Age of Gibson Tenor Guitar - FRETS.NET2024-03-29T04:54:11Zhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/age-of-gibson-tenor-guitar?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A172471&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTom and Doc Rathwell, thanks…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-30:2177249:Comment:1725932017-08-30T09:20:09.075ZDave Yelvertonhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/DaveYelverton
<p>Tom and Doc Rathwell, thanks again for pinpointing that for me.</p>
<p>And thanks to this incredible forum of Franks. It's great to know that I can turn up here and find such friendly and freely offered advice</p>
<p>Regarrds</p>
<p>Dave</p>
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<p>Tom and Doc Rathwell, thanks again for pinpointing that for me.</p>
<p>And thanks to this incredible forum of Franks. It's great to know that I can turn up here and find such friendly and freely offered advice</p>
<p>Regarrds</p>
<p>Dave</p>
<p></p> Yeah, not a NL. And there we…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-29:2177249:Comment:1723712017-08-29T18:54:17.158Zonewenthttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/onewent
<p>Yeah, not a NL. And there were black L-00s made w/o the white pg, too. If this one had a pg originally, you'd see the bare wood footprint, not black paint.</p>
<p>TG-00 ca 1931-1932</p>
<p>Tom</p>
<p>Yeah, not a NL. And there were black L-00s made w/o the white pg, too. If this one had a pg originally, you'd see the bare wood footprint, not black paint.</p>
<p>TG-00 ca 1931-1932</p>
<p>Tom</p> Dave,
The NL has a bou…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-29:2177249:Comment:1725292017-08-29T15:45:43.619ZDoc Rathwellhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/DocRathwell
<p>Dave,</p>
<p> </p>
<p> The NL has a bound fingerboard among the other differences to the instrument you've shown.</p>
<p> Yours seems to be a TG-00 in black missing the pickguard. Early 30's fits the bill and Tom is likely in the ballpark with his insurance evaluation of $2ķ</p>
<p></p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Doc</p>
<p>Dave,</p>
<p> </p>
<p> The NL has a bound fingerboard among the other differences to the instrument you've shown.</p>
<p> Yours seems to be a TG-00 in black missing the pickguard. Early 30's fits the bill and Tom is likely in the ballpark with his insurance evaluation of $2ķ</p>
<p></p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Doc</p> Thanks Tom. Unfortunately I d…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-28:2177249:Comment:1725832017-08-28T15:46:28.348ZDave Yelvertonhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/DaveYelverton
<p>Thanks Tom. Unfortunately I don't have the guitar but have passed on your info to the owner.</p>
<p>I think you are correct about the date, but without the FON that is only conjectural. </p>
<p>I think I may have identified the model as a nick Lucas Tenore possibly dating from the early'30's. If that's the case I suspect it might be worth £7000-$9000 given its fine condition.</p>
<p>However our guitar differs by having a black finish, no pickguard, and Grover tuners rather than planet geared…</p>
<p>Thanks Tom. Unfortunately I don't have the guitar but have passed on your info to the owner.</p>
<p>I think you are correct about the date, but without the FON that is only conjectural. </p>
<p>I think I may have identified the model as a nick Lucas Tenore possibly dating from the early'30's. If that's the case I suspect it might be worth £7000-$9000 given its fine condition.</p>
<p>However our guitar differs by having a black finish, no pickguard, and Grover tuners rather than planet geared ones.</p>
<p>Here is a pic from the net:</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167773685?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2167773685?profile=original" width="550" class="align-full"/></a></p> Hi Dave, Why don't you look a…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-25:2177249:Comment:1723562017-08-25T23:43:16.370Zonewenthttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/onewent
<p>Hi Dave, Why don't you look again, there should be a FON ink stamped on the heel block. You may need a bright light to see it. I use a bright LED flashlight, sometimes a 'black' light helps. Take a dry paint brush and 'dust off' the heel block, you'd be surprised. But sometimes they're just lost to time.</p>
<p>The black paint and white sound hole trim was featured in '31-'32, and that would be my guess, but look for the FON.</p>
<p>Nice guitar! I'd set an <em>insurance</em> value of…</p>
<p>Hi Dave, Why don't you look again, there should be a FON ink stamped on the heel block. You may need a bright light to see it. I use a bright LED flashlight, sometimes a 'black' light helps. Take a dry paint brush and 'dust off' the heel block, you'd be surprised. But sometimes they're just lost to time.</p>
<p>The black paint and white sound hole trim was featured in '31-'32, and that would be my guess, but look for the FON.</p>
<p>Nice guitar! I'd set an <em>insurance</em> value of $2K on it. Market value a bit different.</p>
<p>Tom</p> Sorry about the appearance, F…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-24:2177249:Comment:1724712017-08-24T16:00:39.756ZDave Yelvertonhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/DaveYelverton
<p>Sorry about the appearance, For some reason the original picture has lost its aspect ratio,</p>
<p>However I find that if i click on the picture it reappears in its correct ratio.</p>
<p>Cant begin to fathom why!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Dave Y</p>
<p>Sorry about the appearance, For some reason the original picture has lost its aspect ratio,</p>
<p>However I find that if i click on the picture it reappears in its correct ratio.</p>
<p>Cant begin to fathom why!</p>
<p></p>
<p>Dave Y</p> The picture looks deformed. T…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2017-08-24:2177249:Comment:1724682017-08-24T12:47:22.340ZRoger Häggströmhttps://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/RogerHaeggstroem
<p>The picture looks <span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span>deformed</span></span>. That wide?</p>
<p>The picture looks <span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><span>deformed</span></span>. That wide?</p>