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Pancake Black Beauty gone bad...


daveinspain

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Wow, that's just amazingly similar to the '72 I scored off the Bay last summer. Got it for much less than that, fortunately.

 

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I would not be very concerned about the body separating, it would only release at the surface where the finish has become brittle. These Norlin LP Customs, especially early 70s are a lot of fun and can be set up to sound great. Heavyweights for sure. Necks are similar to some early 90s Les Paul Classics, that is, thin profile but with not quite as wide a fingerboard as the early 60s Gibsons. Aside from looking particularly cool, that one has been re-fretted which is a real benefit. The original "fretless wonder" frets made bending a chore, if not impossible. I sold the crap out of those things back in the day, and must have had three dozen of 'em re-fretted as part of the sale. I think my local luthier financed his house with the money he made removing the "fretless blunder" frets.

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