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Great stuff Ed...your vibrato sings for days with that cranked Germino! I've got an early Club 40 from around 2004, S/N 041, which I believe is Greg's take on the '68' Marshall 50-watt bass head. Doesn't have as much gain as yours, but delivers the goods in spades! I recall reading that...
I'm reading the guitar's serial number as 330191.....NOT .....830191. This guitar is a 1967 ES-335 TDC. Ref: Gibson serial number lookup says: "329180 to 330199 1965 (wide neck), 1967"
As mentioned previously....the location of the serial number on the guitar in your photo.....is placed awkwardly low compared to the examples I've seen.
Your first photo on page one...seems to show significant fingerboard divots under the E and B strings on the 3rd fret too. The divot under the B string butts right up against the position inlay as well. Are you planning on repairing those divots as well? My thinking is.... it may not look...
Looks like a nice vintage Les Paul Junior to my ancient eyeballs. Overall...very clean for an old '54 LP Junior. I don't see anything that stands out in the photos that isn't correct. I will add that my '58 LP Jr. S/C has a black plastic rear cavity cover. The one in your post is shown...
Borrow my Fender Strats and Teles....no problem. It's tough for a gorilla to break a Fender. But quite a different story with Gibsons - Les Pauls, ES-335s, SGs, etc., so nope I don't think so. Too easy to break Gibson necks.
The main factor that establishes and secures the value of a vintage '50s Les Paul is the originality. It's pretty simple....the more a given example (say a '52 LP Goldtop) deviates from it's original factory condition, the less it's worth. Removing/replacing significant amounts of original...
My 1958 Les Paul Junior had this issue - strings extremely close to the P-90 pole pieces, nearly touching. I contacted Jason Lollar and told him of my problem. He asked me to take detailed measurements of the P-90 pickup route on my Junior in order to design a replacement that would provide...
So did you buy the guitar after seeing it in person....and noting the minor neck crack/repair? From what I can tell from your photos, it's a very nice '69 goldtop. If I were in the market for a similar guitar from a U.S. seller - I'd offer of perhaps....$10,000 U.S. with free shipping and...