Show your old wood

[mdrs]

Very cool project, LP. Sounds like you are giving the old axe the attention it deserves! That's great that Seymour is going to make a historically accurate pickup for you.

 

Let us know how it all turns out, O.K.??

[LPCustom]

Originally posted by mdrs:

Very cool project, LP. Sounds like you are giving the old axe the attention it deserves! That's great that Seymour is going to make a historically accurate pickup for you.

 

Let us know how it all turns out, O.K.??

Yeah, I will, Doc. I've been piddling around with this guitar for nearly a year already. It just sat in the corner on a stand for a long time (years).

 

It was abused a fair amount over the years. At one point it was rescued from the trash. (/me rolls eyes and shakes head...) I don't understand why someone would do that to a great old axe like this. Okay, so it doesn't have a treble bout cutaway. But it still plays well. It's not a Byrdland. But, so what. I like it.

 

I really want to hear what it will sound like as an electric. My guess is that it will be reminiscent of an old ES-125 or 175.

[Big Red 67]

I'd be temped to put some flatwounds on it!

[LPCustom]

Originally posted by Big Red 67:

I'd be temped to put some flatwounds on it!

That's what I've got on there. You must be a mind reader. It got a little twangier with the flatwounds but it seemed to deepen the tone a bit, too. Since it's so old and a bit fragile, I've only got 12's on it, though.

[Big Red 67]

Dream jazz box!

[henrysb3]

Old wood (Mary Lou) on a visit to Mr. Wewus.

 

Scratches on lower bout from broken case latch.

[mdrs]

Henry...what year?

[henrysb3]

Originally posted by mdrs:

Henry...what year?

By the serial #, 1966. It was my first electric. Got it in a package deal with a Silvertone Twin Twelve around 1970.

[fantasticsound]

Originally posted by LPCustom:

...The volume pot is pretty large and it's made of bakelite (about the only "plastic" in 1941). It's about 1.25 inches in diameter and about 5/8 inch thick. The threads are about 3/8 inch long and the shaft is about 1/2 inch past that. The top half of the pot is metal and the bottom and back are bakelite.

 

It still has the original Gibson shielded wire on it. But someone also replaced the output jack on it. I know the one that's in it isn't the original because it says "Switchcraft" on it. Switchcraft didn't exist in 1941 to my knowledge...

 

 

...I could fix the cracks but I'm not a luthier and this is an old guitar that could be worth a lot of money. I don't want to screw it up.

 

I found one "vintage" Gibson pot on eBay but it got bid up to $150. That was just too much for pot in my view. I'll keep looking, though. The good pot is a 250. I think the other may be, too.

I'd suggest fixing it to playing form, but keep the original parts handy if you wish to sell it to a collector. I wouldn't spend too much on "vintage pots". I think we all know working pots are better than vintage any day of the week.

 

But those moronic collectors will want to have the originals, even if they have to pay to have them put back in (even if they don't work ).

[mdrs]

it's a beauty!

[henrysb3]

Originally posted by mdrs:

it's a beauty!

*Tele blushes under sunburst*

 

I've never had the neck off, but sometime this year is her fortieth birthday.