70s Gibson SG (you do not want to know what became of this :oops: :()
I do, I do!
Was gunna say so aswell :D
OK, but prepare to wince :)
I bought it for £230 in 1985 - a good price even in those days IMO. Sadly, it didn't have a case so I used to keep it in a cheap unpadded soft sleeve.
It met with 3 (yes, three) accidents within a few weeks of each other, at the end of which the headstock had parted company with the neck & the neck had pretty much parted company with the body :(
1) Typical mistake - left guitar leaning against amp, turned my back on it,
crunch2) Headstock was hit by passing van while I was waiting at a pedestrian crossing
3) Fell down some steep stairs running to catch a train & landed on head (the guitar, not me - I just got a grazed elbow, hole in the knee of my jeans, & severe case of embarrassment)
It sat around in pieces for a few months before I got round to taking it to a repair man. He told me that it would cost more to repair than the guitar had cost in the first place. I said "OK don't bother" &
GAVE the pieces to him to throw away :!: :!: :oops: (WTF was I thinking?!!? Even at 15 years old I should've been smarter than that!)
Nowadays I look at the prices for old Gibsons, remember that it was a nice guitar to play (don't believe all this bunk you read that all 70s Gibsons are poor quality), & wonder whether the repair guy repaired it & sold it or just kept it for himself...
