Rhoadizzle
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I bought this guitar back very cheap in 2004 because I HAD to have a cherry LP, but never really bonded with it. I've always liked that it's extremely well worn, but now that I'm in the process of shining this turd up to see if there's a connection, I have some questions for people more knowledgeable than I. I know there's very little originality here, so I just need to see if I'm going to be doing any disservice to her if I refinish the guitar.
Can anyone enlighten me as to what color this guitar originally could've been, and possibly tell what year she is? I've yet to see a Norlin sunburst that had a plain back, so there's one red flag. There was a break at the neck and body, and there's some respray red to cover the repair. It doesn't look like the serial number has been tampered with, so I'm doubting it was a full respray. The back does appear more reddish than dark or brown, if that helps determine original color. Sandwich body, 3 piece top/3 piece neck, no B or O cuts in Gibson, made in USA stamp. Can't read pot codes (some have been changed), and I can get a better tenon picture tonight. Original pickups are obviously gone, and freddie krueger did the hack job to change to humbuckers.
Is there anything else I can provide to help identify things better? Thank you guys.
https://imgur.com/a/LxCLkV8
Can anyone enlighten me as to what color this guitar originally could've been, and possibly tell what year she is? I've yet to see a Norlin sunburst that had a plain back, so there's one red flag. There was a break at the neck and body, and there's some respray red to cover the repair. It doesn't look like the serial number has been tampered with, so I'm doubting it was a full respray. The back does appear more reddish than dark or brown, if that helps determine original color. Sandwich body, 3 piece top/3 piece neck, no B or O cuts in Gibson, made in USA stamp. Can't read pot codes (some have been changed), and I can get a better tenon picture tonight. Original pickups are obviously gone, and freddie krueger did the hack job to change to humbuckers.
Is there anything else I can provide to help identify things better? Thank you guys.
https://imgur.com/a/LxCLkV8