eBay content. Would you take this on?

Caffeine_Vampire

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F113588222915

vonLayzonfon

Yeah. String it up and flog it to someone who's mental for the relicked look. 

sawyer

No. Not unseen. Heat could of warped the neck out of shape and allsorts. Saw something similar that had been a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Water damaged and delamed. Guy restored it sympathetically making it playable again but leaving the patina the flood water had given it. Looked cool and a bit 'haunting ' at the same time. 

Caffeine_Vampire

sawyer said:

No. Not unseen. Heat could of warped the neck out of shape and allsorts. Saw something similar that had been a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Water damaged and delamed. Guy restored it sympathetically making it playable again but leaving the patina the flood water had given it. Looked cool and a bit 'haunting ' at the same time. 

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Hellishly tempted though...

thermionic

Who takes their guitar into a car to photograph it???

Caffeine_Vampire

thermionic said:

Who takes their guitar into a car to photograph it???

Jeremy Clarkson?

IvisonGuitars

I’d be tempted if it was the right money. It wouldn’t want to be anymore than the current price though.

As @sawyer mentioned, it would be nice to leave the history,It’d be a hell of a talking point!

Caffeine_Vampire

It blew my best price about 3 bids ago. 

axisus

I certainly would. 

Caffeine_Vampire

axisus said:

I certainly would. 

Going for it?

ICBM

What's odd is that if the knobs and the backplate are original - and even looking at the binding - it's hard to believe the story is true, because they would have melted long before the heat could do enough to separate the body gluing.

It looks to me far more like it's been left somewhere very damp, possibly in a case that was resting on the bottom edge in the carrying position.

It's restorable, but definitely a project for someone with the right skills and not if you have to pay someone else with them to do it.

Caffeine_Vampire

ICBM said:

What's odd is that if the knobs and the backplate are original - and even looking at the binding - it's hard to believe the story is true, because they would have melted long before the heat could do enough to separate the body gluing.

It looks to me far more like it's been left somewhere very damp, possibly in a case that was resting on the bottom edge in the carrying position.

It's restorable, but definitely a project for someone with the right skills and not if you have to pay someone else with them to do it.

Looking at it again, you could be right. It’s more project than I can take on atm but I would love to see it brought back to life. 

sawyer

Why's he not strung it up ,for the price of a set of strings,and tried it to assess its playing/electrical condition? Beware sold as seen i reckon.

axisus

Caffeine_Vampire said:

axisus said:

I certainly would. 

Going for it?

It's in America so no, the job in principle gets a yes though!

boogieman

Yeah that’s water damage, it’s never been near a fire. Also it looks to me like there’s no pole pieces showing through the pick up covers, so are there actually any pick ups in there? Perhaps that’s why he’s selling it as not tested, 

longjaw

Went for over £1,300!

sawyer

Crazy! Good luck to whoever 'won' it.

ICBM

longjaw said:

Went for over £1,300!

Bonkers! About a grand too much...