I recently cleaned out my grandparent's property and pulled out multiple catalog/department store guitars (Harmony, Ventura, Guya Tone, etc.). This LP type has lost the brand name on the headstock, and I was wondering if anyone could give me the company name and year of it. Also, if anyone could tell me what to do about the gap in the neck joint I would appreciate it. Thank you.
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Could be anything, really. They used to put whatever name on it that the customer wanted. Does remind me a bit of a Global... It's a plywood nightmare, for sure.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Originally posted by JMP/HBE View PostPut it in the ground & give it a proper burial.
On a more serious note, it's probably MIJ from the 70s or maybe the 80s and wasn't a great guitar to begin with. In that condition it'd cost far more than it's worth to get into anything resembling playable condition.Originally posted by crusty philtrumAnd that's probably because most people with electric guitars seem more interested in their own performance rather than the effect on the listener ... in fact i don't think many people who own electric guitars even give a poop about the effect on a listener. Which is why many people play electric guitars but very very few of them are actually musicians.
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That's a cool looking guitar...it has mojo! It just needs a good cleaning and a real good conditioning of the fretboard along with polishing the frets. As for the neck pocket try using a wood shim to fill in the gap.
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Originally posted by RorySquier View PostThat's a cool looking guitar...it has mojo!
Originally posted by RorySquier View PostIt just needs a good cleaning and a real good conditioning of the fretboard along with polishing the frets
Originally posted by RorySquier View PostAs for the neck pocket try using a wood shim to fill in the gap.
To the OP:
Tune it up and see how it plays and sounds before putting any time or money into it. Being old and beat up doesn't make it "good" or valuable. If it's a piece of crap, why bother with it? If you want to keep it for nostalgia reasons, that's certainly justifiable. But then you need to decide if it would keep its nostalgia if you did anything to it anyway.Last edited by GuitarDoc; 05-04-2019, 04:43 AM.Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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Re: Need Help Identifying Department Store Les Paul
Originally posted by RorySquier View PostThat's a cool looking guitar...it has mojo!
Originally posted by RorySquier View PostIt just needs a good cleaning and a real good conditioning of the fretboard along with polishing the frets
Originally posted by RorySquier View PostAs for the neck pocket try using a wood shim to fill in the gap.
To the OP:
String it and tune it up and see how it plays and sounds before putting any time or money into it. Being old and beat up doesn't make it "good" or valuable. If it's a piece of crap, why bother with it? If you want to keep it for nostalgia reasons, that's certainly justifiable. But then you need to decide if it would keep its nostalgia if you did anything to it anyway.Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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