52 Goldtop for sale in GAK

• Nov 3, 2018

• #21

AA00475Bassman

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Nothing worse than a refinish spotted at first glance , terrible job !!

 

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• Nov 3, 2018

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ukguitarguy

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So I've managed to get some shots of this guitar up close and personal. Does this guitar look legit for a 52'? (obviously besides the awful refin)

In keeping with the rules the reason why i ask is i am thinking of making an offer on the guitar. But the pickups routes specifically look different to other 52's I've seen.

 

Last edited: Nov 4, 2018

• Nov 5, 2018

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Jumping@Shadows

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I had question marks over whether the neck was original on this one- headstock shape is atypical, as is the heel and transition carve from neck/headstock...could just be lots of oversanding, and attempts at ‘tidying up’, but definitely iffy.
Pickup routes have been deepened to accept P100 or similar ‘tall’ P90s, but look otherwise OK for a later ‘52.

 

• Nov 5, 2018

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ukguitarguy said:

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So I've managed to get some shots of this guitar up close and personal. Does this guitar look legit for a 52'? (obviously besides the awful refin)

In keeping with the rules the reason why i ask is i am thinking of making an offer on the guitar. But the pickups routes specifically look different to other 52's I've seen.

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I know they remove the neck on strats, to show the date in "for sale ads"....but this is just taking it too far.


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