knirirr Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) This guitar is discussed in another thread, where an overview of the work that needs doing on it was given. I think I'll stick to basses so this might as well go to someone who will make use of it. More photos are below, which show the new case I got for it as the old one was falling apart. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions, though I probably can't provide any more information than what's in the thread. For example, no serial number is visible externally so I don't know the date (a previous owner having repainted it a rather nice colour). Edited December 4, 2022 by knirirr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Strange that there is no evidence of the serial number on the back of the headstock as they are fairly deeply impressed. Even if they used filler you would expect it to sink a little and show witness marks. If I could be sure it was a Gibson I would be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 50 minutes ago, T-Bay said: Strange that there is no evidence of the serial number on the back of the headstock as they are fairly deeply impressed. Even if they used filler you would expect it to sink a little and show witness marks. If I could be sure it was a Gibson I would be interested. I wondered about that as well, but had no particular desire to start scraping off paint (which does appear to be quite thick) just in case it was still visible beneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, knirirr said: I wondered about that as well, but had no particular desire to start scraping off paint (which does appear to be quite thick) just in case it was still visible beneath. It is possible it’s there if the paint is thick enough, on the grounds it needs refinishing anyway then a quick careful sand might be worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Some more photos are now available. According to https://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/potentiometer/ the pots were made in 1975 and the guitar in or after 1981. Clearly, the guitar parts and the new case are worth something (though the chance of me being willing to sell off parts is zero), but I'm still hoping that someone who can work on this themselves and get it back into good order would be interested in it. Edited August 22, 2022 by knirirr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Sold locally. I hope that the buyer, once they've done the necessary maintenance work, will get as much enjoyment form it as I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
