2007 Gibson Classic ES-137

Blueburst with Original Gibson CaseExcellent Condition
Very Minor Playing wear
The neck is 3 piece maple with Mahoghany fretboard, 

22 frets and has trapezoid inlay with a C inlayed in the 12th fret.

Chrome Grover Tuners,Tune-O-Matic chrome bridge with a stop tailpiece.
Gibson 490R and 498T Pickups. 

The guitar was made at the
Nashville Plant, TN, USA
December 18th, 2007
Production Number: 413

1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom

Black Beauty

3 Humbucking Pickups

Great Original Condition

No cracks, breaks or repairs

Stamped “Second” for no apparent reason..

couple dings, nothing major

Some tarnish on the Gold

Plays, Sounds and Looks Great

Comes with the original Gibson Hard shell Case (couple broken latches)



Over the years, I have had the chance to pick up some celebrity owned gear.  Here are a few of the pieces I have picked up.

Alvin Lee’s Marshall head, 

Deep Purple’s 8X10 Marshall Cab (see, Deep Purple Live in Japan), Jimmy Page’s Orange Matamp, 

Ten Years After Complete WEM PA system

and a Pete Best Hiwatt cab.

Thanks to Larry Briggs

A FEW DATING TIPS FROM STRINGS WEST OF TULSA

One method of dating a 1950’s or 1960’s Fender amplifier is to look at the black ink-stamped letters on the tube chart.  These are usually stamped in random locations and at an angle to the preprinted chart information.  There will be two letters such as GE or BC.

The first letter of the code starts with A for 1951, B=1952, C=1953, etc.  The second letter of the code starts with A for January, B=February, etc.  For instance the GE referenced above is the fourth month of 1967, or 1967/April.

The neck type and date code on the body end of Fender guitar necks beginning with the early 60’s started with a number,  such as 3 SEPT 65 would infer that the guitar is a Telecaster built in Sept 1965, since the code is a 3.

Jaguar=1 until 1966, Stratocaster = 2 until late 1965, Telecaster and Esquire = 3, Jazzmaster = 4, Precision Bass = 5, Bass VI = 6, Jazz Bass = 7, Mustang = 8, DuoSonic and Musicmaster = 9, Coronado I = 10, Jazzmaster and Coronado II after 1966 = 19.  This is not a complete list of codes, but comes from some old notes I wrote 30 years ago.

For Gibson solid bodies built during the 1950’s, the first number of the serial number is the last number of the year, such as 4 0756 is 1954 and 6 1275 is 1956.  This continued through 0 for 1960.

For Gibson hollow bodies built between 1952 and 1961, the following prefixes can be found in the lower “f” hole:  Z 10273 35 is Z for 1952, Y = 1953, X = 1954, W = 1955, V = 1956, U = 1957, T = 1958, S = 1959, R = 1960 and Q = 1961.

For Rickenbacker guitars, the number can usually be found on the input jack plate, with the first two letters of the serial being the year and the month of production, starting with A = 1961, A = January.  Example would be AG 179 indicating the instrument was produced in July 1961. B = 1962, C = 1963, D = 1964, etc.  This sequence ended with Z = 1986.

- Well, Billy Gibbons will not be getting Eric Clapton’s Pignose amplifier for Christmas. The unit used in the recording of “Motherless Children” sold for $9,760 at Clapton’s Crossroads auction. The auction raised 2.2 million, triple the pre-sale estimate, and offered amplifiers from Eric’s backline for the first time. A pair of ’97 Fender Twins estimated at 12k went for $42,700. Eric also sold his Norlin-era Lab Series amplifier for $13,420. To bad Bob Moog and Les Paul weren’t alive to see that.