Help me with this '57 Junior, please!

[JJ Jones]

I found a 1957 LP Jr for sale, and it has a few small "issues". Tuners have been replaced and now a set of period correct ones have been reinstalled but with new plastic tips. The pots are new. And then there are four holes behind the tailpiece, not from a vibrato, it looks more like someone, at some point, stuck a home made "ash tray-like" cover on it? Otherwise it looks alright from the one picture I have seen so far. The seller wants (converted to dollars) 3300. Is that a fair price?

Thanks!
/JJ

 

[smoking guns]

assuming that the neck is straight, there were no body, neck or headstock repairs and the pickup is original and it sounds like a junior should (with the new pots) it's fine - do it

 

[sunburst1]

I'd say it's a very fair price indeed, buy it now. :ahem

 

[JJ Jones]

I'd say it's a very fair price indeed, buy it now. :ahem

Yeah, I guess I should. We'll see how it turns out!