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One owner, late-ish 1957 Gibson LP plain top sunburst. This guitar has never, ever seen the inside of a guitar shop since it left the store in 1957. The owner only ever changed strings on it. Bonus: it came in with it's cousin, a 1957 Southern Jumbo in the same condition. Both guitars have been in the same music room since the early 60's and haven't left it 'till now. My understanding is that the 57 LP was available only as a Gold Top, but there may have been an very few transitional bursts at the end of the production run: this is one of them. The frets are shot but until the guitar gets a few appraisals I advised the customer against any repairs.

A couple of years ago I had a 1956 Strat, blonde w/ gold hardware, untouched, original owner come in 'cause a granddaughter wanted to learn and grampa dug it out from under the bed. It was a 10/10. My teeth almost fell out.

Just goes to show they are still out there.

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What an absolute treat.

How does it sound though?

  Glyn

I couldn't get a good read on the tone as the frets are shot and the setup is pretty bad. Having said that, it sounded fine, but I'd need to get it playing better to make any real determination as to tonal quality.

So the granddaughter gets a new guitar.... and a BMW?

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