dubstar Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 never saw anything like this... http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1960s-Les-Paul-EPIPHONE-Electric-Guitar-Case_W0QQitemZ360124380017QQihZ023QQcategoryZ33037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLesPaul2006 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Reminds me of a Junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I've never seen one either. But with that very ugly headstock, the missing knob and switch, the ugly finish, and the corroded hardware, I wouldn't pay $100 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 WOW, already 7 bids...... I'll bet that will guitar will be somewhere between $700-$1000 dollars in 7 days. I've seen Japanese 1970 beat up Crestwoods sell at $400:-s ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 the headstock is gibson melody maker style... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I've certainly never seen anything like it, and i personally would never pay so much money for it. But who knows, maybe it's actually some kind of super rare guitar that is in fact worth a huge amount of money... I still wouldn't buy it, I think it's ugly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 WOW' date=' already 7 bids...... I'll bet that will guitar will be somewhere between $700-$1000 dollars in 7 days. I've seen Japanese 1970 beat up Crestwoods sell at $400:-s ....... [/quote'] I'll take that bet! The bidding started at $9.99, so 7 bids is not anything to speak of. $1000.00? I say more like $250. And even that is way more than I would ever pay for it. But I could be wrong. There are a lot of uneducated people out there. Gullible suckers are everywhere. I see nothing special about that guitar at all. POS IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I've certainly never seen anything like it' date=' and i personally would never pay so much money for it. But who knows, maybe it's actually some kind of super rare guitar that is in fact worth a huge amount of money... I still wouldn't buy it, I think it's ugly...[/quote'] Other than the pick up configuration, the body and neck looks exactly like a Gibson Melody Maker... I've never seen that particular 60's Epi model. And as you stated if it is in fact a rare Epi, and someone comes forward with actual documentation to its existence, that guitar will end up selling for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.... I'll be watching it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's (I believe) and Epiphone Melody Maker, that's had some work done on it, somewhere along the way. Bridge pickup, for one, tuners and (maybe?) the pickguard. I've seen a photo of a '62-64, that was (save the mods), pretty much identical. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's (I believe) and Epiphone Melody Maker' date=' that's had some work done on it,somewhere along the way. Bridge pickup, for one, tuners and (maybe?) the pickguard. I've seen a photo of a '62-64, that was (save the mods), pretty much identical. CB[/quote'] if you can find the image that would be very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 here's the 1964 double cut-away version...... http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Epiphone/Electric-guitars/item/1600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's the Epiphone version of the Melody Maker. It had a name, but I forgot what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'll take that bet! . how much???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's the Epiphone version of the Melody Maker. It had a name' date=' but I forgot what it is.[/quote'] I don't know that we have ever seen a single cut LP style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's the Epiphone version of the Melody Maker. It had a name' date=' but I forgot what it is.[/quote'] Yeah, they called the double cut (like the Joan Jett version) and "Olympic." And you see those a lot more often than the one here. I'm trying to find the photo I saw, but (unfortunately, it's been a while, and I can't remember exactly where it was, I saw it...e-bay, google images, etc. from some private collection?) Might have been "here," on the forum...some months ago? Ooops, my bad...I just called a friend of mine, and he reminded me, that we saw that gutiar in a pawn shop, in OKC, last summer. We both thought it was a "Gibson" Melody Maker, until we got close enough to it, to read "Epiphone!" So, it wasn't a photograph, at all. "A mind, is a terrible thing to lose!" LOL! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Dammit charlie brown! what isnt there you dont know about epiphones!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Dammit charlie brown! what isnt there you dont know about epiphones!? What IS there you don't know about epiphones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 What IS there you don't know about epiphones? dammit brad, you're really busting me today. 2-0 to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Sorry, no offense intended. It's just the school teacher in me. I don't usually say anything, but I have noticed you are posting quite a bit, and my "grammar hammer" just had to come down. I will lay off, promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 problem no, grammar my is normally fine just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Should it not have a "wraparound" bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 problem no' date=' grammar my is normally fine just.[/quote']heh, heh, .................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Na, i can speak propperly, infact i speak stereotypical english. im just horrendously dyslexic so i just seem like a retard on the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Should it not have a "wraparound" bridge? Yes, that's it, I knew there was something odd about it. That's a stop tailpiece. There is no bridge on that guitar! It should most definitely have a wraparound bridge on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 looks just like the bridge on this original gibson, no? http://www.rocknrollvintage.com/prodimages/thumbs/1960-melody-maker-single-cut-s.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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