Appraisal: 1955 Gibson J-160E Guitar
Clip: Season 29 Episode 2 | 1m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1955 Gibson J-160E Guitar
Watch Ken Farmer appraise a 1955 Gibson J-160E guitar in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: 1955 Gibson J-160E Guitar
Clip: Season 29 Episode 2 | 1m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Ken Farmer appraise a 1955 Gibson J-160E guitar in Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This guitar belonged to my father-in-law.
From what we know, he picked it up at a used guitar shop in Joplin, Missouri, for just a few hundred bucks.
He played it for a long time.
And then I think he just put it up.
And then in 2011, it went through the Joplin tornado.
His house was completely annihilated, but the guitar was still in the case.
Still looking good.
APPRAISER: Did the case get wet?
GUEST: Yeah, yeah, definitely.
(chuckles) APPRAISER: Okay.
We looked at the serial number, and we confirmed that the... it was made in 1955.
It's a Gibson.
It's called a 160E.
This is an acoustic that was set up for electric.
They've made this guitar electrified like this in 1954 and '55.
In those two years, the top was made of solid spruce.
After that, they started using plywood.
They quit making 'em with the solid tops because when they hooked 'em up to the amplifiers, there was too much feedback.
One of the things I love about this is that it's all original, and it's what I call a player's guitar.
It shows all the wear.
Just think about all the notes...
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: ...and the songs that have been played on that guitar.
The average retail on something like this would be around $6,000 or $8,000.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: And it could be as high as $12,000 retail.
But it's a very rare survivor, and I thank you so much for bringing it in.
GUEST: Well, thank you.
My husband's gonna be thrilled.
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