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Anyone know this Bursts Serial #

mbowen

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Here are shots from Guitar Trader in the 80's .It has the wrong serial # on the bottom of the photo.Julio is trying to get the right # for Burst serial.If you Burst Detectives know or can ID this one it will be greatly appreciated.It looks like a few 1960's in Burst Serial but i am not sure which one it is.Thanks again Guys fro your help.Hope someone here knows this one.Nice curly guitar with Zebra;s 1960 i think.Mike B.

 

Cody

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The photos aren't the crispest, so I can't swear... but it has some features in common with 0-8070: zebra PAFs; the line that runs between the pickup rings at the upper edges; the fleck or grain line (near parallel to the strings) above the tailpiece; the swatch of flame by the tone knobs.


There's some more info in your "Burst That Got Away" thread, post 410 and on (pg 11 on my browser):

http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2320281#post2320281


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Cody

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Okay, it just occurred to me to check the inlays, and the 7th fret inlay is a dead giveaway.

It is indeed 0-8070.

:salude
 

mbowen

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Thanks Cody -Great work .Gaston's old burst ,here he is with it and a V.Thanks again Cody,Mike B. 0-8070
 

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Hard to tell for sure from the photo, but doesn't that neck heel look unusually square for a Burst?
Hard to tell from a bad 30 plus year old Polaroid but 0-0154 that i had had a heel that looked very similar,it had a huge neck.Wish there were clearer photo's but Gaston owned this one for a good while and if there were any problems i am sure he would have known and mentioned it.Thanks Mike B.
 
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