It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Instagram
https://imgur.com/a/sKDQCvX
I personally think its had a neck reset, the heel is very thin (although i think this is fairly common on 58 juniors) but would be keen on opinions. I actually owned this guitar a few months back but returned it as i just wasn't satisfied it was advertised correctly. I can't stop thinking about it though and miss it. It sounded awesome. their was just a few things like that filler strip that put me off.
I doubt it matters other than as a detective story - as long as there's the proper strip over the truss rod itself, the bit from there to the end of the neck isn't structural. If the neck *hasn't* been out, then it looks like it was probably made like that since there is glue spill into the slot.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've added some more pics gents, Any advice would be appreciated.
If so it's a near certainty the truss rod has been replaced.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Or perhaps the *neck* has been replaced, salvaging the original fingerboard, after a bad head break. I've seen that done more than once - not least by our own @FelineGuitars, on the Judas Priest LP Custom. (Although I don't think Jonathan would leave filler down the side...)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The truss rod nut often sticks up a little high on them - if you look at the nut, there's often one face which is angled down slightly more steeply, which is the position it was set in originally when the headstock face was sanded to prepare it for the facing. So on a Junior, if it's then set in any other position it sticks up very slightly proud of the headstock.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My guess would be that the evidence of a non-standard neck construction (even if Gibson occasionally did odd things), the neck probably having been out, the heel not looking quite right, the fingerboard having been off the neck, and a full refinish, would make it quite likely that it has been re-necked.
If the price reflects all that (and the replaced electrics, probably bridge, etc), and it's a great guitar, then fair enough.
How much is it?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
(formerly miserneil)
You see how the guitar in question doesn't have the router 'bite' (this circle, often mistaken as a clamp mark, is from an overhead router that took down the heel flush with the body. You can see where it's cut into the body around the entire neck pocket. All the DC's where done like this), the messy edges or the gap between the pocket and the neck. The OP guitar also has red filler/lacquer in the joints. IMO it's far too tidy for a Gibson job. Bare in mind these guitars were literally thrown together at the time, they were doing about 4500 a year.
The other red flag is the light pore filler. IMO (and if it's the same guitar I was asked about originally) it's a re-neck and a refin.
(formerly miserneil)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein