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by christill1 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:07 pm

O great brains of VintAxe, I'm trying to ID an old Gibson electric guitar. I ran the serial number. It's a 1964. It's some variant of ES semi-hollowbody guitar. For fans of obscure garage band, this was the guitar in the 1966 record "It's Been a Long Long Time" by the Tempters. All that is on the front of the headstock is the Gibson logo.
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by Phizix » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:11 pm

It looks like an ES-330TD

Page 10 of this catalog from 1966

http://www.vintaxe.com/catalogs_pages/c ... n_1966.php

Tailpiece is different but the pickups and everything else is the same.

http://www.vintaxe.com/cgi-bin/vintaxe_ ... son_page10
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Most of them have this tailpiece setup
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This one looks like your tailpiece
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by christill1 » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:40 pm

'64 ES-330TD, that was my best guess so far too. Except for that tailpiece. Many thanks!
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