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I took an hour drive down the 401 to look at this, but I was certain I was going to buy it when I saw it on Long & McQuade's site under local specials. It wasn't local to me, but... I had called ahead, told them I was coming from Kingston. The woman I talked to on the phone was there and showed me the tag on it that said a "dude from Kingston" was coming to look at it 
I had a quick look over it, noting mainly that the bridge posts were straight and the strings were likely older than some of my underwear It seemed to be mostly cared for and reasonably shiny, so I paid for it and drove home.
When I got a better, leisurely look, it looked like it had been sprayed with something, as there were small, pale spots on it, pretty much all over. The fingerboard was quite dirty and the strings were gritty. But I plugged into my Micro Terror w/headphones and it still pleased me with it's sound, even if the pickup is a P-100.
After work today I removed the strings, cleaned the entire guitar and oiled the fretboard, and put on some Fender nickel-plated 9-42s. The neck had no relief at all, and the strings were bouncing of the neck when strummed open. I fixed that, lowered the action, and got no buzz, so, yay. I plugged it back into the Micro Terror and played some power chords
I'm NOT going to say that "it plays like butter." It's just painted that way 
And now, to the photos of this mystery mahogany, impermeable poly-painted and pleasingly plump-necked cheap copy of a (formerly) cheap Gibson
As purchased:
After cleaning & oiling:
The all important cavity, hand wired and everything:
Tha's all, folks!
I had a quick look over it, noting mainly that the bridge posts were straight and the strings were likely older than some of my underwear
It seemed to be mostly cared for and reasonably shiny, so I paid for it and drove home.When I got a better, leisurely look, it looked like it had been sprayed with something, as there were small, pale spots on it, pretty much all over. The fingerboard was quite dirty and the strings were gritty. But I plugged into my Micro Terror w/headphones and it still pleased me with it's sound, even if the pickup is a P-100.
After work today I removed the strings, cleaned the entire guitar and oiled the fretboard, and put on some Fender nickel-plated 9-42s. The neck had no relief at all, and the strings were bouncing of the neck when strummed open. I fixed that, lowered the action, and got no buzz, so, yay. I plugged it back into the Micro Terror and played some power chords
I'm NOT going to say that "it plays like butter." It's just painted that way And now, to the photos of this mystery mahogany, impermeable poly-painted and pleasingly plump-necked cheap copy of a (formerly) cheap Gibson
As purchased:
After cleaning & oiling:
The all important cavity, hand wired and everything:
Tha's all, folks!
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