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1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:40 pm
by 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...

Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:21 am
by Micter
The hardware is worth $150
Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:38 am
by 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)
Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:32 pm
by 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+sonexI'm a fan of ugly guitars btw.
Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:49 am
by 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.
Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:02 am
by Dickarms
is that neck pic before or after the repair? if it works, id hit for $150
Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:20 pm
by Hookandcanman
Y0UNGBL00D wrote: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

Re: 1980's Gibson Sonex Deluxe - hit it??
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:36 am
by Jp77
monwobobbo wrote: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