garywright
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just been looking back at this thread and gotta say..
that’s ah real nicccee !
just been looking back at this thread and gotta say..
that’s ah real nicccee !
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Hoping the photo uploads work - this is what I have so far.
This is the second one I checked out - played wonderfully - really blown away.
Supposedly a refinished 1954 - it's got the speed knobs at least.
But what's bugging me is those last inlays - they don't seem to be the same size - kinda like the reissues.... what do you all think?View attachment 11552View attachment 11553View attachment 11554View attachment 11555
Some guitars didn't have all three inlays the same size (although most did), changed tuners on this one? :hmm
Some guitars didn't have all three inlays the same size (although most did), changed tuners on this one? :hmm
From these pics the guitar looks ok to me, would be great to get more close-ups...obviously we know the changed tuners and the switch tip is changed and the poker chip is missing...what's the deal with the missing serial number? Strange checking on the back of the headstock.
Is this the one with the supposed narrow nut?
Never heard of one having a narrow nut, but I guess with Gibson anything is possible...it is very hard to verify, for sure.
Yes that definitely is not the inlays I thought were 50s only - seems more like the 70s type where it gets smaller. But as you said the lighting can make it seem different.... here are some that I found of his guitar back then...which makes it seem like the 60s type of inlay.Thanks for the work you did on that Ib and posting it!
I know that the angle and lighting can be deceiving, but here's Frampton's '54:
The 21st fret definitely looks thinner to me than Les Paul's '54.
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Thanks for the work you did on that Ib and posting it!
I know that the angle and lighting can be deceiving, but here's Frampton's '54:
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The 21st fret definitely looks thinner to me than Les Paul's '54.
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Yes that definitely is not the inlays I thought were 50s only - seems more like the 70s type where it gets smaller. But as you said the lighting can make it seem different.... here are some that I found of his guitar back then...which makes it seem like the 60s type of inlay.
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and another
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but the recent shots clearly look like the 1972+ style with decreasing sizes...
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I give up !!!
Frampton's guitar has been confirmed to have had the fretboard replaced before it originally disappeared. What you see today is not an original 1954 board and inlays.
-Douglas C.
I have not read anywhere, that I can recall, that the fretboard was ever replaced? It certainly has been refretted, likely multiple times. The MOP on the first fret of "The Phenix" is exactly the same as it was back in the '70s, so if it was replaced, whomever did the work must have saved the MOP?
This is a fairly early (latter Humble Pie/early Frampton) picture of it. The marker is nowhere near the size of Les Paul's '54 or any of the '50s for that matter, but Frampton's was confirmed to be a '54.
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