The Guilds of Grot
Enlightened Member
If the factory put on one of one style tuner and five of another, why would there be "old" holes?
The Guilds of Grot said:Do tell!hansmoust said:There are a few other things that bother me but some of these can be explained.
The Guilds of Grot said:If the factory put on one of one style tuner and five of another, why would there be "old" holes?
hansmoust said:The Guilds of Grot said:Do tell!hansmoust said:There are a few other things that bother me but some of these can be explained.
Hello Grot,
Well, let's stick to the one thing that really bothers me:
The neck is not a '60s neck. Without holding the guitar in my hands it's hard to say what exactly did happen to that guitar but from the photos I would say it's a '70s neck on a body from the '60s.
I can't tell you exactly when the body was made but I would guess somewhere around 1963/1964.
The neck has all the features of a 'later than the sixties' Artist Award neck, the most obvious being:
Neck lamination, fingerboard inlays, fingerboard binding, headstock binding, headstock inlay plaque, truss rod cover etc. etc.
Now it is always possible that this was a factory repair ( it's not that easy to find an Artist Award neck) but on most of the factory repairs the serial number would be copied onto the new neck, which they didn't do in this case.
I don't think it will get you anywhere trying to convince these people that what they have is not an entirely original '60s Guild Artist Award. If it would be cheap I would say: "Go for it!" but in this case my advise would be: "Stay Away!"
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl