Darryl Hattenhauer
Venerated Member
What's the difference between restored and original?
If a guitar came from the factory with a trapeze tailpiece, then somebody put a harp on it for a few years, then somebody put a trapeze on it that wasn't the original trapeze but is just like it, is the guitar all original? If such switching leaves no extra screw holes, does that make the guitar original, but it's not original if there are extra screw holes?
What if you have a 1958 or 1959 transitional model that could have come from the factory with either the 53-58 rounded pickguard, or the 58-63 rounded pickguard? If it came from the factory with one, but you put on the other, is it still all-original because it could have come from the factory with either?
Do I need to stop by West's for a Dos Equis? (a great brand of Mexican beer, very popular in Arizona and Texas.)
If a guitar came from the factory with a trapeze tailpiece, then somebody put a harp on it for a few years, then somebody put a trapeze on it that wasn't the original trapeze but is just like it, is the guitar all original? If such switching leaves no extra screw holes, does that make the guitar original, but it's not original if there are extra screw holes?
What if you have a 1958 or 1959 transitional model that could have come from the factory with either the 53-58 rounded pickguard, or the 58-63 rounded pickguard? If it came from the factory with one, but you put on the other, is it still all-original because it could have come from the factory with either?
Do I need to stop by West's for a Dos Equis? (a great brand of Mexican beer, very popular in Arizona and Texas.)