rcadian Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 As I am on the lookout for a 1968 guitar (my birth year), I have an ebay alert set up and this listing popped up today... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170386245291&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 But doing some research on the number of digits in the serial number and some googling which suggests the J30 was only introduced in 1985, I presume the seller is mistaken... But I didn't want to tell him as much without checking with the experts on this forum, given that I am not one of them and may be mistaken... Can anyone confirm my opinion or tell me that actually the seller is right? Rc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 It's a '95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Betcha they could pick up Mars with those antennae hangin' off the tuning pins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 definitley not a 68 not a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Reported it for wrong info. Anyone else wana help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Betcha they could pick up Mars with those antennae hangin' off the tuning pins. nah but you could get any radio station within 20 miles when plugged into an amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Betcha they could pick up Mars with those antennae hangin' off the tuning pins. Damn and I can only get WLS in Chicago.. . Wonder if the kind of strings make a difference? :-k [img']http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv20/stevef2002/2w4cw0w.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcadian Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Reported it for wrong info. Anyone else wana help? I happily will, and will send the poster a comment through ebay... Can't know if it was a genuine mistake or a deliberate falsehood. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt as who would post a serial number for anyone to check if they wanted to hide the fact it was a '95. But it certainly shows a lack of due diligence on the part of the seller... Thanks for confirming what I thought... 8.45pm Eastern EDIT...seller has ended listing and re-listed it, correctly, as a 1995 J-30... Rc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Damn and I can only get WLS in Chicago.. .Wonder if the kind of strings make a difference? :-k I see your trouble. Your wound strings need to be circled in the clockwise direction and the monofilaments in a counter-clockwise direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I've got an old Telecaster so picking up AM is no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Looks like the ad's been fixed.. http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-1995-J30-J-30-model-acoustic-guitar-w-case_W0QQitemZ170386589608QQihZ007QQcategoryZ33025QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m444QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DCRX%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DSI%252BUA%252BLM%252BLA%26otn%3D1%26ps%3D63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I see your trouble. Your wound strings need to be circled in the clockwise direction and the monofilaments in a counter-clockwise direction. Thanks... I shoulda' realized.. #-o .. Last time I spun them half clockwise-half counter clockwise all I got was static.. #-o I stopped "nipping" the strings on that guitar about 20 years ago.. I dropped the "nipper" ONCE (came close' date=' but no contact ).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.