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Title: Oh god no...
Post by: blazer on June 13, 2007, 02:29:40 PM: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-59-Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-Luthier-Project-NR_W0QQitemZ320125743518QQihZ011QQcategoryZ118992QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
This is why when you've damaged your guitar, you should take it to a professional repairman and don't try and fix it yourself.
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Post by: olieoliver on June 13, 2007, 02:38:26 PM: Ever heard the term bugly? cause dat's what this is!
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Post by: dadabass2001 on June 13, 2007, 04:04:55 PM: Uuhhh...
I don't believe those last two photos of the neck show a factory approved method for adjusting for bow.

and what ate all the ebony above the 18th fret?

Mike
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Post by: alembic_doctor on June 13, 2007, 04:30:22 PM: AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH My EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Curse my eyes for seeing such wrong doing.
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Post by: 811952 on June 13, 2007, 04:40:37 PM: That's awesome! If I wasn't tight on cash, that baby would be hanging on my wall! Wow...

John
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Post by: rraymond on June 13, 2007, 04:50:25 PM: All it needs are some Frankenstein electrodes sticking out of its neck.

What knockers!
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Post by: rami on June 13, 2007, 06:27:05 PM: What it needs at this point are last rites. Somebody actually bid on it?
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Post by: 811952 on June 13, 2007, 06:59:58 PM: That is too funny!
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Post by: mikedm on June 13, 2007, 07:48:50 PM: You've got to appreciate the seller's integrity. As awful as it sounded, I wasn't prepared for the images...yeesh.

16 bids as of this post...why?
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Post by: jacko on June 14, 2007, 01:55:59 AM: I can't believe there are people stupid enough to bid over a thousand dollars for firewood.

graeme
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Post by: terryc on June 14, 2007, 02:14:15 AM: I guess to the 'singer of Jesus' it was just a block of wood that made a noise to him. Some people just don't hold the respect of fine instruments.
I think that one is for the junk skip..mind you I wonder what the crew of mothership Alembic could do with it??
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Post by: jacko on June 14, 2007, 02:15:36 AM: Fuel for the BBQ?
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Post by: keavin on June 14, 2007, 03:58:01 AM: DR frankenstein.........It's alive!!!
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Post by: elwoodblue on June 14, 2007, 04:39:04 PM: Hellraiser is the movie I'm thinkin of...
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Post by: bracheen on June 15, 2007, 03:08:28 AM: I can't wait to see what this one goes for. 16 bidders so far, amazing. Someone wants to be able to say he has a '59 Gibson real bad.

Sam
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Post by: hifiguy on June 15, 2007, 05:07:21 PM: The turnbuckles holding the neck on are a really nice touch. Whoever did this to a lovely old Gib should be flogged.
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Post by: hankster on June 23, 2007, 08:45:31 AM: That just breaks my heart.

Rick
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Post by: bigredbass on June 23, 2007, 06:53:44 PM: Just wait . . . . . it'll show up at some future vintage guitar show with an asking price of 10 grand . . . . although the backside 'turnbuckling pickups' are a unique touch . . . .

J o e y
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Post by: 82daion on June 23, 2007, 11:38:31 PM: $2,162.

*sigh*
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Post by: olieoliver on June 24, 2007, 05:32:27 AM: Unbelievable!
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Post by: lbpesq on June 24, 2007, 09:39:45 AM: In excellent condition this guitar would be worth $13,000 - $19,000. I could maybe understand the winning bid if this were one of those $150,000 gold tops, but it's not. This is like buying a $250,000 Ferrari that's drove off the edge of the Grand Canyon, crashed, and was totally demolished for $40,000.

Bill, tgo
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Post by: bracheen on June 24, 2007, 10:41:26 AM: And that Ferrari had a small block Chevy engine put in it.
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Post by: lbpesq on June 24, 2007, 11:19:06 AM: Welded into it. By a 7th grader taking beginning welding.

Bill, tgo
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Post by: trekster on June 27, 2007, 05:20:16 AM: Firewood.
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Post by: terryc on July 02, 2007, 08:16:11 AM: I have just looked at this guitar again and on second sighting...well if you did this to the most cheapest guitar in the world and played in a tribute grunge band you would gain a lot of points but whoever bought it will have the challenge of a life time to restore it(if it is possible) to it's original looks and specifications..Good luck..and if the buyer is reading this then all of us here at the club would like to see it done stage by stage in photos.