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http://cgi.ebay.com/1979-GIBSON-the-sg- ... 500wt_1156

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That's just.... awful. I want to take it home and nurse it back to health. :(
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for the coolness,Paul,duh...... :lol:
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well at least its not a Rickenbacker... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Notice the seller never identifies the culprit who modified it. .. even Gibson wouldn't do this at the factory, would they? :shock:
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Maybe it was designed for a calming effect, or perhaps minimizing confusion, for guitarists with schizophrenia or bi-polar disorder :roll: :?:
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That guy needs to spend less time butchering his guitars and more time cleaning his basement.
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Shades of stuff from the Gretsch forum a few year back...... surely it couldn't be him!!! :roll:

Then again.... nah.... he would want at least $2,500 for it!! :lol: :lol:
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Ick. :-p
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That wouldn't look so bad if he had just put some colored pushbuttons on it:
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The body probably broke, and for a joke they flipped it over. I saw a band in Atlanta once who had an SG that was totally split in the same spot, but they played it as-is.
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That's like a recurring nightmare where my leg is cutoff, and the doctor re-attaches it the wrong way round.

Blech!! :oops:
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Where is this so called coolness factor??? That is just ALL wrong. Not only does it look gawd awful it must be real comfortable to play? YUK!
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Couldn't help but bursting out into an endless laughter ......that's just insane :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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