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1965 ES-355 antural in Germany. What do you think about it

RAB

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Uh Oh! Didn't realize it was the same fiddle Charlie encountered in 2012 that had a number of issues...I stand corrected!
 

sharky

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Uh Oh! Didn't realize it was the same fiddle Charlie encountered in 2012 that had a number of issues...I stand corrected!


no problem, RAB, how could you know?

If something looks too good to be true, it most likely is too good to be true and one thing that I have learned in the past years, not to rush purchases like this. One can easily become overwhelmed on first sight and snag something in the strong belief, that if I don't buy it right away, someone else is gonna grab it fast. If that happens, bad luck, but patience pays off in most cases. And I am a very impatient dude by nature. No, most impatient is better.

The more I appreciate the valuable informations given here and on for example Charlie's site.

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yeti

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Have you been there, and checked prices? :hmm

Not in person, but I have many friends who have been there and they all say the same thing.
Plus they have a reputation for not negotiating on prices, which I actually appreciate IF your asking price is realistic.
 

hogy

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This guitar has been around. I bought it it 2012. Read this:
http://www.es-335.org/2012/12/10/logo-no-go/

I don't know this guitar and I have no dog in this fight, but after reading your article, I must say that your "clamp marks" look like perfectly normal router bit marks to me. They're even the correct diameter of the router bit used. Not to mention that to replace a neck there is no reason to clamp where you see the marks. You'd clamp the neck tenon, not the bottom of the pickup route.

There simply is no reason to place clamps where you see the "marks":

355neckjoin-1024x768.jpg


Where the two marks overlap you can clearly see that they were made by a 3/8" plunge router bit.

Maybe you have to have hands on experience with routers and renecking guitars to see it, but it's pretty obvious.
 

sharky

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I was thinking of this guitar again today so I dug up this thread, checked on the GP website and it's still there. Does anybody know what their description said about the pot codes when I opened this thread? Now it says: all 4 pots are dated 1965. Charlie wrote in his blog that he could read one code and it was a 1970 one
 

OKGuitar

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I don't know this guitar and I have no dog in this fight, but after reading your article, I must say that your "clamp marks" look like perfectly normal router bit marks to me. They're even the correct diameter of the router bit used. Not to mention that to replace a neck there is no reason to clamp where you see the marks. You'd clamp the neck tenon, not the bottom of the pickup route.

There simply is no reason to place clamps where you see the "marks":

355neckjoin-1024x768.jpg


Where the two marks overlap you can clearly see that they were made by a 3/8" plunge router bit.

Maybe you have to have hands on experience with routers and renecking guitars to see it, but it's pretty obvious.

I have no experience with routers and stand corrected as to the marks. Thanks. It's still a re-neck. It may well have been routed again to clean up the joint when the original neck was removed. You don't usually see multiple marks like that and you don't usually see two shims either. You also don't see a "no dot" logo in '65.
 
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