Gibson j-55

[rns900]

Does anyone know the valueof a referbished gibson J-55 made in u.s.a

[Cldplytkmn]

completely depends on how old it is and what condition.

[rns900]

well i havn't referbished it yet but rite now it is in prety bad condition. i am going to replace the top peice of wood and the two

thin pecies of wood that is on the side of the guitar.

[Cldplytkmn]

if you do all that, you're looking at very very minimal value... you'd probably get just as much out of it in its debilitated state... do you have pictures?

[rns900]

This is the front panel of the guitar. as you can see there is a big crack n it so that definataly needs to be replaced.

[rns900]

and this is the siding that needs to be replaces

[Cldplytkmn]

well man it all depends on what you want out of it... the cost and effort to replace the top and sides is just probably not worth it... maybe one of our luthiers here can give a better suggestion (paging bjorn and Freeman).

 

if you want to keep it for value, its going to lose all of it with the repairs... and if you keep it to play, if you replace the woods, its not going to sound anything like it did before.