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Gorgeous!!!!  you scored well.  Thats got a 64 cavity too which is less prone to crack than the large cavity they changed to in 65,  From what i can see you got an early 65.  It could be a  64 which is the HOLY GRAIL of SG Juniors.   Its got 64 all over it IMO.

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I've heard that the Gibson serial system is kind of difficult to descipher... If I email them should they be able to tell me exactly what year?

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The pots will give you the correct year...if they are the original ones....yep they had a screwed up serial number system for sure back then

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The serial #s were a mess in the mid 60s as airportdon mentioned.  They used the exact same numbers in multiple years.   If you google it, you will find conficting serial # data depending on where you look.

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The seller says that it's all original, so we shall see. She should get here tomorrow!

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This is true!  My friend and I bought some pedals last week (ProCo Rat and a Marshall Guv'nor) and the seller had no idea what the year they were.  It was suggested to us to look at the pots you skipped the first 3 numbers and any letter  that were in the stamp and use to 2 center numbers.  For our Rat we got an 87' which turns out to be a really good vintage rat year.  Don't have the Guv'nor in yet to check.

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The pots will give you the correct year...if they are the original ones....yep they had a screwed up serial number system for sure back then

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She got here today!!! And wow she screams. That p-90 is straight raunchy. I love it. It's pretty dark which is awesome... The only guitar I own that I can run with the tone on 10. Back to playing

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Logo33 wrote:

She got here today!!! And wow she screams. That p-90 is straight raunchy. I love it. It's pretty dark which is awesome... The only guitar I own that I can run with the tone on 10. Back to playing

Logan

Congrats send some pics

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Logo33 wrote:

She got here today!!! And wow she screams. That p-90 is straight raunchy. I love it. It's pretty dark which is awesome... The only guitar I own that I can run with the tone on 10. Back to playing

Logan

Thats a great feeling I am sure...    Congrats on your first Vintage!!

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NICE!

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Sweet!!

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Congrats man!

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Oh baby!

And what I like s that it's definitely been played - so you not holding a museum piece you're afraid to touch. smile

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