Lowestoft, United Kingdom
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EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE S/H BARGAIN GIBSON ES-175WITH GENERIC HARD CASE (CIRCA 1970’s)EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL COMES IN TO STOCKMADE IN THE USA1963(MAKING IT AS OLD AS ME AND THATS VERY OLD!)IT WAS BOUGHT S/H IN 1967 BY THE CURRENT OWNER WHO WE ARE SELLING IT ON BEHALF OFSUCH A FABULOUS VINTAGE INSTRUMENT WITH LOADS OF MOJOITS NOT PRISTINE AS ITS BEEN GIGGED AND ENJOYED FOR 62 YEARSNOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THOUGHITS PICKED UP THE ODD DING AND MARK (SEE PICS)GIBSON CHARGE MORE FOR THAT NOWADAYSTHE MACHINEHEADS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO GROVERS AND JUDGING BY THE TARNISHING ON THEM IT WAS DONE DECADES AGOTHE SWITCH TIP IS A NEW REPLACEMENTTHE SCRATCHPLATE HAS SHRUNK BUT IS STILL ATTACHED AND IN ONE PIECEPICKUP COVERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED (PROBABLY DUE TO THE ORIGINALS TARNISHING) NOT THE BEST FIT BUT THEY DO THE JOBTHE IMPORTANT BIT IS THE PICKUPS THEMSELVES ARE ORIGINAL GIBSON PATENT NUMBER HUMBUCKERSBASICALLY THESE ARE THE SAME AS THE LAUDED PAF PICKUPS BUT NOW HAVE A PATENT NUMBER STICKER ON THE BOTTOM OF THEMIF THEY WERE PAF PICKUPS IT WOULD ADD AROUND £2K TO THE PRICE TAG!!THE FRETS SHOW WEAR AS DOES THE BEAUTIFUL FINGERBOARD BUT IT STILL PLAYS BRILLIANTLY AN ALTOGETHER GENUINE STUNNING INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ONLY GO UP IN VALUEIT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, PLAYS BRILLIANTLY AND SOUNDS LOVELYA TRUE PIECE OF GUITAR HISTORYWILL WE EVER SEE ANOTHER?PROBABLY NOTLISTERS GUITARS EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE S/H BARGAIN PRICE ONLY £7499!!!!
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