Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2010 3:09 pm |
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I'll rationalize this by pretending that I'm moving this along so that a better, more worthy player can have a shot at it. While that much would almost surely be the case, still it is with profound reluctance that I state:
   
1-1/2" pickup; single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners* likely original, 10-pole pickup, metal neck, one black flying saucer knob, one non-original knob, bottom white plates are flat (apparently stock.) No serial number. Pat. # 2089171. Pickup sounds great. A little hum, pots have lost 90% of their scratchiness with last drops of some 40-year-old contact cleaner. Old sheet music and case candy as pictured.
*--After a little deeper study, it seems there were two eras of Kluson single-line tuners. The first--as seen on this beast--don't have the shaft coming through the opposite side of the housing. These were used appx. 1947-52.
(The unevenness along the crest of the nut is paint loss, not metal.)
Forum price $1500 + actual shipping (I prefer USPS Priority Mail; origin zip 91214) includes PayPal charge. Will be higher if it goes to eBay.
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Last edited by Ben Elder on 22 Feb 2010 11:30 am; edited 2 times in total |
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