After helping someone else (and you know who you are!) acquire a '67 SF-IV recently, I found myself seriously GASsing for one of my own. I'd been eyeing one on CL for a while, and I somehow found myself on the road for a look-see. You know it was hopeless from there, right?
So this is a 1973. Pics to follow:
Nice OHSC:
And then, it opens to reveal this:
And again (geez, my chair is looking tacky):
And the back:
But, wait... gold Gibson humbuckers? egad!!
Take another look in the case:
But a question about the (assumed to be originals) pickups. One says "GUILD Made in USA" on the back, and has a number (721227) on there with what looks the like letter J or L, marked with one of the little scribing tools. The other has no markings, but aside from that is identical. Could 721227 be a date??
Here's a pic of the backs of the pickups:
I'll be busy.
A week later, and the HB-1s are back in their rightful place. And they do sound GREAT.
Those golden gibbies are up on the bay looking for a new home.
Dave
So this is a 1973. Pics to follow:
Nice OHSC:
And then, it opens to reveal this:
And again (geez, my chair is looking tacky):
And the back:
But, wait... gold Gibson humbuckers? egad!!
Take another look in the case:
But a question about the (assumed to be originals) pickups. One says "GUILD Made in USA" on the back, and has a number (721227) on there with what looks the like letter J or L, marked with one of the little scribing tools. The other has no markings, but aside from that is identical. Could 721227 be a date??
Here's a pic of the backs of the pickups:
I'll be busy.
A week later, and the HB-1s are back in their rightful place. And they do sound GREAT.
Those golden gibbies are up on the bay looking for a new home.
Dave