Re: 1996 Gibson F9 worth saving?
Very realistic approach to getting the instrument playable. As someone once said to me, "You can't hear the inlays when you play it." Same with the headstock veneer on this one. If you can obtain pro repairs at a realistic price, the cosmetics are irrelevant. And even if you end up deciding to sell it; you'll be competing with all the other Gibson F-models available in Finland, probably a modest number.
Wonder how it got to where it ended up -- and how it got so damaged. Ah, if all our instruments could talk and tell us their histories...
Allen Hopkins
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