Wow! An honestly-relic'd relic....

[stubhead]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1974-GIBSON-L5S-L5-L6S-VINTAGE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR-/320718847342?_trksid=p4340.m8&_trkparms=algo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D1061208660239885454

Somehow, beating the crap out of a guitar that started out so pretty doesn't make it look better, at least to me... :icon_scratch: But it's not faked, that's for sure! You almost gotta feel sorry for whatever he's moved on to.

 

[JaySwear]

I love it! That's some honest character right there. A pickguard sure as hell wouldn't have hurt anything, but the neck looks great. I like the genuine wear on this thing. It is definitely a beautiful instrument.

 

[kboman]

Only a well loved guitar will wear like that. Very nice!

 

[AprioriMark]

I love the end of the fretboard.  My early 90s Joe Pass Epi has that shape, and it's awesome.

-Mark

 

[Cagey]

This one doesn't have a starting price as wild as it probably could have been, but I still can't see buying a gunked-up worn-out biohazard for that kind of money when I can build/buy a better one new for less.

 

[dmraco]

I love the end of the fretboard.  My early 90s Joe Pass Epi has that shape, and it's awesome.

-Mark

+1...that is cool. :icon_biggrin:

 

[Alfang]

I checked it out, it does look a bit worn, but the wear spot near the strings, what kinda picken do you gotta do to get a wear pattern like that? It looks like it was done with a dremel tool, the wear just apeers to sharp and close to the strings in some places, I would think that long term wear would "Feather" or blend in a little more. Maybe the guy has some funny way of playing I guess.

Either way, it's a nice looking collector

 

[DangerousR6]

Somebody played the finish right off that geetar... :guitarplayer2:

 

[stubhead]

the wear spot near the strings, what kinda picken do you gotta do to get a wear pattern like that?

I have worn finishes on all the guitars I play, just like that! It's where your little and ring finger rest when you're playing single notes with a palm partial-mute on top of the bridge - looking at that bridge, I'd guess this guy did a lot of that... most all guitars that somebody's really practiced on get wear in that area, though not all the way through a 1975's thick poly finish. It may be that Gibson actually did a nice finish job on their highest-priced guitars.

 

[TBurst Std]

Anyone notice the bridge? Potential neck angle issues. Something to watch for in the 70s.

 

[Orpheo]

that spot near the strings is indeed due to putting your hand there. i play with my pinky and fourth finger resting on a pickup ring or on the body, and in due time my superthinly finiished nitro-sprayed guitar will get that kinda wear to

 

[kboman]

I never touch the body of my guitar with my right hand when I play, I've found it gets in the way of developing precision. Not that anyone would notice at the moment since I'm so out of practice, but still...

 

[erogenousjones17]

Pre-ci-sion?  :icon_scratch: