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52 Goldtop for sale in GAK

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Jon Brook

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https://www.gak.co.uk/en/gibson-1952-les-paul-goldtop-pre-owned-/916662



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Tom Wittrock

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What's the story behind the strange name of the store ... GAK? :hmm
 
sws1

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Says heavily modified. I'm guessing it might have been refinished...among other things.
 
chasenblues

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sws1 said:
Says heavily modified. I'm guessing it might have been refinished...among other things.
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I assumed it was refinished from the "Heavily modified" statement,And the odd looking color.

It also says "Original pickups"

Shouldn't it have one of theses in the bridge position?


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John Catto

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chasenblues said:
I assumed it was refinished from the "Heavily modified" statement,And the odd looking color.

It also says "Original pickups"

Shouldn't it have one of theses in the bridge position?


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yes, so NOT all original pickups. In fact with the under the hood routing that model has they must have had to bodge the pickup mount a bit. No neck binding so should have a 2 piece centre seam top under the gold (assuming no other horrors).
 
Patek

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Had a peek at this as well, the refin looks pretty rough from the pictures

saw that 335 posted as well and was very tempted !!! price was top end and GAK are not known for their good deals. i bet JB squeezed something better out of them than i could.
 
Patek

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fakejake said:
A hint for the fact that it paid off for GAK to give joe a discount. SInce he advertised their store on social media as a result of the purchase
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Thank you for the explanation. However I was speculating that joe did get a discount, because he buys this stuff all the time and he is who he is. GAK however offer like £100 off a £5000 guitar that has been sitting there for at least 2 years, and won’t budge. Would be curious what the final price was
 
CDaughtry

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The guitar Joe bought was a consignment piece, so ultimately, it was the owner who decided what was "fair" for Joe to pay.:jim
 
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John Catto said:
yes, so NOT all original pickups. In fact with the under the hood routing that model has they must have had to bodge the pickup mount a bit. No neck binding so should have a 2 piece centre seam top under the gold (assuming no other horrors).
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That is an early probably unbound 52. The diagonal screws were very early examples I believe. My 52 has no screws.
 
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