Arch D. Bunker
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Posting this link again, in order not to derail the '58-63 explorer serial number thread.
The only real rare part on the Elderly guitar seems to be the cut off six in line Kluson tuner strip (if this has the right tuner hole spacing..). Apparently these clipped off tuners used on the 1963 Explorers have a different spacing than other six in line Klusons with plastic buttons used on early 1960s Epiphone and Gibson models (at least that's what Tom Bartlett says, who was looking for a set).
If this actually came out of Kalamazoo in the early sixties (with nickel hardware), why the '58 pots? There's more, but I leave that to the illuminati.
(BTW: I greatly respect the Elderly folks and I am a big fan of Stan W., but authenticating 50s Gibson korina stuff is a minefield. Regardless of who made this, it's one heck of a cool guitar!)
Posting this link again, in order not to derail the '58-63 explorer serial number thread.
The only real rare part on the Elderly guitar seems to be the cut off six in line Kluson tuner strip (if this has the right tuner hole spacing..). Apparently these clipped off tuners used on the 1963 Explorers have a different spacing than other six in line Klusons with plastic buttons used on early 1960s Epiphone and Gibson models (at least that's what Tom Bartlett says, who was looking for a set).
If this actually came out of Kalamazoo in the early sixties (with nickel hardware), why the '58 pots? There's more, but I leave that to the illuminati.
(BTW: I greatly respect the Elderly folks and I am a big fan of Stan W., but authenticating 50s Gibson korina stuff is a minefield. Regardless of who made this, it's one heck of a cool guitar!)