Eternalist Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/00d6ed5e.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/fe168a31.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/04a93373.jpg I guess you'll have to cut and paste in the adress bar to see pics Hi I was wondering if anyone knows what model gibson this is. It looked light the semi hollow body of an es 339 but had what looked like a 70s fender strat headstock. It felt really light weight and I was told it was from 1950. The price was $500. Is that a fair price? Thanks in advance. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowb5str Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/00d6ed5e.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/fe168a31.jpg http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z96/thegrandpup/04a93373.jpg I guess you'll have to cut and paste in the adress bar to see pics Hi I was wondering if anyone knows what model gibson this is. It looked light the semi hollow body of an es 339 but had what looked like a 70s fender strat headstock. It felt really light weight and I was told it was from 1950. The price was $500. Is that a fair price? Thanks in advance. Ben I have huge, huge doubts it has anything to do with the year 1950. (It actually does not look to me like a true Gibson at all.) Can you get more marked info? Have you looked behind the pickups (which look like they belong on a Mosrite)? AND WHAT THE @#$% is that reinforcement behind the heel-less neck??? Can you wiggle a dental mirror into an f-hole to look at the pot codes? In the late 70's/early 80's, Gibson put some bolt-ons at the VERY BOTTOM of their marketing range, but I do not remember any semi-acoustics, and I guarantee YMMV. If you like the tone, offer to pay what you think the tone alone is worth. That way, if it is a Sears guitar, it's fair. And if it was a Gibson neck put onto a non-Gibson body, it has to be sold as a "repaired guitar", and does not represent Gibson at all to another Gibson owner, like myself. If the factory legal dept. speaks up, yuo can get some evaluation ideas from there. Personally, I have issues with the guitar in your pics, and I would not be personally inclined to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigh Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 It looks exactly like a 60's Hagstrom that someone put a Gibson logo on. I used to own one. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne14t? Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Yeah this is SOOOO not a Gibson, I looked at several pictures of not only semi-hollows but acoustics, Dobro's and Solid bodies and I could not see a Gibson made from 1939 to 1963 that had that style of headstock on it, infact every single picture I looked at had some kind of variant of the Les Paul style headstock. Its supposed to be a take on Gibson's ES330 or ES355 semi-hollow guitars (see picture) This looks like the aforementioned Hagstrom guitar and I say this because of the tailpiece, but it could very well be either the Hagstrom or a Fender Coronado. I wouldn't pay $500 for it, not only is it an attempt to be something its not, but is that a pair of HUGE cracks in the neck pickup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin' Mad Mac Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Don't look like any Gibson I'm familliar with but does kinda look like pictures of some Itallian made 60's guitars I've seen (can't remember the make, might have been an old Eko.) The possibility it is a Hagstrom also seems quite plausible as I remember they made some funky looking guitars like that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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