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1933 Gibson Nick Lucas Special

This one-owner Gibson Nick Lucas Special from 1933 was brought to the shop by a family member of the original owner recently for restoration.  The guitar was bought new in '33 by Sammy Pitrone, who fronted his own band in which he played the guitar (a photo of Pitrone with the band and holding this very guitar is posted here).  Pitrone died in the late 1940s, and though no one else in the family played the guitar the family kept the guitar around because of their fondness for their relative.  According to the family the guitar spent the bulk of the last 6 decades stored in a basement pretty much ignored, and without the benefit of a case.  When it was brought to me it needed quite a bit of work but it actually fared quite well for having been neglected for so long.  It needed a lot of work to be playable again, but little of what was needed was beyond the realm of what may be required for any 80 year old guitar that hasn't been maintained.  The list of repairs completed were as follows: