Real or Fake Jumbo

[Timbuck]

Just found this on Ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1960s-Gib...One-GIA0045-/330776336191?hash=item4d03ce573f in the item description it says "the only one ever made" but the bridge is totaly different to the one on the album cover anyone know anything about it ?.

 

[Sven]

The bridge, the sunburst and the rosette are all wrong. And the price as well - it says 95p on the album cover!

 

[Timbuck]

I noticed the rosette but not the sunburst Svenie... Well spotted ... So ! It's not the only one ever made...Myth Busted

 

[sequoia]

Fascinating. Another difference: The decorative b/w on the fretboard binding follows the b/w on the pick-guard and does not continue up the neck like it does on the one offered for sale. This is kind of like a "find Waldo" thing.

 

[ksquine]

Who cares about the guitar.....I need his outfit


I guess it could have been a custom build for Hank Snow but not the one he's pictured with. Google images show him pictured playing a variety of different guitars. Probably another case of Guitar Acquisition Syndrome

 

[drmosser]

Several posts in the online Gibson forums assert that the original guitar from the album cover is in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN.
Here's one post that talks about the discrepancies between the guitar offered by the eBay seller and the guitar on the album cover photo.
http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/96996-is-this-for-real/