounds, and behaves really nicely. I just need to put lighter gauge strings on there. I'm impressed with the work of 12 year old luthier 李万里 and 11 year old craftsman 钦芳老. I'll post some photos in a bit. I got in later from work than I had planned. 🤨

I scored a pawn shop prize yesterday, I'm I am really happy with it. The back-story and more photos later on this afternoon, when I get off from work. I have to run now, that sausage ain't gonna make itself. 😘

Yeah. This is true, rct. Or, mebbe I'm just a guitar addict. I already have a pine body Esquire of sorts, the one that Patrick Gentile built a few years ago. It's a really great guitar. I love how versatile it is. And then I have that awesome sporty Indy T-2 jobber, with a TV Jones-style pickup in it. But truth be told, ever since I sold off everything that ever had a P-90 in it, I'm starting to long for one, and justifying this new one would be quite a trial. Or, who knows? 😜

It has kind eyes. 😐

That Tele with the single P90 is talking to me. 😜

Photos, please. 🙂

I am with you 100%, good sir. 😐

Oh my gosh, what a great guitar!! Man oh man. Well played sir!! 😛

I'm going to guess that it's a Gibson ES type guitar, made in Kalamazoo in 1968. Just my guess. Since that's what we're doing here. 🙂