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Help identifying this gibson...

poopotpoopot Frets: 9089
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right then, a guitar has been dropped off to a pals for some tlc... gibson 12 string... we’re told pre 60’s... no serial and no model number anywhere...

fancy a game of “name that guitar”...








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  • KKJaleKKJale Frets: 967
    edited December 2018
    Gibson B45-12. 

    Edit: the book says no trapeze/upper belly bridge should be '62-'65. Probably the only way to narrow it down would be to discover a batch number stamped somewhere inside...
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    It's also early 1960s and not pre-60s. The model was made from 1961 onwards, but I think the earliest had 'slope' shoulders which this one doesn't, and from 1965 onwards they changed to a trapeze tailpiece, so I would guess more like 1963-64.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9089
    Cheers chaps... allegedly used on the start of space odity and here comes the sun!!!!!
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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    N.B. it has the classic Gibson - headstock / neck crack / break -
    be aware.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    poopot said:
    Cheers chaps... allegedly used on the start of space odity and here comes the sun!!!!!
    That actual one?!

    AliGorie said:
    N.B. it has the classic Gibson - headstock / neck crack / break -
    be aware.
    Looks to have been reasonably well-repaired and not a complete clean-off in the first place, but yes be aware.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • poopotpoopot Frets: 9089
    AliGorie said:
    N.B. it has the classic Gibson - headstock / neck crack / break -
    be aware.
    Yep... not mine so don’t care :)


    ICBM said:
    poopot said:
    Cheers chaps... allegedly used on the start of space odity and here comes the sun!!!!!
    That actual one?!

    Apparently so!... need to do a bit more digging but looks to be the case!
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