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    Listed as a Gibson, I doesn't look like any Gibson I've seen!

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...c-8de75ef76153
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    That top looks like Oak or Ash unless it's a faux finish. That's some open grain. I guess anything with an open book headstock is a Gibson to this seller. The tuners are imported as well. No picture of the front of the headstock.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    No picture of the front of the headstock.
    I've noticed that on a lot of online listings. Looks like it would be important....?

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    May have Gibson strings on it

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    Somebody paid $800.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeEdgerton View Post
    No picture of the front of the headstock.
    Looks like a 1930s Gibson with an artfully replaced oak top.

    Here was the headstock:
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    Looking at the f- hole edges, and the wear area under the vendor’s thumb, more like contact paper. If so, there’s a chance the original top could be there. Peel and reveal.

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    Ah, yes you may be correct. Very strange to do that, though.
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