belleswell
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Please help me date my SG. Flowers and chocolates are no help.
Look what I found under my grandmothers bed. lol
Not really.
I was hoping for some expertise in dating this good wood.
I've been trying to date a custom SG that I believe to be dated to '68 or '69. I know the walnut
finish first appeared in '69, with '68 being the last year of the alpine white SG customs. I have the
serial # and the pot #s and am hoping some expertise may nail the month and date of manufacture,
as well as the plant where it was made.
Some items to note would be that the i in Gibson is not dotted and the size of the pick guard.
The POT, according to dating figures has it dated to the 33rd week of '66.
I bought this in '72 from a young girl who bought it for her church band. Her words when selling it
to me were, "It's too much guitar". lol It was dead mint and she told me it had just been purchased new,
so I assumed that it was a '72 and for the next 40 years of playing her everywhere, I
had always said she's a '72.
It is possible that it was bought new, but new, old stock in '72. I don't know, but it was mint.
Lots of road scars are all my doing. Some savvy gents on the Les Paul forum told me years ago it
was possibly a '69 based on pick guard size and lack of the dotted "i" in Gibson. When I contacted
Gibson a dozen years ago, a rep told me records were a bit sketchy back then, especially for customs,
but he thought it may have been made at the tail end of '68 for the '69 release of the walnut finish.
I would still love to hear from any of the experts here
on its date of manufacture and plant. As well, what a ballpark
figure of its current value would be. The prices I've seen the last
few years have been all over the map.
Thanks in advance for any answers/comments you may have.
J
The pot #s are 137 633
The head stock serial # 884634
Pics
Edit: More pics
I'm going for an overall cleaning and string change. It's been a while since I've
had this one out of it's case.
This picture of one of the pups was taken a few
years ago when I had the pickguard off.
Look what I found under my grandmothers bed. lol
Not really.
I was hoping for some expertise in dating this good wood.
I've been trying to date a custom SG that I believe to be dated to '68 or '69. I know the walnut
finish first appeared in '69, with '68 being the last year of the alpine white SG customs. I have the
serial # and the pot #s and am hoping some expertise may nail the month and date of manufacture,
as well as the plant where it was made.
Some items to note would be that the i in Gibson is not dotted and the size of the pick guard.
The POT, according to dating figures has it dated to the 33rd week of '66.
I bought this in '72 from a young girl who bought it for her church band. Her words when selling it
to me were, "It's too much guitar". lol It was dead mint and she told me it had just been purchased new,
so I assumed that it was a '72 and for the next 40 years of playing her everywhere, I
had always said she's a '72.
It is possible that it was bought new, but new, old stock in '72. I don't know, but it was mint.
Lots of road scars are all my doing. Some savvy gents on the Les Paul forum told me years ago it
was possibly a '69 based on pick guard size and lack of the dotted "i" in Gibson. When I contacted
Gibson a dozen years ago, a rep told me records were a bit sketchy back then, especially for customs,
but he thought it may have been made at the tail end of '68 for the '69 release of the walnut finish.
I would still love to hear from any of the experts here
on its date of manufacture and plant. As well, what a ballpark
figure of its current value would be. The prices I've seen the last
few years have been all over the map.
Thanks in advance for any answers/comments you may have.
J
The pot #s are 137 633
The head stock serial # 884634
Pics
Edit: More pics
I'm going for an overall cleaning and string change. It's been a while since I've
had this one out of it's case.
This picture of one of the pups was taken a few
years ago when I had the pickguard off.
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