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Awesome story man, and sweet guitar as well! |
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You are right to be careful with who you entrust it to. You need someone who knows and has experience working on vintage guitars, and not your average Guitar Center hack. For example, I would want to know if there was a reason that the tailpiece was added that might be due to structural integrity. If you let us know where you are geographically, someone might be able to suggest someone within a few hours. Enjoy. |
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I live in NE Kentucky in the tri-state area directly connected to Ohio and WV. The guy I take my normal stuff to has a shop called Fix This in Chesapeake Ohio, his work is always great and I know he’s done some refurbs on vintage Martin guitars here recently. But my ears are always open to a referral to a seasoned pro with real vintage experience. |
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The drive would be a bit further, but Dan Erlewine at Stewart-MacDonald (aka StewMac) in Athens, OH is a world-class repair guy with tons of vintage guitar experience.
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The only marking I can make out anywhere on the entire guitar is in the first picture. Top number says 23, hand written in red ink under it the number 28 is written. Can’t find any other numbers off it anywhere. The back bracing inside is straight also, and the top appears to be X bracing, I need a scope to see it better for sure.
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I’d say according to this chart it’s possibly a ‘36-‘37 model year L-00.
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The guy at Stew-mac mentioned above I've heard of. And there is always Nashville. The guitar is probably worth a road trip or two.
That side crack really needs to be addressed before it gets worth. I have no idea what has been done with at bridge... |
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Pretty area up that way! I just bought a vehicle from a guy in the Athens area last year. I’ve heard of StewMac before, but never been there. |
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Yes, the bridge is tough to look at! I’m not sure what went on there either. Our area isn’t know. For much of anything musically aside from the Judds and Billy Ray Cyrus [emoji849], so I’d say there probably wasn’t many options on people working on your guitar back in those days. |
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That’s who popped into my head as well. I don’t know who you could get for an old Gibson that’s more legit than him.
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What a great find! The only things we found when cleaning out my grandmother's basement were canned peas, beans and other veggies that were older than I was at the time.
That guitar is well worth restoring to original - and I'll bet it would make a great thumper as blues guitar. Congrats!
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Been following this thread, to see if any of formites that are vintage Gibson guys would chime in on the guitar.
Thats a great piece of celluloid and the truss rod cover white, wounder if thats original. You say the top is X braced, I believe LG's are the X hope you let us know if you have it repaired or restored I like it. |
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I have an email in to a guy that’s a collector with a few pictures and just asked him to tell me which model he thinks it is etc. Top is definitely X braces but I’m his site it states that some of the L-00 models are X braced as well. Too many variables for me to determine on something I really know very little about. As far as originality, I’m not sure about the white truss rod cover, and I’m pretty sure the metal tail piece was added as well. |
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