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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:27:29 +0100
From: Express Music <coventry@expressmusic.co.uk>
To: John Alderson <deltaresonators@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: guitar etc . . . .
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Wrong person :)



Express Music
196 - 204 Binley Road
Coventry
CV3 1HG

On 07/07/2022 13:24, John Alderson wrote:
> Hi Brian
> Been to shop, depending on condition, should sell £3000-£3500 which
> less 20% would mean to you approx £2400-£2800. So there you have it!!
> Reverb site is always a good indicator on prices, so check them out 
> yourself!
>  They are moving to Leamington, and last day trading at Coventry is
> Saturday 16th, so I’ll leave it with you! X
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 6 Jul 2022, at 19:48, John Alderson <deltaresonators@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Phil/Tim
>> I was telling an old friend about the shop and sales etc, he 
>> wondered??
>> 1) is it something you could sell, complete with chainsaw case.
>> 2) can you tell me a roughly price , depending on condition, that I 
>> could inform him, which might persuade him to part with it?
>> Personally speaking I think this was an awful era for SG’s and hated 
>> the thin neck and plastic bits, but….. somebody might want it, it is 
>> old of course !
>> Best wishes Slidey
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> FROM: Brian Webber <bravo.whisky@outlook.com>
>>> DATE: 6 July 2022 at 15:27:29 BST
>>> TO: John Alderson <deltaresonators@gmail.com>
>>> SUBJECT: GUITAR ETC . . . .
>>
>>> 
>>> To see you, nice, John!
>>> Yes, I have remembered our conversation:-
>>> Here's me guitar (any potential sale may be vetoed by 'er indoors . 
>>> .)
>>> And good luck with your e-bike investigations!
>>> Tarah!
>>>
>>> 1971 Gibson SG Deluxe Type 3 Serial No. 676582
>>>
>>> Bought second-hand in 1973 from a shop in Green Lane Road, 
>>> Leicester. Owned by a Hinckley guitarist for 49 years.
>>>
>>> Finished in walnut, all major components are original.
>>>
>>> It has twin scratchplates, Gibson Humbuckers, Grover machine heads 
>>> and a Gibson branded Bigsby tremolo.
>>>
>>> There were a few oddities dating from the 1973 purchase:-
>>>
>>> 1. A stray screened lead came out of the bridge pickup, presumably 
>>> an attempt at a coil tap. The end is safely taped up.
>>>
>>> 2. The pick-up pole piece screws were all cross-head, but were a 
>>> mixture of flat head & round head types. These have been replaced 
>>> with slot head screws from www.wdmusic.co.uk
>>>
>>> 3. The screw threads of the pickup height adjuster screws were very 
>>> worn, so for several decades the pickups were kept at the correct 
>>> height by hidden bits of copper wire. The screws have now been 
>>> replaced with slot head types that screw into phosphor bronze strips 
>>> placed under the pickups. (so the pickup covers remain unscathed)
>>>
>>> The strings currently fitted are 9, 11, 16, 26, 36, 46 thou.
>>>
>>> Included are the following:-
>>>
>>> # The 1973 pole piece screws.
>>>
>>> # The 1973 pickup height adjuster screws.
>>>
>>> # The spring from the tremolo. (to keep it in tune, an 
>>> incompressible piece of tubing is currently fitted where the spring 
>>> should be)
>>>
>>> # Crosshead scratchplate screws as alternatives to the current slot 
>>> heads.
>>>
>>> # A wooden wedge to assist in re-stringing. Replace one string at a 
>>> time, and use the wedge to keep the ball-end on the tremolo pin.
>>>
>>> The case is a 1970’s Gibson ’Chainsaw’ case.
>>>
>>> <SG Gibson Custom Type 3.JPG>