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| Author: | Jwardle81 [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Super cool old Gibson |
  It's pretty beat up. It was rode hard and put away wet. Cracked top, tweaked tail piece, really horrible patch job on the side. But from a builders stand point, just amazing for being almost 100yrs old. While inspecting with a. Mirror someone tried to repair a crack with wallpaper and cardboard decades ago. I know it's not super relative to building, but I figured I would share. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | sdsollod [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Thanks for sharing. It IS super cool! |
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| Author: | EddieLee [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
YEP Super Cool is right |
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| Author: | Dave Rickard [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Cool, looks like a great project |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Aw heck! |
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| Author: | Kamusur [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Excellent project for a sympathetic once over and a keeper for sure, what a great score. Steve |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Looking forward to watching this . |
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| Author: | RusRob [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
Pretty nice looking Style O ![[:Y:]](./images/smilies/smiley20.gif "Thumbs Up") I am a Gibson Fan and this guitar has always intrigued me. Not a great collector item unless you are into the unusual early Gibsons. I am guessing it is a 1908 or 9? It will be a nice guitar to add to a collection.I hope you keep us informed on your progress. It will be nice to see how it turns out. Cheers, Bob |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
ME WANT NOW! |
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| Author: | Michael [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
I will begin building one of these next month. Michael |
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| Author: | TonyKarol [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
I played one a couple years back at Chicago Music Exchange .. it had the biggest neck I ever laid my hands on !!! .. a real boat neck |
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| Author: | Haans [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
TonyKarol wrote: I played one a couple years back at Chicago Music Exchange .. it had the biggest neck I ever laid my hands on !!! .. a real boat neck Bet you never played a Holzapfel! Is this yours, jwardle, or a repair? |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
That's a wonderful old guitar. I hope you will document any and all repairs that you do (and the older repairs, too--that would be very interesting). Nice score! |
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| Author: | Clay S. [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
I had one of those about 30+ years ago. The tuners were shot so I replaced them with a set of "pearl" buttoned rotomatic type tuners (don't remember if they were Grovers or Schallers). The finish was messed up on the top so I stripped it , which helped redistribute some of the dye, and refinished it with Birchwood Casey Truoil. It was a funky old guitar with a a baseball bat neck - It didn't sound great, but didn't sound bad. I sold it to a cousin of mine for breakeven. Today I may have done things differently, but back then it was an old guitar with worn out tuners and a grungy top. |
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| Author: | Jwardle81 [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Super cool old Gibson |
I will keep everyone posted on the progress! |
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