Some photos from the Summer Philly show

MBrown · 06-25-12, 08:02 AM

Here's a few photos from the recent guitar show in Philly that I attended on Sunday. There were a lot of really nice instruments there and it was great meeting a few of you for the first time as well! (Eric Ernest stands out in particular; a great guy with the coolest guitars at the show!) I think there were a total of 5 Bursts there, three of which I hadn't seen before, and the usual Jimmy Wallace Burst. I got photos of a lot of acoustics as well, so I'll post those too.

MBrown · 06-25-12, 04:08 PM

Humbuck · 06-25-12, 04:13 PM

I kinda like that you can see the pics from space!

MBrown · 06-25-12, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Humbuck

I kinda like that you can see the pics from space!

Yeah... I'm fixing it now... I think. My ImageShack account has been acting weird lately and (obviously) not resizing photos.

MBrown · 06-25-12, 04:39 PM

Conversion (I think it started out as a '56):

Tweed!

Early Junior:

Unbound '52-- clean, too:

345/ Trini:

Crappy photo of the neck.

MBrown · 06-25-12, 04:48 PM

Vintage Martins:

A really nice burst:

Special:

A Stromberg!

R9 that caught my eye:

Firebirds:

'42 D-18:

MBrown · 06-25-12, 04:55 PM

Two 1960 Bursts:

Anyone recognize this one? (It's been around.)

The super cool '59 335:

MBrown · 06-25-12, 05:02 PM

Cool Washburn parlor:

For the vintage Gibson acoustic fans...

ES-295?

1964 335:

Two '57s:

Really nice ESs:

MBrown · 06-25-12, 05:07 PM

1956 Custom:

1958 ES-something:

Martins:

MBrown · 06-25-12, 05:09 PM

1942 D-28:

1938 D-18:

jeffdl · 06-25-12, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBrown

Vintage Martins:

'42 D-18:

Man I so wanted to buy that guitar. It was even more knocked about than the pic shows (i.e. perfect!) and the price was ok, but it just didn't play well enough for me.

goldtop0 · 06-25-12, 06:43 PM

Thanks for all the great pics

585960 · 06-25-12, 06:44 PM

I can't see a thing....I have Yngvie burnt into my brain..........

Cody · 06-25-12, 07:08 PM

The sold '60 burst (0-5863?) has a great top!

Love the early trapeze GT and the Firebird threesome - and the FBIII is a platypus!

With the risk of blowing my cred (if any), I kinda like the look of the PRS in the background of the FB shot too...

Thanks for the pics, MBrown - much appreciated!

MBrown · 06-25-12, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffdl

Man I so wanted to buy that guitar. It was even more knocked about than the pic shows (i.e. perfect!) and the price was ok, but it just didn't play well enough for me.

I too played a '70 D-18 (chump change compared to that one, admittedly) that I was thinking about, but the playability wasn't there either. That 28 sure was a looker though! Just like Neil's!

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldtop0

Thanks for all the great pics

Thanks! I should have brought a flash with me... the light in there was pretty bad and I had to run the ISO higher than I'd like, and the shutter speed lower than I liked too. A real lose-lose.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cody

The sold '60 burst (0-5863?) has a great top!

Love the early trapeze GT and the Firebird threesome - and the FBIII is a platypus!

With the risk of blowing my cred (if any), I kinda like the look of the PRS in the background of the FB shot too...

Thanks for the pics, MBrown - much appreciated!

You got it! One of my favorite tops on a burst, I think, aside from the issues. The flame reminds me a bit of Glen Kuykendall's on the treble side too.

There was another booth that had a bunch of PRSs with really nice tops, but I didn't get a photo of them. I think they look great, but have no "soul" in general.

Mieko8 · 06-25-12, 07:33 PM

05863 was owned by a guy named Marty in Georgia since the mid sixties. He was trying to sell it forever. It was on gbase for a very long time. It has a repaired headstock, and was refretted two or three times. Gruhn referred to it as a "turkey neck" which is strange considering he is the one who refretted it in the 70s. Last time I talked to Marty right before he sold it to Jim's, he was willing to take $120K for it.

TW59 · 06-25-12, 08:15 PM

A great looking Burst.
Someone should be rockin' about now!

jeffdl · 06-25-12, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBrown

I too played a '70 D-18 (chump change compared to that one, admittedly) that I was thinking about, but the playability wasn't there either. That 28 sure was a looker though! Just like Neil's!.

The one I'm taiking about was Elliot's and that was a D-18. The best D-28 at the show was the '49 that Charles had - it played really, really well. But it was more coin than I wanted to spend. It wasn't so much price, it was that I wanted an acoustic I didn't have to worry about babying too much. And so, to spend a good chunk on change on one defeats that purpose.

Nice shots just the same Matt. Shame we missed each other but Saturday was such a light day I knew it was pointless staying on for Sunday. A lot of the sales traffic was dealers buying and selling from each other on Friday.

jeffdl · 06-25-12, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mieko8

05863 was owned by a guy named Marty in Georgia since the mid sixties. He was trying to sell it forever. It was on gbase for a very long time. It has a repaired headstock, and was refretted two or three times. Gruhn referred to it as a "turkey neck" which is strange considering he is the one who refretted it in the 70s. Last time I talked to Marty right before he sold it to Jim's, he was willing to take $120K for it.

