GPOTD 7.12.11

[Help!I'maRock!]

Year: 1938
Manufacturer: Gibson
Model: ES-100
Case: Original Hard
Color: Sunburst
Condition: Good
Description:
Summary


Body: Spruce top on maple back and sides


Neck: Mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard with dot inlays


Pickups/Hardware: One single coil pickup in the neck position, tone and volume controls, rosewood bridge, and a trapeze tailpiece


Cosmetic Condition: Wow! This electric archtop is incredibly clean for its age. It has some light, fine checking all over. The top of the body has some scratches and dings, but nothing terribly severe. The back and sides are incredibly clean with no discernible areas of buckle rash on the back. The neck has just a few tiny, minor dings and is still amazingly glossy. The headstock is also in great shape with just a little bit of wear on the top edge.


Modifications: The original pickguard is broken and fragile and the bracket is very deteriorated, they have both been removed but are included. The back has some warping due to a loose brace; the brace has been reglued.


Weight: 4lbs 15oz


Case: Original hardshell


$2595

 

[paulskirocks]

Well, I certainly would love to give it a try...

 

[Mark Wein]

I kinda dig it for what it is. Feeds my Charlie Christian kick.

 

[Tiltsta]

Yeah, it is hot. Not something I could use, but a beautiful piece of history

 

[Tralfaz]

Cool old guitar. If that's the original pickup, it would be interesting to hear how it sounds.

 

[Chad]

Very nice. Are those 3 screws in the middle there for the pickguard?

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Very nice. Are those 3 screws in the middle there for the pickguard?

that's how the pickup mounts to the top.

 

[reverend1]

I'm not sure what I would do with it, but it would be a nice one to have.

 

[Chad]

that's how the pickup mounts to the top.

hmmm, very interesting.

 

[Coralkong]

Cool, I guess.

 

[ellengtrgrl]

Mmmmm! QUITE nice! I've had a a hankering lately for a pre-war archtop, to play some of the guitar jazz my grampa played back then.

 

[Elias Graves]

Oh yeah! Definitely would.
I bet that spruce top will HOWL!

EG

 

[Denverdave]

Pretty nice guitar - but probably a better museum piece than a player. It is in remarkable shape for it's age.

 

[Modern Saint]

Time to play some Benny Goodman (Charlie Christian) or some Blind Blake/Blind Lemon Jefferson

 

[Elias Graves]

I'd play punk with it.

EG

 

[jelloman]

absolutely sublime...

Oh yeah! Definitely would.
I bet that spruce top will HOWL!

EG

I'd play punk with it.

EG

calm down you...cop0

 

[sunvalleylaw]

Too "Shaker" in appearance to me.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Too "Shaker" in appearance to me.

 

[jelloman]

Too "Shaker" in appearance to me.

are you referring to the fine religious sect that makes the world's best furniture?

 

[Elias Graves]

absolutely sublime...





calm down you...cop0

No

EG