fab432 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Hello, I am hoping someone can identify the era this guitar case is from. My 1956 Les Paul came in this case but I’m not sure this is period correct. Would the case be 1960’s or perhaps 1970’s? Thanks in advance. Seems my photos exceed the file size limit. Black case with Gibson stencilled on the lower bout of the case. Crushed purple velvet pile. Leather Handle is attached to 2 fixed buckles on the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Use a picture hosting site (I use Imgur). upload your pix there and use the links they provide to post here. I use the one they describe as DIRECT LINK. You can post it straight here in the text field and it will display properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 https://imgur.com/a/gRttvqB Here are the pics of the case. I can confirm it is likely a Les Paul case. Not sure of the year but it may have come with a ‘56 Les Paul gold top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 43 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: Use a picture hosting site (I use Imgur). upload your pix there and use the links they provide to post here. I use the one they describe as DIRECT LINK. You can post it straight here in the text field and it will display properly. Thanks that was easier than I thought !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hype Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Looks like an early/mid 70’s case..A 56 LP comes with the brown Lifton style case (Pink Interior Lining).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Thanks that makes sense as that’s what the Les Paul was described as in the ad. An early 70’s issue. Turned out to be a ‘56 Les Paul. It’s odd that the case has a leather handle and is attached to the case by two buckles. The buckle attachments look to be quite old. Would 70’s cases have this buckle attachment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) The original handle broke off. They were plastic & prone to breaking. I’ve had to fix quite a few through the years. This is how I fix mine with a similar handle to the original. Newer cases have handles that are much thicker where they use to break. Edited April 4, 2022 by Grog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Could you post some pics of the guitar as well? I really wanna see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Here is the story and I’ll add the other pics in subsequent posts. I was looking to purchase a 1970’s Les Paul and came across one being sold on eBay. I must admit it looked sketchy and there was very little info about it. The Gibson logo didn’t look right, the serial number was smudged, the guitar had been refinished etc etc. The only thing that caught my eye was in the cut away there was a piece of wood insert into it to compensate for the radius. I thought on 70’s Les Pauls this is covered over with the binding. I knew 50’s Les Pauls had the wood insert but this was a long shot. So I ended up buying the guitar. It shipped from California to Toronto during an unbelievable cold snap. When I received the guitar I let it acclimatize to the home environment for 12 hours. When I unpacked it and opened the case the entire finish was off the guitar like broken pieces of glass. I’d never seen that before or since. Lots of other damage as well and I was really p’od. So after looking it over I contacted the repair shop in Nashville and agreed to send the guitar for an assessment. So the guitar arrived in Nashville and it was examined by the experts and lo and behold they tell me it’s a genuine 1956 Les Paul with a bunch of crap parts - knobs, tuners, pick guard etc. Very odd. So I asked them to completely restore it to factory specs and refinish it. This they did and it is now an amazing quitar. Quite a story. And I still have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) https://imgur.com/gallery/4xXDQaa hopefully this will work Edited April 10, 2022 by fab432 No pics showing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Can't see pics ("this user has no posts") but a great story and congrats on your luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fab432 Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Added a new link to the pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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