1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??

[Hookandcanman]

Guy is asking 150. Says the neck was professionally repaired but G string seems difficult to tune. Otherwise all original He says:

"The crack (see photo) is fixed well. However I've noticed that the G string is affected and although it tunes and intonates fine, when it is fretted it sounds a little out of tune. It is possible to split the tuning difference and get it sounding good, however."




Opinions? I'm a sucker of oddball Gibbies...

[Micter]

The hardware is worth $150

[monwobobbo]

i dunno, agree that the dirty fingers pickups that came in those might be worth a few bucks the neck repair doesn't look to good. yeah it's a gibson but the body on those isn't wood and they are only qverage at best guitars (yes i had one back in the day)

[Dave Lister]

I'd hit it. They seem to be going for considerably more on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?adpos=1o ... bson+sonex

I'm a fan of ugly guitars btw.

[jds22]

That was my first electric guitar, same model and color.
I sold my Suzuki RM80 and used the cash to buy a brand new Sonex in the summer of 1982. I had to work a few more months to get an amp, a Peavey Decade.

Ahhhh, the memories.

[Dickarms]

is that neck pic before or after the repair? if it works, id hit for $150

[Hookandcanman]

is that neck pic before or after the repair? if it works, id hit for $150

after - called on it yesterday and the guy sold it... Oh well would have made a cool project maybe. I have a Marauder so

[Jp77]

i dunno, agree that the dirty fingers pickups that came in those might be worth a few bucks the neck repair doesn't look to good. yeah it's a gibson but the body on those isn't wood and they are only qverage at best guitars (yes i had one back in the day)

Body is Masonite