Hi Guys,
I'm calling for help out of a bit desperation and thereby ask to forgive me if I put this topic in the wrong sub-forum:
I'm about to buy a (supposingly) '65 SG Standard. The seller owns the SG since '75, the previous owner was a known german jazz musician (Eddy Marron).
He didn't play it in the meantime, it just fell off one time.
Issues:
- Headstock cracked because SG fell; this got glued profesionally 1986. (He even has the invoice)
- Trussrod and toggle-switch plate missing
- Maestro got replaced by fixed bridge
Serial numbers from the owner:
- headstock: 323782
- poti: C-BA-811-1053 500 KAT 137 63 ??
Attached you can see the pictures.
What do you make out of the headstock? (I have never seen it without the symbol underneath the label)
What is a good price for it? (I offered him 2.8k€ and felt I got lucky with it)
I will drive to him in 8 hours and am torn apart whether this is a good deal or not. This would be the personification of my grandfathers (little) heritage.
I'm looking for a player and the tone got the last word, but still I'm curious.
Please help me combined gibson knowledge!
Thanks in advance
lum
I'm calling for help out of a bit desperation and thereby ask to forgive me if I put this topic in the wrong sub-forum:
I'm about to buy a (supposingly) '65 SG Standard. The seller owns the SG since '75, the previous owner was a known german jazz musician (Eddy Marron).
He didn't play it in the meantime, it just fell off one time.
Issues:
- Headstock cracked because SG fell; this got glued profesionally 1986. (He even has the invoice)
- Trussrod and toggle-switch plate missing
- Maestro got replaced by fixed bridge
Serial numbers from the owner:
- headstock: 323782
- poti: C-BA-811-1053 500 KAT 137 63 ??
Attached you can see the pictures.
What do you make out of the headstock? (I have never seen it without the symbol underneath the label)
What is a good price for it? (I offered him 2.8k€ and felt I got lucky with it)
I will drive to him in 8 hours and am torn apart whether this is a good deal or not. This would be the personification of my grandfathers (little) heritage.
I'm looking for a player and the tone got the last word, but still I'm curious.
Please help me combined gibson knowledge!
Thanks in advance
lum