Hi all, I am tempted by this Gibson, described as a 47-49 A50, which seems on the money to me. There is absolutely no visible serial number. I've even looked inside the top with a dental mirror, and nothing doing. There's a lot of glaze cracking, but the top seems sound. There's an immaculate original case (as immacualte as they come anyway). The neck makes me pause. The peghead clearly has a new piece of wood on the side, and a wiggly.crack in the centre of the glaze on both sides. Additionally there is a dark 'skunk stripe' running all the way from the top down to the heel. Is this ever normal, or has the neck had a lot of repair? The fingerboard binding is very white on top, suggesting recent work. The bridge doesn't look original and is set as low as it would go, but I'd probably raise the action slightly anyway. I don't know enough about machines to say if they're original or not.
Tonally it's fascinating, mellower than your standard f hole with more sustain, but not as much as an oval hole. Kind of between the two.
Price asked is £1200, about right for a shop bought instrument in the UK if all is well (I know ebay is cheaper, but this would come with a year's warranty). But that neck, what do folks think?
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