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I think I found Beano

JJ Blair

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Look at a couple things that are similar here. First, over all, look at the way the grain runs into the center seam below the bridge on both guitars. The angle and the location is the same. I can't rule out the inlays either. Beyond that, there are a couple identifying marks I find similar. First, this little blister circle in between the knobs.

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And the dark grain line under the tone knob.

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Squiggle grain by the pickup ring.

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It's 0 2183.

Thoughts?
 
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Except ... I don't see evidence of Grovers on 0 2183. You decide.
 
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Heh.. Maybe someone was REALLY good at filling in the old grover holes... You might be on to something :biggrin:
 
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Well, as long as you can compensate on the ferrule hole, the grover screw hole goes into the Kluson lower hole.
 
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Could very well be. Some small spots and grain lines match with pics of Beano.

Great, JJ!
 
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Whoever owns that guitar, if I'm right and you sell it for a million bucks, I want a cut! LOL.
 
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Xpensive Wino said:
Mr. Clapton's solicitors will be in touch....
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Statute of limitations, I believe. If I found out that I owned Beano, I would contact him first, however. But that's just me. I ran this scenario through my head when there was a chance the guitar I just bought might be Beano, util I saw her in person.
 
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JJ Blair said:
I ran this scenario through my head when there was a chance the guitar I just bought might be Beano, until I saw her in person.
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So you admit that you've seen Beano in person and have knowledge of its present whereabouts? :spabout
 
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Xpensive Wino said:
So you admit that you've seen Beano in person and have knowledge of its present whereabouts? :spabout
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No, Mike. I mean the guitar I just bought, 0 2165. I could not rule out she was NOT Beano, until I saw that guitar in person. From the pictures I had before I flew to pick up the guitar, I could not rule out the possibility that she was Beano, and apparently, I'm not the only person to whom that occurred.

Banker, thanks. I don't know who owns the guitar in question, so I guess I have no concerns. LOL.
 
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Inlays look off, but maybe the shadows from the strings are making dark lines on the old B/W pics.
 
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"What an awesome looking burst. Why was it called the Fogerty burst? Did he own it I gather?"

"Yes, he did. He then sold it to Gruhn Guitars a while back. Don't know anything about its prior history, but maybe others here might. "

Well, now we know the answer. If George Gruhn reads this thread, he might have a fucking myocardial infarction.
 
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