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Topic: Shot off in the war? |
Kekoa Blanchet
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Kaua'i
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2010 9:14 pm |
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I'm callin Bull$#@! on the factory cutout story.  |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 20 Nov 2010 10:13 pm Sure raises a lot of questions...............
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It clearly looks like a post war model.....check the pickup.
The two metal panels near the pickup, do not appear to be matched pieces. In a couple of photo's, they don't appear to be arched as on stock models.
Obviously the installed tone/volume knobs are not standard nor do they appear even to be Rickenbacher knobs.
It would be interesting to see a view of the guitar body from the cut-away side. I wonder what one might be able to see. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 20 Nov 2010 10:56 pm
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It's a '47-48,etc, with the "T" logo. Sure is hacked up. Good parts would be the neck and pickup assembly, worth maybe 200 bucks max.......
Don'tcha love it when these guys call stuff "RARE" 
A few years back a BR-9 Gibson was listed as "RARE", so there's about 15,000 RARE BR-9s |
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Kekoa Blanchet
From:
Kaua'i
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 1:37 am
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| But Bill, you gotta admit, this one is about as rare as you can get! |
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Don McGregor
From:
Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 5:12 am
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Looks to me like someone butchered it with the intention of allowing what they thought would be easier access to the higher frets, perhaps even to facilitate playing it with a strap while standing.
A few years ago, I ran across a guy selling several Telecasters, and he had, for some dumb reason, sawed off the lower horn on every one. Said they were "customized", and that he thought they just looked better that way.
Things like this sometimes make me think we should consider registering lutherie tools, instead of handguns. |
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Peter Lindelauf
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Penticton, BC
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 9:44 am
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As the plumber said of the original owner/builder of this house who had managed to hook up our downstairs shower using irrigation fittings instead of copper, "Some guys shouldn't be allowed to touch tools."
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...but you are the music / while the music lasts (TS Eliot) |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 2:50 pm
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| Maybe it was easier to whack off the part that got in the way than slim that belly down... |
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Gary Stevenson
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Northern New York,USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 2:56 pm
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Looking at that CUSTOM guitar I wonder what all the jacks were for!  |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 21 Nov 2010 4:59 pm
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| That's a wild & crazy pic Doug! |
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 26 Nov 2010 12:39 pm
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| it clearly appears that sombody had a.....bout....with that guitar..... |
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