Odd Gibson

[FrankieTbird]

Anyone ever seen one of these:

https://austin.craigslist.org/msg/d/new-gibson-electric-guitar/6367721169.html

What da heck is it?

[Dave W]

It's an N225. It was a limited run variant of the Nighthawk from a few years ago. Don't know if you can really call it a shredder, but it was pointy enough to be one.    New street price was something like $1300-$1500 so this one is probably a decent deal.

[FrankieTbird]

It's an N225. It was a limited run variant of the Nighthawk from a few years ago. Don't know if you can really call it a shredder, but it was pointy enough to be one.    New street price was something like $1300-$1500 so this one is probably a decent deal.

Cool, thank you, Dave.

[FrankieTbird]

Holy crap!  MF still has one, open box.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/open-box-gibson-2013-n-225-electric-guitar

[Dave W]

You'd think they would discount it a little more than that, considering that it's now the 2018 model year.

[gearHed289]

Whew, nasty paint job on that MF one. This red one keeps popping up in my Gibson bass search on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/282735198729?ul_noapp=true

[Alanko]

Those guitars had a bit of a 'spare parts' vibe to them. The weird black Vibrola didn't help. Imagine they had metal in the '50s...

That Ebay example looks pretty rough. The headstock is a lesson on orange peel that any amateur refinisher could learn from.