PSA: Very nice players vintage semi at Guitars4You

fretfinder

 Very nice indeed. Great restoration @SteveRobinson and @guitars4you.

https://www.guitars4you.co.uk/guitars/5218-gibson-1961-es345-restoration-cherry/

tone1

I read the write up last night...Very cool

Adam_MD

That’s my perfect Gibson ES right there wow I really want that guitar. 

impmann

Ooh that’s nice 

downbytheriver

Proper piece of loveliness

gringopig

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richardhomer

I played this briefly (after the work was completed) a while ago - a really nice player-grade guitar. Steve’s work is exemplary.

IvisonGuitars

Very nice! That 50’s cherry is something else!

guitars4you

Thanks guys - Had it back for a while now but have enjoyed playing it myself for a short time - But I'm a dealer first and a player second, so can't justify keeping everything that is nice

Do have a load of pics of what it was like before hand as well, but crap at posting them on FB - can email them to anyone if required and you can post them on my behalf

guitars4you

To finish it off, it probably needs a touch of @miserneil or @WezV treatment with some skilled 'aged work' around the rear of the headstock and neck finish, to give it more 'authenticity' regarding blending the new in with the old - but a marginal call

The key point was to put some playable life back in it at an affordable price

gringopig

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gringopig

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guitars4you

^^^^^^^^^ - thanks for that

gringopig

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welshboyo

My Dad had a Cherry Red 345 in the 60's and its headstock got broken in a fight, he then subsequently got it repaired and sold it on and bought the Gretsch that he had/I have now...I can only wonder and dream if this was it - my Dad sadly passed away 10 years ago so I can't get any info. 

gringopig

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welshboyo

Not to me unfortunately.

guitars4you

gringopig said:

welshboyo said:

My Dad had a Cherry Red 345 in the 60's and its headstock got broken in a fight, he then subsequently got it repaired and sold it on and bought the Gretsch that he had/I have now...I can only wonder and dream if this was it - my Dad sadly passed away 10 years ago so I can't get any info. 

Well, does A. Yates mean anything to you because a previous owner helpfully scratched their name into the back of the headstock.

That scratched name was done years ago - For whatever reason - I acquired the guitar from his brother, long after A Yates had died - He was quite local to my area - A Yates acquired it sometime in the early 1960's and he and the family stayed with it until about 3 years ago when I acquired it - So I know quite a bit of its previous life/history

clarkefan

Occasionally I seriously wish I wasn't left-handed, that guitar looks wonderful and is a credit to all concerned.  If I was right handed it would already be mine.

guitars4you

clarkefan said:

Occasionally I seriously wish I wasn't left-handed, that guitar looks wonderful and is a credit to all concerned.  If I was right handed it would already be mine.

must be mightily frustrating for you regarding many guitars, in that you can look but not touch/own

DB1

Wonderful work all round. It looks superb, and is tickling my fancy. So to speak. I have a couple of my older guitars with @SteveRobinson at the moment, and I'm thinking that that was a wise decision.