vacamartin Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-acoustic-guitar-/271213674769?pt=Guitar&hash=item3f25984111&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:US:101&afsrc=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Hard to tell from the pictures since the seller does not even include a full shot of the front. I am not even sure what a couple of the photos are supposed to be showing. But if I had to guess based on the finish, bridge, top and back binding, tuners, logo, and such I would say it is an early 1930s L-1. The second pic of the headstock is very strange. Looks like somebody had been gnawing on it. Looks very different from the earlier shot. I would think it was not the same guitar but even the ferrule on the D string is missing so it might just be the angle the pic was taken at or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 front. I am not even sure what a couple of the photos are supposed to be showing. But if I had to guess based on the finish, bridge, top and back binding, tuners, logo, and such I would say it is an early 1930s L-1. The second pic of the headstock is very strange. Looks like somebody had been gnawing on it. Looks very different from the earlier shot. The top of the second picture is just cut off. The guitar is for real, but the price is not. Would require a total restoration, and it will never be worth a lot of money. Pretty sure it's a 1930 or 1931 L-O: 12-fretter, with mahogany top and ebony nut. Obviously needs a neck re-set as well as patches in the top and back. Unfortunately, it will also have to be re-finished, as there is nothing left. I would say restoration would run about $2000-$2500, which would be about what the guitar would be worth when you were finished. It's just the type of dumb project I would take on, although I've never had a mahogany-top guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Yeah, it is way overpriced for the amount of work and time it will require to bring this one back to its former glory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 May be the missing RJ model? New set of strings and it could sound like it. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 He IS taking offers...;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merseybeat1963 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Id offer him $5.My interest in it would be to destroy it and get it off the face of the earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Id offer him $5.My interest in it would be to destroy it and get it off the face of the earth. I think that's a bit harsh. All it needs is a realistic price and a bit of love. I've had guitars restored that I delivered to the luthier in pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 He IS taking offers...;) Yeah, but from where he is starting, my $300 offer wouldn't go very far....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Yeah, but from where he is starting, my $300 offer wouldn't go very far....... For $300, I would buy it just to see the look on my luthier's face............ BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Looks like it would make a dandy project guitar though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Looks like it would make a dandy project guitar though. It could be a Damn Dandy project for a hunnard bucks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Yeah, but from where he is starting, my $300 offer wouldn't go very far....... Hey Nick, thats monthly 'newspaper money' for a man of your means..... Wall Street Journal , Washington Post and all..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 This instrument was out in some weather - also known as a swamper. The wood will be too soft to handle full tuning, no matter what you do, so the only option is a full restoration. The question then is do you want a brand new guitar made out of swamp wood, or something good instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 As a physician I tell you truth: some old ladies should be left to die peacefully. I see no soul in that old body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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