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mrmando
Jun-21-2004, 11:40am
Words will not suffice... (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10179&item=3731913759&rd=1)

Eugene
Jun-21-2004, 11:50am
The buckeye-burst?

Jun-21-2004, 1:04pm
uh..I dont think gibson did that http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

Patrick Gunning
Jun-21-2004, 1:56pm
Hmmm... it has a flat back... And a carved top... and a donut-burst...

Must be an unsigned Loar. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

jim simpson
Jun-21-2004, 2:01pm
I think this made the rounds before. That sunburst? is unforgetable!

GVD
Jun-21-2004, 2:02pm
That's more like a sunfizzle.

GVD

Flowerpot
Jun-21-2004, 2:08pm
Reminds me of when Mom used to put a bowl over our heads for the haircuts... only the bowl goes in the middle of the mando while somebody goes crazy with the brown Rust-oleum.

Skip Kelley
Jun-21-2004, 5:35pm
YUCK!!

August Watters
Jun-21-2004, 5:59pm
Um. . .I'm no expert at these things, but it looks all wrong. Not just the sunburst, but the back, tailpiece, bridge, pickguard -- I'm guessing the headstock and neck are the only Gibson parts, if that. You out there, Tom?? Ken??

August W

sunburst
Jun-21-2004, 8:02pm
Um. . .I'm no expert at these things, but it looks all wrong. Not just the sunburst, but the back, tailpiece, bridge, pickguard -- I'm guessing the headstock and neck are the only Gibson parts, if that. You out there, Tom?? Ken??
Being relieved to not find my picture on that link, I'll say it all looks Gibson to me except maybe the tailpiece and certainly the burst.

Those things had a thin mahogany back with an arch induced by one big ol' brace across the back.

Looks like somebody but the "soup bowl" in the middle & "touched up" the burst.

Professor PT
Jun-22-2004, 10:10am
I don't know what's worse: #the sunburst or the over-use of exclamation points in the description!!!!!!!!! #Sorry, I teach English, and these things get to me at times.

JiminRussia
Jun-22-2004, 4:47pm
I've seen black-eyes that looked better than that.

solerydr
Jun-22-2004, 7:40pm
Ya know......Tammy Faye Baker has gone through similar professional going overs....with a similar outcome....

Ugly!

Rosebud
Jun-24-2004, 12:25pm
me too
it is not a gibson
maybe gibson parts

mandough
Jun-24-2004, 12:47pm
It looks like a perfectly browned flapjack on a griddle pan. #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

GMatt
Jun-25-2004, 10:42am
Ugh... the back is so ugly!