Interesting TG on Reverb

[JakeSnider]

NFI, just thought I'd share. Seems like a good price for an early 60s Gibson. Lots of character, far from a museum piece. Hope it finds a good home.

1961 Gibson TG-50 Tenor Guitar
https://reverb.com/item/2446160-1961...device=ios-app

[MikeEdgerton]

That headstock looks like it was repaired.

[Lord of the Badgers]

Aye, very apparent... looks like a third split off at some point. Good luthiers should have made that hard to see.

I don't know if that's a reasonable price for a restoration job; but it's a cool looking thing.

[Lord of the Badgers]

I'd certainly find something more in-keeping than those gotohs. they really jar visually..

[MdJ]

That fissure is right on the headstock lamination .... May be a previous (non pro) repair or a partial split/delam that may need repair.

Seems a very fair price to me.... With the caveat that the bridge topper had some adjustment space under it........

I once owned a tg50 of about this vintage ....mine wasn't much to write home about in dgbe, but it really came to life nicely in cgda. Ended up trading it in on a vega archtop tenor, but it was a nice instrument ..... I like the the look of this one... A players instrument that could be used w/o the stress of owning a "collectors" piece.

All the best

MdJ