04-12-2011, 01:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-12-2011, 01:17 AM by goaliehack.)
(04-11-2011, 11:10 PM)ReellyScary link Wrote: Clownation looked at the same info I did. It's not out of the question that the neck could of been knocked out of it's original body and set-in a future acoustic body. The serial number is stamped on the top of the head- stock on my LP. Slash from G'NR recorded "Appetite" with a guitar with a Gibson neck and a generic body...or vice-versa....anyway congrats on your score.
Neck's can't simply be "knocked out" of the body without serious damage being caused to the neck as well. Gibson sets their necks to the body using a dovetail joint, and in the early days used hyde glue for the process. To remove a neck, first you would have remove the 15th fret and steam treat the neck joint to soften the glue. The neck on his J-50 shows no signs of being reset with a new neck (I.E. discoloration in the binding/finish surrounding the neck joint), and the Gibson logo seen on his neck wasn't present until 1947.
I'm not sure what you were pointing out on your Les Paul, but if you have a stamped serial number LP made after '77 it is simply the 1st and 5th digit which tells you the year made. The LP Slash used for Appetite wasn't a Gibson at all, it was actually a '59 replica made by a builder named Kris Derrig.