I don't know what the sell price to Jim's was at Nashville and even if I did I wouldn't reveal it. I can say that when it was offered to me (a few hours before it sold) the ask and current offer were well below that.

It is a lovely top. The pics here really don't do it justice. Congrats to the new owner.

apossibleworld · 06-25-12, 09:33 PM

I was there and saw most of those guitars. In addition to the "normal" stuff there were some great unusual guitars -- I looooved that ES-295 with the early fixed arm Bigsby, what a cool combo. The '56(?) Les Paul Custom you showed is a great one... at Retrofret. Boy did I want to buy that Gretsch 6120, one of the earliest with Filtertrons.

OKGuitar · 06-25-12, 10:58 PM

I was there Saturday and spent a little time with Jim Singleton discussing his red 59 dot and those odd diamonds on the cutaways. He insists they are factory and I recall having seen them on a 330 once so perhaps they are. The thing must never have seen the light of day as it had almost none of the "watermelon fade". I expected the serial number to be very close to the one I had but it was almost 1000 later. Also nice to meet a few of the regulars from the LPF in the flesh.

zorglub! · 06-26-12, 04:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Humbuck

I kinda like that you can see the pics from space!

1970goldielux · 06-26-12, 04:29 AM

Those are great pictures. Thank you. I liked the 56 custom.

francè · 06-26-12, 05:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBrown

Conversion (I think it started out as a '56):

Fantastic pics!
Do you know the price range of this conversion? I love it!

Many thanks!

QuirkyBurst · 06-26-12, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by francè

Fantastic pics!
Do you know the price range of this conversion? I love it!

Many thanks!

I spoke to the gent selling this guitar. I believe it was pretty high (memory says he was asking 45K).

He also had a very nice issues early 52 goldtop with unbound neck that I thought was VERY reasonably priced, and "overall" VERY nice.

The issues were:
Neck reset
ABR-1 conversion
Back of neck and body refin'ed during neck reset
Top oversprayed
One tone pot replaced with push pull for out of phase pickups

The plusses:
Perfectly straight comfy neck (may have been shaved during reset). I'm not an expert on what a 52 neck profile should be, but it was, umm... comfy. Not clubby at all.
Excellent action / playability
Great tone

I wasn't in a position to drop the kind of coin he was asking, but it sure made me think twice!!

francè · 06-26-12, 06:43 AM

Thanks a lot!
This is one of the best conversion ever see! I'm in truly love, unfortunately my bank account isn't!

Cheers

abalonevintage · 06-26-12, 09:53 AM

Quote:

I spoke to the gent selling this guitar. I believe it was pretty high (memory says he was asking 45K)

Nope...MUCH higher. I forgot how much...but maybe twice that.

Quote:

He also had a very nice issues early 52 goldtop with unbound neck that I thought was VERY reasonably priced, and "overall" VERY nice.

Someone else had that guitar.

Quote:

Perfectly straight comfy neck (may have been shaved during reset).

Headstock completely wrong. Most likely a replace neck with original fingerboard.

QuirkyBurst · 06-26-12, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abalonevintage

Headstock completely wrong. Most likely a replace neck with original fingerboard.

THAT is why I would never consider purchasing a guitar of that magnitude without expert advice!!

I am NOT an expert, but the neck did feel a little to slim to me.

BTW - we didn't get to speak for more than a brief moment, but nice to meet you at the show Eric!

abalonevintage · 06-26-12, 11:57 AM

Yes! Thanks for explaining your name, too!

sharky · 06-26-12, 02:29 PM

is this one

this one from Best Guitars? Do you know the asking price?

jeffdl · 06-26-12, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharky

is this one

this one from Best Guitars? Do you know the asking price?

That one was at Joe Menza's booth. I didn't enquire about it so I can't help you re: price.

delawaregold · 06-26-12, 05:47 PM

Somebody once said something about if you have to ask the price…
Anyway, Joe is only a phone call or email away. Online price quotes
are notoriously incorrect.

MBrown · 06-26-12, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffdl

The one I'm taiking about was Elliot's and that was a D-18. The best D-28 at the show was the '49 that Charles had - it played really, really well. But it was more coin than I wanted to spend. It wasn't so much price, it was that I wanted an acoustic I didn't have to worry about babying too much. And so, to spend a good chunk on change on one defeats that purpose.

Nice shots just the same Matt. Shame we missed each other but Saturday was such a light day I knew it was pointless staying on for Sunday. A lot of the sales traffic was dealers buying and selling from each other on Friday.

Oh! I got mixed up and thought that was a D-28, for some reason. Probably a case of the Mondays or something

I know what you mean about "used" vintage guitars... it's nice not having to obsess over how much the value drops with every note you play on it, and just enjoy them for what they are. Plus, I think the beat up ones look cooler!

