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Paul Kossoff's 'Lemon burst" folder

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This guitar suffered a headstock break in the dim and distant past, and was repaired by scarfing a new section of neck and headstock on (the scarf is somewhere around the 4th/5th fret). I was wondering if anybody knew whether this happened whilst in Kossoff's possession? Did it coincide with the switch to Grovers?
 
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Ad_02Std said:
This guitar suffered a headstock break in the dim and distant past, and was repaired by scarfing a new section of neck and headstock on (the scarf is somewhere around the 4th/5th fret). I was wondering if anybody knew whether this happened whilst in Kossoff's possession? Did it coincide with the switch to Grovers?
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Koss broke it at Free's last gig when they broke up for the first time in '71. He was so upset about the breakup that when the set was over, he threw it in the air and let it drop. This is why when He traded with Arthur Ramm, he had to give him the sanded one first. The trade was his burst for Arthurs new late 60s Custom but when he offered, Arthur reminded him that he broke the burst. Koss then offered to let him borrow the stripped one until the burst was repaired.
 
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Thanks for sharing all that info JRW! We really apreciate it! You are one knowledgeable dude! :dude:
 
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Ah, ive just been obsessing about Koss/FREE since i was 16(im 27 now). Plenty of time to learn all that stuff. Ive made some good friends along the way who taught me alot, including Koss' wife(commonlaw actually, but they were married as far as they were concerned).
 
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Gibson has announced they will make 100 copies of this guitar complete with dings and marks and a further 150 pristine copies, the Gibson boys have been over to visit Arthur and took all the pix and measurements they need for the job, I think I'll have a pristine one, get behind me in the queue. Frank
 
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flashriffs said:
Gibson has announced they will make 100 copies of this guitar complete with dings and marks and a further 150 pristine copies, the Gibson boys have been over to visit Arthur and took all the pix and measurements they need for the job, I think I'll have a pristine one, get behind me in the queue. Frank
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That's great.......but wouldn't it make more sense for a Kossoff signiture model to be based on the Les Paul he stripped the finish off of? When I think of Kossoff, I always associate him with that guitar.

Either way, it's nice to see Kossoff getting some of the attention he deserves.

Brian.
 
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Hey Guys New Member Here!
I Really like your Burst Folders Yannik, alot of pictures i've never seen before.
How about a Joe Walsh folder?
 
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the more from the James Gang era the better. Ive hardly seen any pics of him during that time at all, let alone with an LP.
 
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WheelchairBandit said:
That's great.......but wouldn't it make more sense for a Kossoff signiture model to be based on the Les Paul he stripped the finish off of? When I think of Kossoff, I always associate him with that guitar.

Either way, it's nice to see Kossoff getting some of the attention he deserves.

Brian.
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+1.
It's always the stripped one I think of when I think of Koss. Isle Of Wight 1970 :2cool

How about a Paul Kossoff's 'Stripped Burst' folder? :ganz
 
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