wernerg
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I am confused - which guitar is on Julio's site?
The first 4 photos look to be the same guitar. Photo 3 and 4 are from burstserial.com.I am confused - which guitar is on Julio's site?
Which book/page are referring to?The Gruhn guitar is the true 9_1998. The Lou/Gil guitar had its serial number scratched off, was photographed and is in a book with the scratched serial, then had a new number applied long before the real 9_1998 was found.
If true, we don't know what the actual serial # of the Lou/Gil/Hammett guitar is yet. They may both be real bursts with a serial discrepancy.the Lou/Gil guitar had its serial number scratched off, was photographed and is in a book with the scratched serial, then had a new number applied long before the real 9_1998 was found.
I was talking about TrueVintage's post. I would like to see the pictures of the Lou/Gil guitar with the scratched serial he's referring to.If you are speaking of me, I started this thread with all of the information I know. I was hoping others would know more about it. There is one comment that stated:
If true, we don't know what the actual serial # of the Lou/Gil/Hammett guitar is yet. They may both be real bursts with a serial discrepancy.
What would be a good reason for scratching off the serial number?
Wasn't there a V (offered by a reputable dealer) recently with a serial number that the ledgers had noted for a different Gibson product from that year?Without trying to sound too accusatory, I thought by now with the knowledge on forum there would be some people to provide some clarity on this. For some reason I get the feeling something like this (double serial number) has happened before.
One of "many" examples...Wasn't there a V (offered by a reputable dealer) recently with a serial number that the ledgers had noted for a different Gibson product from that year?
Wasn't there a V (offered by a reputable dealer) recently with a serial number that the ledgers had noted for a different Gibson product from that year?
seriously a ridiculous chance in that happening.... Someone somewhere knows more about this story...Bump, still curious about this epic coincidence.
And, by coincidence, I mean Mr. Lou's guitar being re-serialized years ago with a fake serial number that just so happened to match a eerily similar rare factory bigsby flamed up 'burst that surfaced later. Talk about odds...
Someone somewhere knows more about this story...