craigr726 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Hey guys- I bought an old '82 ES-335, or what was left of it, anyways. It was really just the neck and body, sawed apart at the joint. It was for a good price, so I figured I'd take the risk of a) it not actually being a Gibby or the reconstruction project not coming out well. I think it came out great, and I'll leave the authenticity to you guys. The things that seems a bit off to me are the "S" in the Gibson name on the headstock, the angle of the neck to headstock and that the body didn't have a sticker in the upper F hole. But, it still felt and now even sounds great too. I found a great luthier for the body work- you can barely see any seem in at the neck/body joint in the back and a great mom and pop (really just pop) music store here to work the electronics. Let me know what you guys think! Old pictures: New: (apparently I forgot to get a close up of the back of the neck joint) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Wow. It's amazing what an experienced luthier can do. That's a beauty...hope paying for it left you with enough arms to play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigr726 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Actually, he was very reasonable. A nice retired gentleman who does it for a hobby- gives him something to do, I guess.. Agonizingly slow turnaround, but the product was well worth the year+ wait. If I remember correctly, it was only a couple hundred ($200, maybe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigr726 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Actually, he was very reasonable. A nice retired gentleman who does it for a hobby- gives him something to do, I guess.. Agonizingly slow turnaround, but the product was well worth the year+ wait. If I remember correctly, it was only a couple hundred ($200, maybe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 That's great. I have an '00 Dot in blonde, and it pushed my LP Deluxe aside to become the new #1. Nice guitars...and it looks like you ended up with a bargain. I see by your signature that you had others to play while you were waiting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicho8888 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Wow, can't imagine why someone would saw the neck off that way! But it looks good! Congrats on it... Maybe you can relic the chrome pickups, bridge, etc a little... make it look age appropriate...just a suggestion. Or just play it hard for two years and let it age naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Or replace the chrome parts with nickel, which is what my Dot's equipped with. Believe me, it tarnishes! Or just enjoy it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigr726 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 At this point, I'm just enjoying it. I mean, I got a beautiful guitar in pretty good condition that was born about a month before I was for roughly half the price of the same one new. I will consider nickel in the future, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sok66 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Very nice, always glad to see an old instrument brought back to life. Can't imagine why someone would do that to it in the first place, but not the strangest "unnatural act" I've ever seen performed on a great guitar. How did your luthier replace the neck tenon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigr726 Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Unfortunately, with a break like that, you can't fully replace the tenon. At some point, you either need a) a new neck with tenon, or :D you're going to have a glue barrier in there at some point. In this case, there was actually about an 1/8th of an inch of wood missing from where the saw went through, so he had to make a blank bit of wood, attach that to both the neck side and the tenon/body. So, I'm sure I lost a bit of sustain, but I knew going in that I wasn't going to have a brand new '82. The guitar still has more sustain that I'll ever need, sounds great, and looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 The guitar still has more sustain that I'll ever need' date=' sounds great, and looks great.[/quote'] That's all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswithesg Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 wow, nice job!!!:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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