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Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:08 am
by Fran
James wrote:
Fran wrote:One of Gordon Smiths downfalls. Some of the grain matches on theirs are shocking even under stain.
I would say that's especially under the stain. It actually seems to change the value of them on ebay. Badly matched ones tend to go for less than ones where you don't notice it.

As an example, there's this one that went for £190 (plus £25 postage if you can't pick up, but still cheap) and a lot of that I imagine is due to the terrible wood matching.

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Such a shame. Cracking guitar but who can live with that?
The Explorer i had was flawless but it was high end, the GS1.5 on the other hand had a great streak down it under the red stain.

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:01 am
by benecol
One of the reasons I went for an opaque finish. Think mine's a one piece body, though.

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 5:11 pm
by Bacchus
Fran wrote: Sorry Paul but these Gibsons are awful. I jest a lot about hating Gibson, i dont, but these suck. Makes you wonder what is going on at Gibbo and Fender these days with some of the shit they are turning out, the same old designs rehashed for the umpteenth time is becoming hilarious.
Weird, apparently I thought so too.
BacchusPaul two years ago when these were first posted wrote:Those Gibsons look atrocious.