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Joe B.’s ultimate guitar safari...introducing The Bosco Burst!

CDaughtry

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Check it out!

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fernieite

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Nice! Very strong color. What's the story on this one?

Also, what is that metal thing on the pickguard?
 
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marfen

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that metal clip on the pickguard looks like one of those pick holders...looks like it's on wrong. Was one on the pickguard of one of my LPs. Sure is a beauty and as original as they come.
 
Tom Wittrock

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Ground wire from the bridge pickup cavity?

Solder on the ground wires in the control cavity seem off. :hmm
 
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flatwounds.. this guy was old school. prolly more into chet than bloomfield. seems like a lot of 58's look really cool! to me anyway. is it a 58? :peace2
 
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Tom Wittrock said:
Ground wire from the bridge pickup cavity?

Solder on the ground wires in the control cavity seem off. :hmm
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ya tom it looks like 2 different guys did the soldering.
with the guys choice of strings i think its a safe bet he didnt run dimarzios for a spell. so...
its still cool, joe probably got a fair deal and it does look pretty awesome!
 
zhivago

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Very cool to see the strong colour on this one! :salude
 
CDaughtry

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That is in fact the serial number.

Here’s a cool pic of it in its non-original case with pics of the original owner playing it back in the day.

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CDaughtry

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At one time it had a left handed pick guard on it. See the little hole where it screwed into the face? There’s a corresponding little hole on the top of the guitar where the bracket screwed in.
 
akstrat61

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A stellar find and I'm sure a cool story will follow!:salude:jim:salude
 
DG2003

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Fascinating... you guys catch everything, and I never cease to learn stuff here! With the extra pickguard hole I immediately imagined it was kitted out like Steve Howe's ES Artist with the TWO pickguards at one time (80's thing), rather than maybe being owned by a lefty... probably because I just saw a picture of that guitar.

I too am curious about the metal thing on the pickguard...
 
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