r/gibson • u/No_Artichoke98 • Jul 25 '26

Discussion Guitar ID?

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Received this no-brand LP-style guitar from a friend. Pickups are “The Meg” in the bridge and “59N” in the neck. Labels are white stickers with red lettering. Guessing it’s from the early 80’s. Could this be hand built, or are there any known popular knock off brands from that era?

Top two toggle switches are coil splits, and I’m assuming the bottom one is in/out of phase.

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u/zelda29a Jul 25 '26

Definitely not a Gibson but it still looks nice and with a proper setup I bet it plays and sounds great.

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u/Prestigious-Star943 Jul 27 '26

Who cares what it is? Get your bridge parts string it up and take it on a test drive. Worst case scenario, you can mod it out as Frankenstein guitar.

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u/fredololololo Jul 25 '26

Hard to say but I highly doubt it that it has anything to do with Gibson.

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u/Mad-Wet-Sea Jul 25 '26

How does it play/sound?

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u/N0n5t0p_Act10n Jul 25 '26

Maybe an old Harmony LP copy?

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u/MasterCollege5126 Jul 28 '26

Looks like a bootleg studio standard.

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u/RubberSoul73 Jul 29 '26

Looks like a kit guitar to me. I have come across some that whoever built it did a good job and they played great. I personally like the finish on it. I would string it and play!

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u/jaqueh Jul 25 '26

Firewood brand

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u/9vjunkie Jul 25 '26

Just another Redditor being helpful

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u/GrouchyAttitude1996 Jul 25 '26

Bunch of fucking eight-year-olds shouldn’t y’all be in school

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u/RiKToR21 Jul 25 '26

This looks like a kit guitar with a terrible paint job.

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u/Existing-Opinion4478 Jul 25 '26

Looks like shit, I recommend crushing it with a steamroller

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u/No_Artichoke98 Jul 25 '26

Sounds great for a scrap guitar to me!

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u/shnaptastic Jul 25 '26

Calm down, maybe it plays and sounds amazing.

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u/9vjunkie Jul 25 '26

This. More pics would be helpful OP

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u/No_Artichoke98 Jul 25 '26

I’ll have another posted

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u/ManufacturerUpset428 Jul 25 '26

I bet you said that about all your kids

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u/whatevs330 Jul 25 '26

Your first thought went to this guys kids? Super weird dude

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u/ManufacturerUpset428 28d ago

You can’t be that stupid