i need guitar help (story too!) - Page 2

12-03-2006, 08:54 PM

if you can figure out what this is...i owe you a cookie

Cherry-Bomb Productions · 12-04-2006, 04:04 PM

Have Tim look at it.He's the Victor in your Frankenstein..

12-06-2006, 01:22 PM

my friend has one like this.

they used to make alot of DIY guitar kits back in the day. his dad made it from one and left it in the attic for a while. not the greatest quality but not bad for a beginner.

12-14-2006, 03:21 PM

jake figallo told me it was a les paul, sam harrison told me it was a generic gibson "like an epiphone"

....who knows....

12-14-2006, 03:39 PM

well it's not a les paul. i can guarantee you that. les pauls are single cutaway guitars. the headstock shape is similar to a gibson, but the neck is definately not gibson. the body looks almost too round around the edges to be a real SG (your typical battle-axe looking gibson, double cutaway with beveled edges).

the electronics look exactly like my friends "home made" with the pickup splitter switches on it. like i said before i'm pretty sure you've got yourself an off-brand or a home made brosef.

James Gillies · 12-15-2006, 04:27 PM

I give lessons

guitarest · 12-18-2006, 01:54 AM

I had a sears silver tone that looked exactly like that in the body, the give away was the on-off switches for the p/u's. It was a very cool guitar until it met a untimely death in my sons room. The guitar took a nose dive and broke the neck right where the head started and while I owned it since 79 it was not worth repairing. I threw the guitar away, on a original gibson the p/u selector have never been a on/off like those switches, and sears used that type of tremlo and look at the bridge, I bet its a very thin alum or brass without the ability set it up properly. My silver tone also had a huge issue with the g string binding on the nut. All said its a great find, there are so many things out there to help with learning guitar, before spending any real money (I have only gotten through the first page of comments) run through the internet there are loads of free web sites to start with.

guitarest · 12-18-2006, 01:57 AM

OK I have looked into those pictures even more, thats a silvertone around the 76 - 79 time period. I will try to find old pictures of my guitar.

12-18-2006, 02:20 AM

i love how EVERYONE thinks this guitar is something diffrent

gmonyxmas · 12-19-2006, 02:12 AM

They're probly right. It looks like an old SG copy. It's a cool guitar though.

12-04-2006, 04:04 PM	#12 (permalink)
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12-18-2006, 01:57 AM	#18 (permalink)
guitarest Band Whore Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ms Gulf Coast Posts: 297 Rep Power: 20	OK I have looked into those pictures even more, thats a silvertone around the 76 - 79 time period. I will try to find old pictures of my guitar. Last edited by guitarest; 12-18-2006 at 02:19 AM.

12-19-2006, 02:12 AM	#20 (permalink)
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12-03-2006, 08:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Michael Robinson Guest Posts: n/a	if you can figure out what this is...i owe you a cookie

12-06-2006, 01:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
xtonyx Guest Posts: n/a	my friend has one like this. they used to make alot of DIY guitar kits back in the day. his dad made it from one and left it in the attic for a while. not the greatest quality but not bad for a beginner.

12-14-2006, 03:21 PM	#14 (permalink)
Michael Robinson Guest Posts: n/a	jake figallo told me it was a les paul, sam harrison told me it was a generic gibson "like an epiphone" ....who knows....

12-14-2006, 03:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
xtonyx Guest Posts: n/a	well it's not a les paul. i can guarantee you that. les pauls are single cutaway guitars. the headstock shape is similar to a gibson, but the neck is definately not gibson. the body looks almost too round around the edges to be a real SG (your typical battle-axe looking gibson, double cutaway with beveled edges). the electronics look exactly like my friends "home made" with the pickup splitter switches on it. like i said before i'm pretty sure you've got yourself an off-brand or a home made brosef.

12-18-2006, 01:54 AM	#17 (permalink)
guitarest Band Whore Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ms Gulf Coast Posts: 297 Rep Power: 20	I had a sears silver tone that looked exactly like that in the body, the give away was the on-off switches for the p/u's. It was a very cool guitar until it met a untimely death in my sons room. The guitar took a nose dive and broke the neck right where the head started and while I owned it since 79 it was not worth repairing. I threw the guitar away, on a original gibson the p/u selector have never been a on/off like those switches, and sears used that type of tremlo and look at the bridge, I bet its a very thin alum or brass without the ability set it up properly. My silver tone also had a huge issue with the g string binding on the nut. All said its a great find, there are so many things out there to help with learning guitar, before spending any real money (I have only gotten through the first page of comments) run through the internet there are loads of free web sites to start with.

12-18-2006, 02:20 AM	#19 (permalink)
Michael Robinson Guest Posts: n/a	i love how EVERYONE thinks this guitar is something diffrent