Back in the 60s I had an es-330 without a Bigsby that was a dot model. I remember being very keen on having that guitar but then I played on stage with a Traynor 100 watt tube head with a 4x10 cab and 'yikes' the feedback was unbelievable. Not good for a loud rock group that I was playing in at the time. Sadly, looking back, I traded it for a '67 Gibson SG. Wish I would have kept that 330. She was stellar - just not for rock.
It never occurred to me that some guitars would fall into a 'seconds' category. Does it effect the value and would someone be tempted to remove the marker and pass it off as a first?
I don't think its something they've done for a long while at Gibson. These were very small blemishes though - nothing that affected playability I don't think. The numbers are stamped into the head to you'd have to sand them out and refinish.
Back in the 60s I had an es-330 without a Bigsby that was a dot model. I remember being very keen on having that guitar but then I played on stage with a Traynor 100 watt tube head with a 4x10 cab and 'yikes' the feedback was unbelievable. Not good for a loud rock group that I was playing in at the time. Sadly, looking back, I traded it for a '67 Gibson SG. Wish I would have kept that 330. She was stellar - just not for rock.
It never occurred to me that some guitars would fall into a 'seconds' category. Does it effect the value and would someone be tempted to remove the marker and pass it off as a first?
I don't think its something they've done for a long while at Gibson. These were very small blemishes though - nothing that affected playability I don't think. The numbers are stamped into the head to you'd have to sand them out and refinish.