BS: An Old Gibson???

Subject: An Old Gibson???
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 12:33 AM

My daughter has aquired a guitar from a "second hand" store. The fellow told her it was a 1966 Sml. bodied Gibson (accoustic) It's a very sweet guitar but how can we tell if it's authentic? And if it is ... is it worth anything? We paid $250.00 (Can)..(that's about $100.00 American !!!) LL

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: DonMeixner
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 12:47 AM

At the risk of sounding sarcastic it should say so some place on the guitar. The headstock, between the tuners is most likely. But if the name isn't there look in the sound hole for a label. Also look for number inside the guitar where the neck and body meet. L-0, LGO, these will help too. Perhaps its a Kalamazoo, a Gibson second. There are others better versed than I in this arena, I'm sure they will help.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: Gypsy
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 12:57 AM

If it sounds good, and is a player, for 100.00 am bucks, you can't go wrong. For comparative prices, check out Ebay, it has really leveled the playing field in the wonderful world of collector instruments.

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: GUEST,Marty Dawson
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 01:00 AM

I'm a lurker not a poster but are you kidding? Is 250 bucks Canadian REALLY only 100 dollars American? No wonder all the movies are made in Vancouver.

I've seen Gibson guitars and Mandolins with no logo, but that's pretty cheap for a guitar that you really like, so who cares if it's not authentic? I'd buy it.

M

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 01:28 AM

I should have said that it does indeed have a "Gibson" lable on it but the sticker looks "newish" and it does have a # on the neck ( back of the tuning keys) and yes the exchange rate is between 40 and 50% LL

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: Tiger
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 06:49 AM

Gibson's website has a section in identifying models and year of manufacture. Go to:

http://www.gibson.com/

And click on the Search button. Hope it's a winner.

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: RichM
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 07:17 AM

100 dollars US is about 150 dollars Canadian.

Use the currency converter at
http://msn.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=curc&zz=968407908260

Rich McCarthy

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 07:22 AM

At the risk of continuing to highlight something new............

Check in our LINKS section under "Instrument Related" and you'll find hot links to Gibson and several stores that may be helpful in ID'ing the instrument.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: An Old Gibson???
From: Lox
Date: 08 Sep 00 - 08:39 AM

It's amazing what you can get if you're lucky.

I bought a 1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul Custom for œ400 (US$700 approx). I've had it authenticated, and valued for insurance at œ2500.

Only 315 of these were made in this, its' first, year of production.

There is even a possibility that it is the prototype. And to top it all off, it's in mint condition.

All you need is someone who was interested in playing guitar back then, but never really got into it and put their brand new guitar into a cupboard to rot for thirty years, with no knowledge of its potential as a collectors piece.

When thirty years has passed, the cupboard is "cleaned out" and the guitar, unused, is sold for a ridiculously low price to the first bidder.

My advice is to discover the model name, find the serial number, and on the strength of that work out when it was built and therefore how much it could be worth as a collectors piece.

To do this, I bought a Gibson handbook at my local guitar shop. I've forgotten the title, and it's disappeared now anyway, but I'm sure it's not that hard to come by.