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Historic Murphy lab or Vintage .... try to guess

Dr. Green

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I will post some images of guitars - without cheating and googling the image info try to guess if its a

1) modern Historic which has been reliced by Murphy or maybe someone like historic make overs

2) a real vintage Gibson from the 1950s

guitar "A"

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Dr. Green

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I am going to let this go for a day in case anyone is interested in playing along .... might even add a few others
 

Arnold M.

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if guitar B is a Murphy Lab I'll eat my hat, the fretboard looks light years more authentic than the current ML crop .. if it is a ML then count me in. I'm a believer
 

Wilko

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A has a replaced fretboard. The binding and inlays are NOT vintage.
 
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