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LJGriggs · 01-07-2008, 10:17 PM

Let's see... I bought a 1953 Gibson LP Goldtop with P-90's and a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece for $200 back in 1974. It was owned by an old hog farmer near Macon, GA that said he took it with him on his honeymoon. He had just bought a Gretsch Chet Atkins Special and didn't need it anymore. The gold had turned green, so he stripped it down to the bare mahogany and gave it a simple oil finish. It actually looked pretty good, all things considered, and it played like butter. It weighed a ton ( in excess of 12-lbs). I removed the Bigsby and put a wrap-around stop-bar on it like the '54 LP's. I sold that guitar basically nothing in 1979 to help pay for college. Right now it would probably pay for a year of my Son's tuition at Ga Tech...
I guess that's my story of "the one that got away"...

01-07-2008, 10:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
LJGriggs Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canton, GA (just north of Atlanta) Posts: 42	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? Let's see... I bought a 1953 Gibson LP Goldtop with P-90's and a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece for $200 back in 1974. It was owned by an old hog farmer near Macon, GA that said he took it with him on his honeymoon. He had just bought a Gretsch Chet Atkins Special and didn't need it anymore. The gold had turned green, so he stripped it down to the bare mahogany and gave it a simple oil finish. It actually looked pretty good, all things considered, and it played like butter. It weighed a ton ( in excess of 12-lbs). I removed the Bigsby and put a wrap-around stop-bar on it like the '54 LP's. I sold that guitar basically nothing in 1979 to help pay for college. Right now it would probably pay for a year of my Son's tuition at Ga Tech... I guess that's my story of "the one that got away"... __________________ Larry J Griggs Raised in Macon, GA Been playing those "Southern Fried Boogie Blues" for 35-yrs...