Red 333 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Mystery 1930's Gibson Double Cutaway Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yeah, I saw it on eBay. Left me scratching my head as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I think Marty Mcfly and Doc Brown had something to do with that one..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-1854Me Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I think Marty Mcfly and Doc Brown had something to do with that one..... This ^^^^^^^^^^ Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'm sure Gruhn have sold it before - is it not in one of his books? If not he's definitely written about it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Rather ugly! If not unique.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvguit Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 It's a very cool piece but I'd like to see some more provenance before I buy the whole story. There's a lot there that looks Gibson but there's a lot that doesn't too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'd say this guitar was built in Chicago, not Kalamazoo. It sure looks like a Kay or Harmony to me, from the finish, to the tailpiece, to the neck heel, to the taper of the headstock, to the "Gibson" logo being way off center...., shall I go on. OK, I will. I would also suspect the guitar to be built of plywood (some of you call it laminate), and if all above is correct, the neck would be made of poplar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 I'd say this guitar was built in Chicago, not Kalamazoo. It sure looks like a Kay or Harmony to me, from the finish, to the tailpiece, to the neck heel, to the taper of the headstock, to the "Gibson" logo being way off center...., shall I go on. OK, I will. I would also suspect the guitar to be built of plywood (some of you call it laminate), and if all above is correct, the neck would be made of poplar. Good observations, but the article's author came to different conclusions, as apparently a Gibson employee from the '30's verifies that he had the guitar as a sales sample. The article says that the guitar "...has seen a restoration or two over its history and the tuners and logo aren’t original. But it does come with a letter from George Gruhn validating his opinion on its history along with a letter from Stanley Jackson, the Gibson sales employee who received the guitar in 1930." Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 With the big lower bout and the oval soundhole, it looks like something Django might have played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Pretty sure I've seen that one, too. George might have used it for one of his Vintage Guitar Magazine articles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Slap a humbucker on that sucker and wail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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