Looks like I picked up a new project guitar today.
While driving home today I noticed an old "pleather" gig
bag sitting out with some trash for curbside pick up.
At first I passed on it thinking it would be some old
student size acoustic with a warped neck and the bridge
missing. Then I thought what the heck.
What I found inside was an old electric with one single coil pup
and an atrocious black paint job with lots of stickers. It has one
broken tuner but all the other hardware and electronics are fine.
I wish I had pictures but my camera fell in a river
and digital and water don't mix.
Anyways it's pretty much a beater but it may make a decent
slide guitar.
I stripped of the black paint and found it was originally
red with a gold interlocking JG logo on the upper horn.
It has a Strat style body and Fender type headstock with
"Made In Italy" stamped on the back.
I know it's not a great find but does anybody have any idea
what this may be.
It looks like it may be from the '60s or '70s.
It will be great fun to work on because if I mess up
I'm not out anything.
Oh and the gig bag is really too small but it fits another guitar I
have so I'm actually up one cheap "pleather"gig bag.
Not a bad day :lol:
John
John,
Congratulations on your find!
Don't know if you saw it, but on another thread a while back I told about a friend of mine who got an old acoustic (1940's, I think) off the curb (a bit warped even) and sold it for $633 on ebay! :shock: It wasn't even an expensive make of guitar to begin with.
Margaret
When my mind is free, you know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue, the guitar's comin' through to soothe me ~
Hi John!
I found a project amp once but didn't keep it. It was some sort of small Marshall.
jane
Margaret,
I dont think I make any Ebay bucks on this
thing but I still dream of finding a Pre-War
Martin at a tag sale.
Jim,
Yeah Goyas came up when I searched Itaialian Guitars
Unforunately the answer is no.
Pearl,
You gave up a Marshall ? Shame on you.
I was happy to see that it was a trashed guitar that got rescued. When I saw the thread title, I envisioned some Lorena Bobbitt sort dashing off with her man's guitar and chucking it out the car window on the road.
:shock:
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
Ric,
Nice imagery!
I think there's a Country song in there somewhere.
John
I gave up the Marshall, (it was a small one) because I was afraid to plug it in! It was wet on the inside when i found it.....
If it was fresh water (like rain water), it'd dry out. I used to be a member of a mailing list for nuts who collected "boat anchors," old vacuum tube military radios. I've never really been into that sort of gear specifically, but into tube stuff in general, and I learned a lot from those guys. If you've ever fooled with old tube amps, radios, and such, you know they're always NASTY inside. What the boat anchorites would do whenever they brought home a new treasure was to wait till the wife wasn't looking and pop the filthy chassis into the dishwasher and run it. Then leave it out in the driveway in the sun for about 3 days.
:lol:
"A cheerful heart is good medicine."
