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Best Way to Sell an Expensive Vintage Guitar? Hey folks, I've got a real gem of a vintage guitar I'm thinking of parting with Any advice on the best way to go about it? Anyone here sold a high-end vintage Gibson lately? Curious about your experience Thinking of listing my '59 Les Paul What's the consensus on selling through local shops vs
J-160E - Gibson Acoustic - Gibson Brands Forums I have an ‘06 J160e It's solid wood and X braced Sounds good unplugged It's like a 15 fret J45 from Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson flattop vintage guitar collecting J-160e Electric Flattop Available: 1954 to present Collectibility Rating: 1954 model: B+, 1955-1959 models: C, 1960's models: D+ Except for the introduction year of 1954, the J-160e had a plywood top This combined with the
Let’s talk Factories…. - Gibson Brands Forums A majority of Epiphone electric guitars have been made in Qingdao since 2006 The upper-tier acoustic models (Masterbilt and solid wood Inspired by Gibson) are made by PT Samick in Indonesia All correct as far as I can tell, although I didn't know Samick was still building for Epiphone after 2020, but I don't have any Epiphone acoustics
Finish Checking or Crazing - Gibson Brands Forums Gibson finishes its guitars (elec acoustic) with nitrocellulose lacquer One drawback is that it's not as flexible as poly, so when temperature and humidity cause the wood to expand and contract, the nitro finish will crack - know as checking or crazing
Epiphone Serial Number Decoding - Gibson Brands Forums This is a guide to help you identify your guitar's place and year of manufacture by the instrument's serial number alone, based on the information given on the unofficial Epiphone wiki here, which mostly seems down nowadays There are basically four distinct formats, also called identifiers, in w
Epiphones made in Korea - Gibson Brands Forums Korean made guitars are of no better or worse quality than those made in China or Indonesia or other Asian factory You can get a gem or a dog no matter where a guitar was made, even if it was made in the US And yes, some models are still being made in Korea as well as Indonesia To know where a particular guitar was made, you will have to check the serial number or the made in XXXXX sticker
White label, Orange Label - Gibson Brands Forums The custom shop guitars are typically standard models made in the same shop by the same people, but have specs that are non-standard in some way, i e different tuners, different burst colors, different nut and saddle material, different tonewoods, different electronics, etc
School Me on Gibson Cases - Gibson Brands Forums The redline case basically replicates the looks and style of a case that was built from the 1930's up to sometime after WW2, I believe That is the case that came with my L-OO Legend, and it is also a case that was with a 1948 L-7 that I negotiated for at one point Gibson has used a variety of different cases over the decades Until modern times, lower-end guitars were priced with no case