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If you have a guitar, in a case, it does not come out covered in more grime than it had when it was put away, as far as I know, bacteria needs to feed on something.
If the case was stored in a damp location, the case would be displaying a lot of damage before it got any where near affecting the guitar, case looks to be in good condition?
I am curious about some of the details, such as it having 2 'snapped off' bridge posts, have never seen that issue before, and the mods done to the scratchplate, which have been removed, along with some work being done to the pickups, when was this done?
I have a feeling JB snapped this up because it is no where near as bad condition as it was described in the video, and it just seems like the 'bad' condition was overplayed.
A new set of strings would probably correct most of the issues here.
Firstly, I made a mistake in the video which will be corrected. The previous owner did in fact play this nearly three nights a week right up to the 90's when he left the music scene completely and did something else with his life. Before he stored it away, he got an insurance valuation from somewhere like 'Holiday Music' who appraised it for £4,000. This is all according to the daughter of the owner.
For those enquiring about the financials, we told her straight up it is worth around £175,000. We said the renovations may cost up to around £2,000 depending on what vintage correct parts were fitted. We then offered her two deals - a consignment sale or a cash offer. Armed with this information her Dad thought about it for a few days then a deal was struck which everyone was happy with, including the eventual purchaser. Exactly how deals should go down.
Maybe we could have bought it for £10k but then the story would be 'Guitar dealer rips off teacher for £165k!' We needed the family on our side and yes, we are unashamedly milking this story for every bit of PR we can and will continue to do so as it is a wonderful story for everyone involved. Including ourselves.
For those disbelievers, yes, this is a real Burst, serial 0 0252.
It is in totally unplayable condition, some of the work needed includes: refret, extensive fingerboard renovation, extraction and replacement of bridge posts, bridge is totally seized (saddles will not move or fall out!). Pickups are reading in the low M ohms so will probably need rewind. Pickups have been out then spliced back in to the harness using cheap plastic wire so this will need to be replaced. Pots need cleaning, tuners are bent and seized and all the tips are crumbling, it cannot even be tuned up right now and it does I assure you, need more than just 'A new set of strings!' Neil @IvisonGuitars has seen it too.
How it got to that dirty condition I do not know. It may have been a wall hanger for a while? This would explain the filth on it. I never said it was stored in its case all this time and I have never asked about this. If the new owner wants me to ask about it I will but he has seen it, his tech looked it over and there has never been any question about it.
We asked her what amp her Dad had and it was a 1967 Marshall, sounded by the description to be a JTM45 plexi plus a 4x12 cab. She said her Dad threw it in a builders skip because it was stored in a garage and the mice got to it!
Hopefully that will clear a few things up and add a little spice to the story. I will try to answer any other questions but please bear in mind some details we are going to keep confidential.
Now that makes sense.
One thing I am interested in: did you find out from the seller what the slider on the pickguard did? I assume that switch explains the splice on the pickup wiring.
Is it? I'd probably go for stupidity.
Best guess is, as has been speculated, some kind of coil tap and there are tiny holes in the side of those £15k rings that small wires could have poked through which would have made the wires invisible when the pickguard was on.
Thanks for being so open
https://www.atbguitars.com/1960-gibson-les-paul-standard