Oriole/Gibson?
Check out this guitar! Look at that maple? I saw a Gibson like this, that was identical to an Oriole that went for over $3K last year. Could this be a Gibson?ShaneOriole?
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That's pretty much what my x-braced Oriole looks like--even the back wood (although the sides on mine don't have acne).With gibson, who knows, but there's also the possibility that someone repainted...
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Shane/AllenI agree with both of you... there have been a few 'so called' Gibsons up there that had this mixed bag look about them... apparently, after or before or during the war, some of the...
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Just to make it clear--I'm not suggesting that the headstock *has been* refinished and re-logoed, merely that it *could have been*It's just black paint and a stencil, much easier to "fake" than a...
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The seller was completely honest. It is an Oriole with a Gibson applied when it was refinished. It sure makes a nice package, don't it? Allen, you DO have an X-braced Oriole? Wow! I didn't know there...
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Bob My Oriole was x-braced after it was built (but before I bought it). Phil of Phil's Guitars traded it to me, and it was his recording guitar for a long while.I'm not sure who did the work, but they...
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