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Author: | blammo [ Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
Post subject: | FS: Vintage Gibson Melody Maker SG $300 |
I love this guitar but SXSW is rapidly approaching and I need cash. This is a 60's Gibson Melody Maker, with the desirable (at least to me) SG body style. Here's a link to a Melody Maker appreciation thread on another board: http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/other-g ... ead-4.html Lotsa pics and info on Melody Makers. If this thing were in perfect shape, it would easily be worth $1000+. However it isn't, so it's not. It's a refin. Originally Pelham Blue, it's now white. The original single coil bridge pickup has been replaced with a Seymour Duncan. The stop tailpiece has been replaced with an adustable tune-o-matic style stop tailpiece. And most excitingly, the neck at one point has been broken off where it meets the body, and then re-attached. This must have happened after the refin, because what some sort of non-matching white paint has been blopped over the neck joint. Please look at the pictures carefully. (sorry, the last two are thumbnails, just click on them for the full-size photos) So yeah. As far as investment grade guitars go, keep looking. It's fucking cool though, and it's a vintage Gibson for a fraction of the cost. I bought it because I'm a player, and I like to dick around on guitar. But I'm primarily a bass player, and my main axes are already in the pawn shop. So this guy is first on the chopping block. I'm asking $300 firm, that's what I paid for it and it turns out that's the amount of money I presently need. I'm giving Donewaiting and Columbusunderground first crack at this thing because I would really, really like to avoid the craigslist community of tirekickers and douchebags. Send me a message if you'd like to see it. |
Author: | jmccracky [ Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:13 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: FS: Vintage Gibson Melody Maker SG $300 |
Ooooof. That's a hell of a deal. I have friends that like to buy guitars and have money. I will send this to them. Good luck selling the guitar, and good luck with SXSW! Duncan makes a lot of pickups that are hard to tell what kind they are just by looking at them. |
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