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NGD... can you help identify it?
I just founds this leaning up against a bin on my way home from the cinema!
It had to come home with me - couldn't let it be crushed and thrown in a landfill. It can come camping with me and sing songs around the campfire. And I won't mind the kids wanting a go. Can anyone help identify it? Here's what I can share:
I know it's not worth anything, don't worry It'll need quite a bit of fixing, but there seems to be no cracks, except in the bridge. I'm happy to have it as a little project. It is freezing cold and soaking wet. It's in my guitar room warming and drying now. upload image
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Gibson Customshop Hummingbird (Review) Last edited by RalphH; 01-18-2020 at 05:14 PM. |
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But if you're interested in a DIY project, get some parts and try and restore it and get it up and running..... might make a good guitar for your kids to learn on. |
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If it's just come in from the wet do not leave it there leaning against the radiator!
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Looks like a 3 string Sebastian...
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Lol, thx!
Dont worry, I moved it to the other side of the room from the radiator as soon as I'd taken the pick. I need it to acclimatise, not bake Any ideas on age? The adjustable saddle make think its fairly old. The frets have been filed down a lot and there is quite a bit of wear on the zero fret. The fretboard is also pretty scalloped between frets. It's clearly seen a lot of play. And some abuse.
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Gibson Customshop Hummingbird (Review) Last edited by RalphH; 01-18-2020 at 05:54 PM. |
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Not Korean or Chinese. It's 1970's Japanese. MIJ, to the collectors. My first guess would be Aspen, but these guitars were marketed under many names. 000 size (OM if long scale) has a lower bout about 15" wide. Certainly worth saving.
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No idea what it is but I have and older Harmony electric that I saved that has a zero fret, maybe it’s a Harmony? Or could one of many cheaper brands...looks like its bones are decent though, good for you for saving it. It might surprise you after you give it some attention! My old Harmony sounds pretty good, and most people would not even have given it a second glance when I got it. Good luck!
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Yeah, its about 15"
Wow, didn't expect it to be MIJ. Even more glad I saved it. Its definitely been someone's beater, and though I treat all guitars with respect, this one will live in the living room, not hanging out of reach in my humidity controlled office, so it'll be my beater too I guess. I'll replace the nut, replace the tuners. Saddle I'll need to look at whether I try to replace the bone part of the adjustable one or just put in a fixed saddle. It probably needs a refret but I'm too lazy to do it myself and too tight to pay someone else to do it so it'll just have to stay like it is. I have some rosewood bridge pins around somewhere it can have. Speaking of rosewood, the fretboard looks pretty decent. The neck is nice and flat with no humps or bends. The bridge looks slightly high, but only 1 or 2mm and it is pretty damp. It may come back. Then again, theres only two strings on it at the moment, so it might end up with a really high bridge once it's under tension.
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Gibson Customshop Hummingbird (Review) Last edited by RalphH; 01-18-2020 at 06:12 PM. |
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https://www.philadelphialuthiertools...ustic-guitars/ |
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Oh cool, thanks, that looks useful.
Regarding the top, the grain lines dont seem to quite match on the edge of the sound hole, but there is spruce looking grain right across, so if it is laminate, it's all spruce, not spruce on junk mystery wood core. I'll try to get a photo tomorrow.
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Sure looks a lot like a Morris F302, but Morris did not use a zero fret. Japanese, 1970s. The sound may surprise you when you get the guitar right.
I’ve been playing for 55 years now. I like a zero fret. Gretsch, Harptone, Steinberger, and Mosrite use or have used it. A good friend of mine went to Roberto-Venn luthiers school and was taught to build using a zero fret. He now installs zero-glide nuts on his builds. The sound of an open string is more consistent with that of a fretted string if you have a zero fret. It is also true that many el cheapo Harmonys used a zero fret.
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I once put a zero glide on a Les Paul. Took me ages to discover what back buzz was! I probably needed to use the next size up fret wire. This wont have that problem though as the zero fret is definitely higher than the worn down frets ahead of it.
Pretty cool that it is older than me, but from the same decade! (I was born in 79!)
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This picture is a 1970's Sigma GCS-7/CGR-7 made in Japan. Same shape headstock, zero fret, truss rod cover and adjustable saddle. I can't see the tuners but the Japan made 1970 Sigma dreadnought DR-7 has similar style (but not identical) tuners as yours.
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