Gary Rossington's "Bernice" burst folder:

[Tom Wittrock]

Hi Tom.
There's some clear shots of the serial number 9 0695 on burstserial.com

It's been over a year and a half since I asked that. :ganz

 

[Black58]

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'scuse please; Maybe I'm a little fucked up. What are you saying, here? :hmm

 

[Hardrockmapletop]

It's been over a year and a half since I asked that. :ganz

Ha! Didn't even notice the date! :##
Well, consider it info for the uniformed.:salude

 

[jimmi]

Hi Tom.
There's some clear shots of the serial number 9 0695 on burstserial.com

Looks like they uploaded the ones I took last year,

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Ha! Didn't even notice the date! :##
Well, consider it info for the uniformed.:salude

Looks like they uploaded the ones I took last year,

Yes, Jimmi got that cleared up.

:salude

 

[Chip's Music]

Of course this burst sounded better through Marshalls!!!! Even though Gary's bridge pickup sounded a bit on the underwound-weak-thin side live the several times I saw Skynyrd back in the day. Allen Collins' bridge pickup sound with the P90 was a lot "sweeter" on the Firebird.

 

[Xpensive Wino]

Of course this burst sounded better through Marshalls!!!! Even though Gary's bridge pickup sounded a bit on the underwound-weak-thin side live the several times I saw Skynyrd back in the day. Allen Collins' bridge pickup sound with the P90 was a lot "sweeter" on the Firebird.

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[Mats A]

Great pictures! I've been buying CDs and listening to them a lot lately. Great band.

 

[marshall1987]

Just ran across this thread. Some pretty nice photos I have never seen before. Certainly someone has more to share? hotos

 

[Dreadnaught]

All of the photos show the LP without the ding on it. Any idea when that arrived? Pretty distinguishable. I am looking at one for sale. Not sure maybe. Seems like Tom missed the exact placement for the ding. The original is clearly on the top seam, and the extra dot fairly close. The repos are way over towards the pots and the second ding is variable guitar to guitar.

 

[Big Daddy Class]

All of the photos show the LP without the ding on it. Any idea when that arrived? Pretty distinguishable. I am looking at one for sale. Not sure �� maybe. Seems like Tom missed the exact placement for the ding. The original is clearly on the top seam, and the extra dot fairly close. The repos are way over towards the pots and the second ding is variable guitar to guitar.

I came across this thread while wondering about this guitar. It was purchased in 1973 from Gruhn Guitars. George Gruhn is a good friend of mine and I asked him about it. He said it was in perfect condition in 1973 but got some damage over time. He says it got a broken headstock in 1977 which was crudely repaired with glue and 2 screws. He also says he really does not remember the actual sale (which is odd because he remembers EVERYTHING).

Edit--George says it was $1400 in 1973

Edit-Edit. He texted me this. He says prices rose through the 70's and by 76 a LP Standard was up to $2750 (asking price. Says he would have taken less)

 

[Big Daddy Class]

Another one he just sent me