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Topic: 80s GIBSON ES-Artist--modified/player like a Deluxe ES-335 |
Ben Elder
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Posted 3 Oct 2011 12:34 pm |
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This closed body double-humbucker thinline was kind of a forerunner to the Lucille model. The ES-Artist (ca. 1979-84) originally had onboard Moog electronics, but this one has been through changes (all before I got it) and now, for all intents and purposes, it's like a deluxe ES-335 except for the closed (no f-holes) body and master volume. The previous knucklehe--...owner... installed oversize and additional control plates and a pair of red LEDs on the bass-side upper horn. Two volume and tone knobs (black Tele-style--not the design choice I would have made against a hemispheric-size black plate), master volume and three-way pickup selector switch. Nice, comfortable neck, TP-6 bridge and cool tuners with knobs with built-in cranks.
Despite the alterations, this is a great guitar and really is much better than my 66 Trini Lopez..at less than half Trini's going value. Comes with OHSC. Paypal/postal MO. No trades. Email me at WEissEnbeN(AT)eArthlink(DOt)net or through the my SGF profile email link. $1700 + P/p + shipping.
    
[10/11: pulling this back for some adjustments...maybe ultimately a new tortoise guard as noted below.]
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John Groover McDuffie
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LA California, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2011 7:56 am
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| Oh, the Humanity!!! |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 6:57 am
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| Oh, the Humanity!!! |
You said it. And sadly, those cover-up plates are the sizes they need to be given the monkeying around that lies below. Only the back-treble-side plate was standard (and was smaller than the one we see.)
Still, it's amazing this patient recovered as well as it did from a lot of botched cosmetic mischief and a Moog-ectomy.
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John Groover McDuffie
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LA California, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2011 9:16 am
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| Why not go with tortoise shell? Might have looked better with the figured maple! |
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