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I just resurrected my account after a long absence, and felt like I should update this post. Before making restoration decisions on anything, I try and do as much research as possible in order to ensure that I'm not altering something with any historical significance, and in this case, I'm glad...
I'd love to see the goof plate above the neck pickup on this one - I have 0 8878, which has a rectangular plate like the 1962 catalogue example, rather than the usual trapezoid.
Anyone know what became of this one?
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Since I'll probably never be able to get my hands on the Spanish Style, I couldn't say no when I found this:
She's a 1949 Bigsby T8 Pedal Steel that has seen some use and modifications over the years. I got her home and took off the name plate:
Frankie Juricek, the original owner, is...
My first Junior in about 20 years arrived today - this one was used, then used some more by someone who played in a lot of bar bands on the East Coast. She's faded to a slightly under-ripe yellow and has chips and dings galore, but no issues. Played clean, she chimes and rings, crank it a...
Has anyone ever found a way to compare production and shipping numbers for '52 and '53 Les Pauls? I'm trying to figure out how many trap tails were actually made and without serial numbers it's a daunting task...
This just arrived today - a 1930 Martin 000-18:
She'll be needing a neck set, a new bridge and a little cosmetic work, but is otherwise in extraordinarily nice condition. I'm really looking forward to hearing her once she's done...
A few pictures of one of my favorite acoustics, a Larson-made OM with their patented metal plumbing, which has kept it from ever needing a neck set (not shabby for a guitar built in the mid '30s):
I have a funny feeling that I'm just about the only person here who loves Mosrites. If not, here is one of the classics, a late 1963 Mosrite Ventures.
Originally, this design was made as the Joe Maphis Model, but in 1963, a session player named Gene Moles lent his new Mosrite Joe Maphis...