Vintage 1949 Gibson ES-175 conversion to 7-string. Value?

[admbmb]

Thank you guys! Hammertone brought the heat! The guy was asking $2500 and then $1900. Now, he said the absolute lowest he'd do is $1700. It does play very nice...


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[Woody Sound]

I wonder why the CC is so crooked.

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I wonder why the CC is so crooked.

It could just be the angle of the pic. I don't think it looked crooked straight on.


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[LtKojak]

Id say $ 1000-1200 tops ?

get that deteriorating pickguard off, too, before it eats into the guitar....

My thoughts as well.

Maybe a great player, but no resale value whatsoever.

[TH]

A good neck is not cheap. A professionally fitted, angled, carved and re-inlayed headstock is time consumng. More than building a guitar/neck from scratch.
There's professional quality in that guitar. And you won't find another if it's got mojo.
When I lived in NY Uminov had a Gibson Les Paul custom re necked by Jimmy D'Aquisto. It was a grand. That was a lot. It was Jimmy's neck and headstock. I regret. REGRET leaving that there.
You know what you need. Good luck. $1,500 waved under his nose. I would not resent that price.
Hope you wind up happy
David

[rio]

I was wondering about the inlays, spruce and cutaway too. I have never seen a 40 something 175 though so I assumed those differences were because of the age but I guess not. That would affect the price of course (in your favor) but doesn't make the guitar any less cool.


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[Jim Soloway]

If you have proof that Jimmy Foster did all the work then it should always have some fans, especially in the 7 string world. Jimmy was not only a fine builder, he was also a 7-string pioneer as both a player and builder. He may not be well known here but he has a solid niche group of followers.

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[jads57]

If you love it $1700. is a very good price for a quality built archtop , 6 or 7 string!

[admbmb]

I decided to pass on this and instead bought a 7 string Jimmy Foster Basin Street model. My guitar instructor has one and it is the most comfortable guitar I have played.


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Will post pics when it comes in.


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[Jim Soloway]

I decided to pass on this and instead bought a 7 string Jimmy Foster Basin Street model. My guitar instructor has one and it is the most comfortable guitar I have played.


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Great choice.

[whiskey02]

I would guess that Jimmy Foster would have enough respect for a vintage Gibson that he would refuse to do such a thing. If the neck was destroyed in a car accident, maybe. But if you're going to the trouble to replace a neck and make a guitar something it was never meant to be, why the hell would you not replace a rotting finger rest. The whole thing stinks to me.

[rob taft]

Jimmy Foster died 6 years ago, he was a hell of a nice guy, very good musician and a very skilled luthier. He worked on a couple of my guitars in the mid eighties. I highly doubt Jimmy Foster had anything to do with an outgassing finger rest. I imagine he did this years ago. Its a tool not a museum piece. At least it was played and not gutted for parts.