jefflester
May-18-2005, 6:33pm
Okay, maybe I'm getting a little obsessive about this, but the recent EM-200s on Ebay have got me investigating. Anybody know when the design change for the pickguard and tailpiece occured? Was it the same year?
The "'53 or '54" on EBay right now, as well as the 1959 on emando.com have a smaller tailpiece and the pickguard does not wrap around the pickup:
'54 on Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7322811741&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting)
The '64s that Charles Johnson and Banana have, each have the larger tailpiece and wrap around pickguard. And the '65 and '66 on Ebay this week also.
Charles Johnson '64 (http://www.vintagemandolin.com/64gibsonem200florentine_521543.html)
Banana '64 (http://www.vintageinstruments.com/photos/inst18/1964em200ful.jpg)
So anybody know when the change occured?
Also, the knobs on the '54, would those be original? I've been confused for a long time about what "speed knobs" are. Are they the cone shaped ones, or the flat-sided ones?
The "'53 or '54" on EBay right now, as well as the 1959 on emando.com have a smaller tailpiece and the pickguard does not wrap around the pickup:
'54 on Ebay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7322811741&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting)
The '64s that Charles Johnson and Banana have, each have the larger tailpiece and wrap around pickguard. And the '65 and '66 on Ebay this week also.
Charles Johnson '64 (http://www.vintagemandolin.com/64gibsonem200florentine_521543.html)
Banana '64 (http://www.vintageinstruments.com/photos/inst18/1964em200ful.jpg)
So anybody know when the change occured?
Also, the knobs on the '54, would those be original? I've been confused for a long time about what "speed knobs" are. Are they the cone shaped ones, or the flat-sided ones?