dwagar
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A fellow posted about this auction on the Guitars Canada site. The guitar looked real interesting to me, so I tossed in an absentee bid. Turns out I won it. It's way the hell in Ontario (I'm in Alberta), so I won't have it in hand for a week or so.
It was listed as a '52 or '53, but it does have a very faint serial number showing, so a '53. I'm pretty sure it'll be discernible - from the pic they sent it appears to be 3-1239.
The red paint that had turned pink (!) had been stripped, so it's on at least it's second finish.
It's got (something that I've thought was a good idea, but can't recall if I've eve seen done), what appears to be a bridge off of an early Dove on it, the trap is cut back. The pic they sent me of the action looks pretty low, so it should be playable.
The Les Paul script is pretty well all gone, there aren't any headstock breaks or repairs.
It's got Grovers on it.
The bridge pickup needs repair, may need to be rewound. The cover also looks whiter, maybe a later cover.
The switch ring appears, I think, to be a '68ish font.
It comes in a beat to shit with requisite duct tape black LP Custom case.
My all in landed cost including tax and freight and auction fees is about $7200 US. I think I did okay. Oddly, there were 2 absentee bids, mine and another, both for exactly the same amount. Rules are, first bid wins. The woman said she'd never seen that happen before.
Many options ahead of me. I could refin it to a GT, I could put an early trap on it and restore it, I prob could red top it ala Lucy with the multi layer top.
But, to me, this guitar as it sits screams 60's. And heck, I was born in '52, I am a child of the 60's. I might just fix the pickup and leave it as it is.
It was listed as a '52 or '53, but it does have a very faint serial number showing, so a '53. I'm pretty sure it'll be discernible - from the pic they sent it appears to be 3-1239.
The red paint that had turned pink (!) had been stripped, so it's on at least it's second finish.
It's got (something that I've thought was a good idea, but can't recall if I've eve seen done), what appears to be a bridge off of an early Dove on it, the trap is cut back. The pic they sent me of the action looks pretty low, so it should be playable.
The Les Paul script is pretty well all gone, there aren't any headstock breaks or repairs.
It's got Grovers on it.
The bridge pickup needs repair, may need to be rewound. The cover also looks whiter, maybe a later cover.
The switch ring appears, I think, to be a '68ish font.
It comes in a beat to shit with requisite duct tape black LP Custom case.
My all in landed cost including tax and freight and auction fees is about $7200 US. I think I did okay. Oddly, there were 2 absentee bids, mine and another, both for exactly the same amount. Rules are, first bid wins. The woman said she'd never seen that happen before.
Many options ahead of me. I could refin it to a GT, I could put an early trap on it and restore it, I prob could red top it ala Lucy with the multi layer top.
But, to me, this guitar as it sits screams 60's. And heck, I was born in '52, I am a child of the 60's. I might just fix the pickup and leave it as it is.