Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0

Subject: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: sed
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 03:15 PM

I have a neck for a Gibson LG-O guitar (in good condition)and would like to find a body for it as well as a guitar repair person to put them together.

The orginal body was a mahogony flat top, small bodied guitar from about the 1960's but I would consider anything compatible.

The neck is fairly thin, which I like. The neck has been laying around since about 1977 and wants to feel useful again.

Steve Sedberry

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: Venthony
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 03:17 PM

Take it to Don Rust in Ursa, Ill. He's an ingenius builder and luthier.

Tony

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: Genie
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 03:26 PM

Interesting query, Steve. I think that's the Gibson I have. (I used to think it was an "LG 50," but a friend tells me the LG 50 is not a flattop and that what I have is probably an LG-0. It sounds like the same one you described.) I'm thinking of selling it, mainly because I don't like the pegs (they keep slipping), but there would be no reason to take the neck off and sell the body separately. Let me know if you're interested in a good LG-0 that has nothing wrong with it except having the original pegs.

Maybe you'll find someone whose LG-0 (or compatible guitar) has a broken neck, though. Good luck.

Genie

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: DonMeixner
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 07:18 PM

Take some advice Sed,

Look for the whole guitar, keep the neck as a curiosity.

Don

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 09:05 PM

I have a well used body available, but I don't know that it would fit a Gibson neck..........(grin)

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: DonMeixner
Date: 24 Aug 02 - 09:11 PM

What if the Gison's neck were named Mel?

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: sed
Date: 29 Aug 02 - 08:12 AM

Funny...somehow I began to remember that it was an Epiphone FT30 Caballero neck rather than from a Gibson LG-O. According to one thing I read online this is a rare case of Gibson copying Epiphone instead of the other way around. It's amazing how much guitars cost nowadays!!! and yet how cheap some others are... (and you can't get a candy bar for a dime either!), so, I am busily removing the duct tape from my impossible to fine-tune Ovation and trying to find a good 'Ovation-tolerant luthier' (are there any?) who will take this project on... The top has separated from the fiberglass bowl and for years has been held with various combinations of hotglue, putty and duct tape (please don't stone me!!!). Why did I buy this used Ovation??? Yet I've had it for 21 years, longer than I've had any instrument except a few pennywhistles, harmonicas and my wonderful (though too heavy) 1966-67 Oscar Schmidt Appalachian Autoharp which I bought mail order from Manny's NYC just after the first B Models rolled out of the plant in NJ. I had ordered the earlier model but settled on the model B.

I'm about 60 miles west of Atlanta, GA if anyone knows any luthiers around these parts.....

still singin' steve sedberry

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 29 Aug 02 - 12:33 PM

Dammit Sorcha...I couldn't believe that TWO mudcatters would come up with that same joke....but ya beat me to it!

Cheers

P.S. I agree with Don....ya never know what the result is gonna be with a hybrid.

Rick

Subject: RE: Help: body needed for Gibson LG-0
From: sed
Date: 29 Aug 02 - 11:01 PM

I guess when the distance between nut and bridge is altered very slightly the frets can no longer stop the strings at the proper places? This Ovation I have has that problem. It's just impossible to play in tune ever since the top separated from the fiberglass bowl.