Dave F Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) I picked this up for a song today. I'm planning on taking the tuners, add some new buttons and moving them to another guitar. I'll put some repos on this one. This one is quite weathered with one top crack and one side crack, nothing drastic. The neck is remarkably straight and the fretboard shows very little wear. I'm guessing it's a KG-32 but I'm not for sure. Mahogany back and sides, spruce top. Edited June 3, 2019 by Dave F updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dave F said: I picked this up for a song today. I'm planning on taking the tuners, add some new buttons and moving them to another guitar. I'll put some repos on this one. This one is quite weathered with one top crack and one side crack, nothing drastic. The neck is remarkably straight and the fretboard shows very little wear. I'm guessing it's a KG-32 but I'm not for sure. Mahogany back and sides, spruce top. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Yes, super cool. How old do you think it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted June 3, 2019 Author Share Posted June 3, 2019 80 +/- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 (edited) Cool! If you have a copy of Spann's guide it will tell you the year and model. Unfortunately mine has been M.I.A. since the last move and is lurking somewhere buried in one of the boxes down in the basement. I have never been any good when it comes to figuring out which model of Gibson offbrand achtop is which. The double ply pickguard and fingerboard binding shows the guitar to be a higher end version while the "D" in the FON prefix indicates 1938. Gibson started switching over from Waverly to bent tab Kluson tuners sometime after 1936. I have a 1935 Capital which is pretty much the same guitar except for the Cromwell-esque skunk stripe inlay down the center of the board. Edited June 3, 2019 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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