JTinFL
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...shape of the horn...
I'm far from an expert - but yeah, that horn just felt funny to me. Maybe it's the cutaway and the angle it takes upwards to the horn. I dunno, it just doesn't look right.
...shape of the horn...
re: my own comments, all i'm basically saying is the top wood on that guitar does not, to my eye, have teh visual characteristic's i would ordinarily associate w/ a Burst..... in terms of figure, and also in terms of the matching of the 2 halves-
also- the color does not look right to me..
who know's-maybe the rest of the guitar attached to that top is a Burst, but that ain't no Burst top from where "i" sit--
Tom, come on.. you cant seriously be 'surprised' that this top would meet with this kind of reaction, can you?? not sure how YOU - of all people - ie., after seeing and owning so many actual Bursts - would not immediately find the visual appearance of this top to be a huge 'red flag' :hmm
That pic was also in a magazine that I glanced at (but didn't buy) in a newsagent, called something like 'The Gibson Guitar'. It had a couple of pages on various models, then a feature on two collections, one of which was Phil Brodie's. Unless I am mistaken, I seem to recall his saying he bought this guitar in Texas.
And the BIG picture:
The logo is not only in the wrong place, it itself is wrong. The N doesn't look anything like my three 50's Gibson'sSome of the giveaways I've noticed:
- the control cavity looks way off
- top carve kinda flat, not as deep and pronounced
- logo placement is too low
- pickup rings are replicas
- it weighs 4.9kg
- lower ABR-1 post was moved back prior to lacquering
- shape of the horn looks off
- plastic cavity covers are not original
- pickguard is not original
- steel abr-1 posts
What are your thoughts?
The "G" is wrong too.The logo is not only in the wrong place, it itself is wrong. The N doesn't look anything like my three 50's Gibson's
At BEST, a conversion.
That was my first thought given the small switch cavity route. But the inlays look way off so I dunno if it's even that.
Yes - I didn't list all the things that aren't original/correct which could have been changed/swapped for whatever reason. e.g., new fretboard or a reneck. But the switch cavity don't lie.