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Gibson - may be J45 from 1951 - really bad shape wondering

 
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Gibson - may be J45 from 1951 - really bad shape wondering if it's worth it to restore it

 



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Just now looking into it. there's a Factory Order number (either 8104-11 or 3104-11

Submitted: 360 days and 7 hours ago.
Category: Musical Instrument Appraisal
Value: $20
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meyerbuys :

Hi,

meyerbuys :

I'm Wayne.

meyerbuys :

How bad is it? Would you have any photos?

Customer :

It's got a small section of the headstock missing, nut/neck appear ok - the top of the body feels soft - there are a couple of the supports inside that are loose. I've got some pictures I'll send over

Customer :

i uploaded some pictures but not sure they made it -

Customer :

can you see the pictures i uploaded?

meyerbuys :

not yet.

Customer :

I don;t think they uploaded correctly - there were a couple of screens but it never offered a confirmation

Customer :

let me try again

meyerbuys :

ok

Customer :

sorry - it's not letting me upload - not sure why

Customer :

I can try to describe the guitar

Customer :

the left side of the headstock has about a 1/4" of the wood missing from it

Customer :

the machine head bracket on back is still secured to the head stock on that side

Customer :

so the top screw is still there but it's probably about 1/8" from the edge of the wood to the screw

Customer :

the neck seems to be ok - i removed the small plastic cover and the truss rod seem to be ok

Customer :

frets are showing afe

Customer :

the body has some splits in the wood

Customer :

inside some of the braces are loose and the x braces on the top of the body have come unglued thus making the top feel smooshy

Customer :

the plastic ring that goes around the sound hole - about a quarter of it has come out of the groove - some of th wood areound the sound hole is very fragile

Customer :

the bridge appears solid and inside the bolts tha hold it down are still intact

Customer :

the pickgaurd is good - not really coming up

Customer :

so the botXXX XXne question is if this is worth getting this restored -

meyerbuys :

It sounds like it needs a lot of work. I would say it would be worth taking to a luthier.

Customer :

that's what i was thinking.. thanks for your time

meyerbuys :

It should sell for $2000-3000 on ebay. Some people ask $4000 for these but I don't see them sell for that. The 40's ones do.

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