E-minor7 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Save what can be saved - SOS - revive this fallen flier I believe in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egoidealmusic Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 This makes me incredibly sad and cautiously optimistic at the same time.... She can come back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBSinTo Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 With any luck, you can get that ugly pickguard replaced when the guitar is re-built. We can only hope. RBSinTo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Looks like it is/was a Hummingbird, but were there 'Birds with unbound necks? Is there some sort of mastic or something laminated under the top which would allow for that bridge plate to be screwed to the top? The edges of whatever it is are irregular around the waist, and the view through the bridge pins holes would suggest a top thickness greater than what we would expect to see on a guitar with the bridge plate removed. With the shadow of the removed bridge plate- what kind of bracing would that allow for? Third World luthiery, for sure, but they did what they could to make it play as a stringed instrument. Take a sad song and make it better (?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, 62burst said: Looks like it is/was a Hummingbird, but were there 'Birds with unbound necks? Yes - and where the heck is the rosette !? 15 minutes ago, 62burst said: Take a sad song and make it better (?) Take these broken wings and learn to fly. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, E-minor7 said: Yes - and where the heck is the rosette !? Take these broken wings and learn to fly. . Maybe that's a knock-off, rather than a Gibson. Either that, or it might have been re-topped badly at some point in the past. The pictures raise more questions than they answer. Edited November 11, 2021 by j45nick spelling error correction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, E-minor7 said: Yes - and where the heck is the rosette !? Yes, as in “yes, we have no Hummingbirds with unbound fretboards” ? 4 hours ago, E-minor7 said: Take these broken wings and learn to fly. . Touché. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 This Bird Has Flown, it's a BD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Even if a knock-off if built with decent lumber it might be cool to go with the bracing Kalamazoo used in those guitars as Bozeman does not offer an HB with period bracing. I do own a 1965 Silvertone 633 (a Harmony H1260 Sovereign with a brown burst) where the only remaining original parts are the top, rim and back. Edited November 11, 2021 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Not a Gibson. It's a Leverite. Leverite in the dumpster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The back on the right in the photo appears to be rosewood.........perhaps it is not the back from this guitar though. It will take a serious labor of love to restore this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwlsky Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) The pickguard looks like the thick, translucent, reddish originals of the 60s, as well as the 60s adjustable saddle. I haven't seen a 60s hummingbird with an unbound neck, although I haven't seen enough of them to say unbound necks didn't exist then. The bridge looks all wrong. Edited November 11, 2021 by Kwlsky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 On behalf of the broken Bird I thank you all for the concern. It's simply impossible to figure this frankenstone out. It may even be too heavy to ever fly again. But the flora-fauna garden and the ceramic saddle - nothing wrong there. They shall survive. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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