This 1952 Gibson LG-3 relic was my first guitar and has a story to tell!  I bought this guitar in 1965 from its first owner, a friend who was still mad at his little brother who sat on the guitar and put cracks in the mahogany back, side, and spruce top.  Despite this, the guitar sounded great, and I never bothered to go through with the appropriate repairs.  Instead, after seeing John Koerner perform in Minneapolis and elsewhere, I added a seventh string, doubling the G string with an octave string.  To compensate for the added tension, I also added a trapeze tailpiece to handle the new string and the E and B strings. (I kept the two original bridge pins - they will come with the guitar.)  The result was remarkably similar to Koerner's sound (although I think he used a National guitar).  Really loud for a 3/4 size guitar, emphasized by that ringing octave G string.  But to make it even louder, I mounted a DeArmond pickup in the soundhole and attached the tone/volume controls to the top of the lower bout.  Pictures show the mounting holes.  (See my other auctions for the 1965 DeArmond pickup and more guitars.)  There is also a story behind the truss rod cover, but, for the life of me, I can't remember where I got it.  Conditions stabilized for the guitar for a couple of years, but then there was the fire...  The guitar was hanging on my bedroom wall, and my girlfriend's smoldering incense stick ignited a tie-dyed wall hanging (remember - this was the 60's...).   Pieces of burning cloth singed the guitar on their way to the floor - see pictures for scorch marks at the base of the neck, the upper part of the soundhole near the fingerboard, and the side.  The guitar's sound remain unchanged, however, and I just kept using it with no problem.  By this time, I had acquired other guitars - my 7-string phase was fading, and I started a new job overseas.  The result was that this workhorse LG-3 went into long-term storage.  The next time I took it out of its case - 25 years later -  it was just fine, sounded the same, except that all of the original Kluson tuning knobs had disintegrated into dust.  I am sorely tempted to do the right thing and give this guitar the ground-up restoration that it deserves.  But I now have more guitars than I have time to play, so I am looking for a good home for this one.  It does have issues (although I consider them "character").  The cracks in the back are visible on the inside of the guitar, and I assume the cracks on the side and the lower bout by the strap knob may go through as well, although I can neither feel nor see them.  The x-braces are all sound and in place, but there are small areas near the cracks on the back where two braces are a bit loose.  The tuners are pretty much shot, and need replacing.  There are holes to be filled - from the DeArmond pickup and the tailpiece and seventh string tuner if you decide to return to the six-string format (probably a good idea).  It needs a neck reset, strings at the 12th fret are at 9/32".  The guitar comes with its original alligator patterned case, which is in fair condition - the top has separated off the hinges but it can still be closed and latched.  Payment via Paypal only, please.   UPS ground shipping and insurance is $50 to the contiguous 48 states.  I have shipped several guitars through the U.S. and pack them extremely carefully.  Please see my other listings for more quality guitars and equipment.I am a guitar player and collector, but not a professional.  This guitar has never been far from my smokeless home (well, except for that one fire...)  This guitar can be played, but it needs TLC, so it is being sold "as is" with no returns.