62burst Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Optimists need only apply: Gibson "project" link Especially noteworthy; back braces routed to accommodate some sort of iron railroad spike-type device, which terminates somewhere north of the heel exterior. Vertical support still in place. Other than that, internals, bridge plate look fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 ....firewood ....sorry, my glass is looking....half empty ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Scary asking price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 ....sorry, my glass is looking....half empty ! My glass is looking even more empty, and that's saying something. Odd combination of characteristics, such as the belly-down bridge and multiple-ring rosette with a plain dot fretboard. Could be two different guitars put together to make one. In any case, I might (or might not) take this on if you gave it to me, but I wouldn't pay anything for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 First of all....it's NOT a Souther Jumbo with that neck is it? (unless they used fret dot markers back then....) WOW.....that just reminds me of an abused child..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 First of all....it's NOT a Souther Jumbo with that neck is it? (unless they used fret dot markers back then....) WOW.....that just reminds me of an abused child..... Maybe the fretboard was changed out at some point. The back of the headstock shows individual tuner marks (SJ), and both the rosette and belly-down bridge are early SJ characteristics, or much later J-45. Also note it's a 1 9/16" nut, which is a much later feature, but the top has scalloped braces, which disappeared around 1957 or so. Not sure all those parts ever went together in one guitar, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I like the statement "The neck appears to never have been broken or repaired surprisingly" Then he shows a half a dozen photos of the cracked and glued neck at the body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainpicker Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Expensive wall hanger AKA art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Maybe the fretboard was changed out at some point. The description says the fingerboard is not original. I may not have much of a life but even for me, it is just not worth the time trying to figure out exactly what the heck this thing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquat26 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I think I'm going to be sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 yep -> Trainwreck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J-Doug Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 I just bid on it! Twice! Seriously I think I'm going to be sick too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 My glass is looking even more empty, and that's saying something. Odd combination of characteristics, such as the belly-down bridge and multiple-ring rosette with a plain dot fretboard. Could be two different guitars put together to make one. In any case, I might (or might not) take this on if you gave it to me, but I wouldn't pay anything for it. Like Nick says....I might not tackle that project.....even it was 'given' to me. I think the seller is 'optomistic'....maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 OMG ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Looks like it's off the Butcher Shops floor to me. Just scraps. Here's another sad story: ebay Les Paul Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looks like it's off the Butcher Shops floor to me. Just scraps. Here's another sad story: ebay Les Paul Aster I don't know what those go for normally, but the fracture cuts the guitar's value by 50%, even though the headstaock hasn't yet snapped off. A good luthier could probably make a "good as new" functional and cosmetic repair for a couple of hundred bucks, to the point where you wouldn't even know a repair had been done, but that doesn't change the facts or the impact on value. The tricky part from a repair perspective is opening the crack enough to glue it properly without snapping off the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Maybe if a different color and $500 I'd try out a LP and see what the fuss is all about. With that being Nitro I think a good repair & burn on the finish and you'd prolly not be able to tell on that guitar. If it were a transparent finish on the neck then "rottsa ruck" selling unless you really bought it really cheap! Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat-o-steve Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 When I see good guitars that have lived such rough lives, I have always wondered.......who can afford to buy a Gibson and then beat the living heck out of it and treat it so poorly? Honest play-wear and the inevitable chips and scratches are one thing, horrible breaks, worse repair attempts, and large holes cut into the guitar is another story! It is a sin to do this to a good guitar, but should be just plain illegal! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponty Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thats a sick string guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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