Dr. Green
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this thread lives ..... it lives !
Yes, and "D minor is the saddest of all keys"! I don’t know why, but it makes people weep instantly.” (Nigel Tufnel )I went away. For 10 long years. I came back. And, this thread was still rolling on. (Bridge section in Dm)
I believe Vincente doing Volver Volver, would be appropriate. My favorite song by him.if there could be one song which sums up this thread it would be this :
I don't have an attic but an untouched '59 burst in my basement. Does that count too?can someone please check their attic and"uncover' another 'untouched' 59 burst,,,,,,so we can keep this going?????......i'm getting sleepy!
The basement burst, let's go!I don't have an attic but an untouched '59 burst in my basement. Does that count too?
You haven't even posted pictures yet, but the cavity already looks wrong to me. Not to mention the inlays are "busy"I don't have an attic but an untouched '59 burst in my basement. Does that count too?
You want to call me dishonest???You haven't even posted pictures yet, but the cavity already looks wrong to me. Not to mention the inlays are "busy"
A basement burst is just okay. The big money is in the attic bursts and especially the "under the bed" bursts.I don't have an attic but an untouched '59 burst in my basement. Does that count too?
I own this now, pictures soon.My father sometimes spoke of a les paul he recieved for his 18th birthday, and as a high school graduation present. He wanted to learn to pIay the guitar but gave on it without much effort. So he said. 1965 he joined the army, and always said he loaned the guitar to a friend and lost touch, He was never concerned about it. Such is life was his attitude. My grandparents passed away in the 80's when I was young. My father passed away almost 6 years now. His younger sister lived in my grandmothers house, and she passed away last month. So this week the removal of things left behind has begun. While removing things from the shelves in the attic I saw a large object wrapped in thick black trash bags. As soon as I picked it up I knew it was a guitar case. I almost had a heart attack when I opened it up. As soon as I saw the brown 50's Gibson era case I knew what it was. Judging from the amount of dust it has been sitting there untouched for almost 55 years. The case shows a little wear. Mostly from being in an un climate controlled attic. When I opened the case I was shocked. The guitar is in near perfect condition. The nickel plated hardware has tarnished a bit. Seems mostly from case wear. There is a good bit of case candy, truss rod tool, and unopened pack of gibson strings, the hang price tag, and a receipt for $385 from what looks like Yeagers Music store in baltimore from october 1964. I called gibson and from the serial number it was produced from 1959-1960. The store is long gone so I don't know if it was new old stock, or used. It has a beautiful curly maple finish. Lemon drop from what I can tell. All this aside, I don't really know what to do with it. I play, and I love les pauls, but I don't need such a possibly valuable instrument. I could sell it and get custom shop true historic in the same finish. I don't really know where to take it or who to trust. It could be worth 100,000 or possibly much more. I have a few guitar centers in my area, but I really don't trust their opinion.
I'm in maryland. Does anyone have any advice where I'd get a fair deal. I'm willing to travel. I can post some pictures tomorrow. I don't know if I should reveal the serial number just yet though. Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
All jokes aside, a customer of mine owns a "basement burst" which he found just 15 minutes from where I live. Here are excerpts from our correspondence when I was asking about how he acquired it:I don't have an attic but an untouched '59 burst in my basement. Does that count too?
You've posted no pictures, but I can smell that the chew marks of your control cavity are just plain wrongYou want to call me dishonest???