blindboygrunt Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/vintage-gibson-dove-acoustic-guitar-complete-with-hard-gibson-case/1131876598 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 If its a 70's model nothing would surprise me .... they were down right weird mutants of the originals. I think it just might be an original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I think you'll just have to ask "Dave". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Beeston, Nottinghamshire - Vintage Gibson Dove guitar serial number AO6071 which dates it either 1973 0r 1974. ... That serial would date it as the seller indicated, but 1973-1975. Three piece neck with headstock wings and a bit of a volute. Nothing jumping out at me except a possible bridge crack. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Nothing jumping out at me except a possible bridge crack. . Which was very common in the 70s. There just wasn't much bridge material there due to the more shallow neck angles. They tried to make up for it by adding a fiber insert in the pin area but to me that's like having one truck tire on a Corolla and letting half the air out so it sits level. It's a band aid where breaking and resetting the bone was needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse_Dylan Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Dave's Dove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I'd buy it if they hadn't misspelled Dove on the pick guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Makes me think of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Where is the serial number? It isn't stamped on the back of the headstock and there is no label inside the guitar and it had a non-original pickguard. The headstock and the tuners look genuine but that case doesn't. I'd say it is suspect. Also, the bridge is split and would have to be replaced. Not worth 850 pounds IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The serial number is there, it's just very faint. I can make out a 6 and an 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 "Dave's not here". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I hate to say it, but this just might be the ONE time where it genuinely doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I hate to say it, but this just might be the ONE time where it genuinely doesn't matter. Amen. All you need to know it is a 1970s Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 It's true. I'll admit it. $396.76 cents brand new in 1974 and still mine. Jeez! I'm so ashamed. steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Wow! Close call. Glad I saw those pics. I was just about to remove the pick guard off of my Dove and replace it with one that said "Larry." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I hate to say it, but this just might be the ONE time where it genuinely doesn't matter. I agree 100%. I had a 1977 Hummingbird POS. $750 new in '77. Sold for $400 in '85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse_Dylan Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I wish I could figure out what my dad's early '70s (or maybe late '60s?) Gibson was. I suppose it was probably just a square-shoulder J-50, or maybe a J-55. Sure didn't look like a J-55, but of course it looked nothing like the J-50s we know either. Square body, batwing pickguard (I think??), rosewood bridge pins, chrome keystone tuner knobs... It is long gone, so all I have are my fuzzy memories. Sounded great to me, though, and I expect that while it was not really a true Gibson, it had a part in establishing my love of the Gibson tone. Maybe it was one of those weird J-50 "Deluxe" models... I can't even remember if the bridge was belly-up or belly-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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