glennc Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hello, I am hoping someone will assist me in determining the year of manufacture, confirm the model as an ES-347 and give a valuation range on it due to condition. The guitar plays and sound great. The neck, to me is unusual in that it is beefier than the 60's style, but not as large all the way to the nut as a 50's style. Maybe someone could identify its name. Due to discoloration I replaced the ABR1 Bridge with a new Gibson, the stop tail and the pickguard holding bracket. There are minor areas of use, slight scratching around the neck strap holder and maybe some tiny dings hear and there, appears normal use, nothing through the finish. There is a chip out of the corner of the headstock (shown below in pictures) that wasn't repaired as well as it could. Has the brass nut, coil tap toggle, bound neck and headstock. Discoloration on the rest of the gold hardware is not too bad. The guitar had speed knobs and I don't know if they are original. On rear of headstock picture I intentionally smeared the last three numbers. So the serial number is 81015XXX. Hear are some photos Thanks for any assistance. glennc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 All I can add is that it's definitely from the '70s since it has the volute and USA stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob R Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 All I can add is that it's definitely from the '70s since it has the volute and USA stamp. What volute? I've scrutinized the neck and can't see any volute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennc Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 What volute? I've scrutinized the neck and can't see any volute. Hello Gentlemen, Thanks for your response. Controversy already. This might be interesting as and if more members join in. Appreciate all the help I can get. glennc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdntac Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Maybe it's just the lighting on that one pic. To my eyes it looks like there is a volute. Maybe I'm wrong.... So if there's no volute, wouldn't that mean that the guitar uses the current serial number system and that would make it an '85? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob R Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 It's your guitar, so you can tell us if it has a volute. Link shows a volute. http://intrancescorpions.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/head_volute_veetle.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennc Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 It's your guitar, so you can tell us if it has a volute. Link shows a volute. http://intrancescorpions.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/head_volute_veetle.jpg Thanks for the assistance. I say it has no volute. The back of the headstock blends into the neck with no ridge. Hope that will help. glennc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennc Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 Thanks for the assistance. I say it has no volute. The back of the headstock blends into the neck with no ridge. Hope that will help. glennc Hello again, upon some investigating I've found that the guitar did not and does not have the TP-6? Adjustable stop bar. Gibson identified it as a 1985. glennc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob R Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 It's all good. At any rate...it's a beautiful guitar. I love the colour and patina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennc Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 It's all good. At any rate...it's a beautiful guitar. I love the colour and patina. Hello and thanks Bob R, I agree that it is a good looker. The neck is very different than the 60's slim and the 50's fat. It is round and has a nice taper and get fairly thick, starts getting thicker at the 2nd fret. Feels sort of like a long ES-175. Still not sure what the split coil is attempting to accomplish. Can anyone explain it? glennc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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