MBrown · 06-26-12, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apossibleworld

I was there and saw most of those guitars. In addition to the "normal" stuff there were some great unusual guitars -- I looooved that ES-295 with the early fixed arm Bigsby, what a cool combo. The '56(?) Les Paul Custom you showed is a great one... at Retrofret. Boy did I want to buy that Gretsch 6120, one of the earliest with Filtertrons.

Do you know how much the ES-295 was going for, just out of curiosity? I too really liked that one, but have no idea at all what they usually sell for. I think it was there last time.

mmcquain · 06-26-12, 08:31 PM

Thanks for the great pics!!!

tonar8353 · 06-26-12, 09:04 PM

That Jr is killing me!

sharky · 06-26-12, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeffdl

That one was at Joe Menza's booth. I didn't enquire about it so I can't help you re: price.

yeah, than they it's the same guitar. Nice one. Very humble and seems to be honest

most of you know the picture with it's original owner. If not, check this out. It's so nice

LowE · 06-30-12, 05:11 PM

Menza's burst is really beautiful. I'd buy it if I had lots and lots of money!

MBrown · 07-01-12, 12:04 PM

I agree, it's a beautiful guitar. The pic with the original owner is very cool too! Never seen it before.

wharris · 07-01-12, 12:52 PM

I love the original owner pictures. That ol' fella had no idea...

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06-25-12, 08:02 AM	#1
MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Some photos from the Summer Philly show Here's a few photos from the recent guitar show in Philly that I attended on Sunday. There were a lot of really nice instruments there and it was great meeting a few of you for the first time as well! (Eric Ernest stands out in particular; a great guy with the coolest guitars at the show!) I think there were a total of 5 Bursts there, three of which I hadn't seen before, and the usual Jimmy Wallace Burst. I got photos of a lot of acoustics as well, so I'll post those too. __________________ - Matt Last edited by MBrown : 06-26-12 at 03:15 PM.

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show . __________________ - Matt Last edited by MBrown : 06-25-12 at 04:35 PM.

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Conversion (I think it started out as a '56): Tweed! Early Junior: Unbound '52-- clean, too: 345/ Trini: Crappy photo of the neck. __________________ - Matt

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Vintage Martins: A really nice burst: Special: A Stromberg! R9 that caught my eye: Firebirds: '42 D-18: __________________ - Matt

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Two 1960 Bursts: Anyone recognize this one? (It's been around.) The super cool '59 335: __________________ - Matt

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Cool Washburn parlor: For the vintage Gibson acoustic fans... ES-295? 1964 335: 1964 335: Two '57s: Really nice ESs: __________________ - Matt

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show 1956 Custom: 1958 ES-something: Martins: __________________ - Matt

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show 1942 D-28: 1938 D-18: __________________ - Matt

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goldtop0 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: At the end of the Long White Cloud Posts: 4,432	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Thanks for all the great pics

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Cody All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: A stone's throw from Malibu... if you throw REALLY hard! I mean REALLY hard! Posts: 3,917	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show The sold '60 burst (0-5863?) has a great top! Love the early trapeze GT and the Firebird threesome - and the FBIII is a platypus! With the risk of blowing my cred (if any), I kinda like the look of the PRS in the background of the FB shot too... Thanks for the pics, MBrown - much appreciated!

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Mieko8 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 38	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show 05863 was owned by a guy named Marty in Georgia since the mid sixties. He was trying to sell it forever. It was on gbase for a very long time. It has a repaired headstock, and was refretted two or three times. Gruhn referred to it as a "turkey neck" which is strange considering he is the one who refretted it in the 70s. Last time I talked to Marty right before he sold it to Jim's, he was willing to take $120K for it.

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TW59 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lost in the Ozarks [again] Posts: 31,712	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show A great looking Burst. Someone should be rockin' about now! __________________ Pauls to the walls! Hüter der Flammen! PLEASE SUPPORT www.burstserial.com !! Click here: www.burstserial.com

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apossibleworld Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Squibnocket Posts: 347	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show I was there and saw most of those guitars. In addition to the "normal" stuff there were some great unusual guitars -- I looooved that ES-295 with the early fixed arm Bigsby, what a cool combo. The '56(?) Les Paul Custom you showed is a great one... at Retrofret. Boy did I want to buy that Gretsch 6120, one of the earliest with Filtertrons.

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OKGuitar Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 679	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show I was there Saturday and spent a little time with Jim Singleton discussing his red 59 dot and those odd diamonds on the cutaways. He insists they are factory and I recall having seen them on a 330 once so perhaps they are. The thing must never have seen the light of day as it had almost none of the "watermelon fade". I expected the serial number to be very close to the one I had but it was almost 1000 later. Also nice to meet a few of the regulars from the LPF in the flesh. __________________ Read my ES-335 blog at www.es-335.org

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1970goldielux Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 58	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Those are great pictures. Thank you. I liked the 56 custom.

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francè Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Milan Italy Posts: 169	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show Thanks a lot! This is one of the best conversion ever see! I'm in truly love, unfortunately my bank account isn't! Cheers

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MBrown Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 336	Re: Some photos from the Summer Philly show I agree, it's a beautiful guitar. The pic with the original owner is very cool too! Never seen it before. __________________ - Matt

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