Pawn Stars on History Channel

[GTSP]

Has anyone else noticed on that TV show Pawn Stars on the History channel that when the fat dude that owns teh store is talking, there are 2 diffrerent sets of guitars behind him, depending on the day of filming most likely. One of the sets has a Ramones model Filmore Mosrite in the middle. It is the blue flaky one. Its filmed in Vegas, so it probably went from Romans place, to some degenerate gambler, ten to them.

[dorkrockrecords]

Just saw what you're talking about. That sparkle blue guitar is a Danelectro - the "D" tailpiece is a dead giveaway.

Guess someone's got Mosrites on the brain...

[jfine]

If it's got a "D" tailpiece, it's a Danelectro Convertible--the blue sparkle dates it to the early-2000's. Actually, Danelectro made some Mosrite-inspired models around that time--the Hodad had the classic Dano hollow-Masonite and mother-of-diving-board construction and came in 6-string, 12-string, and baritone configurations--the Innuendo series were solidbodies with Strat-style single-coils (and tremolos on the 6-strings and baritones), and goofy built-in effects (fuzz, delay, and tremolo--luckily, they're bypassable!)--also Mosrite-shaped. I've actually got an Innuendo baritone--well, it was cheap, and it sounds fine as long as the FX are off!

[GTSP]

Oops. I thought I saw one.

[jfine]

Just saw a Pawn Stars show today where a guy came in with what he claimed was a 1960 Les Paul Custom. It had the sandwich body construction (you could see where it was starting to delaminate), the Fender-amp-style knobs that Gibson used from about '67 through maybe '74, the volute on the back of the headstock, two humbuckers (most, not all, 1960 LP Customs had three), no pickup covers, lots of wear, but everything looked right for a '70-'74. Turned out, that's what it was. The guy was so disappointed to find out that it wasn't a '60 that he turned down the pawn shop's offer of $2K.

[Veenture]

Hey, great show! I like this type of genre on TV. We don't have it over here but I'm watching some episodes on... YouTube!

[billywrecker]

Just saw a Pawn Stars show today where a guy came in with what he claimed was a 1960 Les Paul Custom. It had the sandwich body construction (you could see where it was starting to delaminate), the Fender-amp-style knobs that Gibson used from about '67 through maybe '74, the volute on the back of the headstock, two humbuckers (most, not all, 1960 LP Customs had three), no pickup covers, lots of wear, but everything looked right for a '70-'74. Turned out, that's what it was. The guy was so disappointed to find out that it wasn't a '60 that he turned down the pawn shop's offer of $2K.

The guy with the LP is the guy I take my guitars to when I can't fix em and I'm pretty sure the guy who told him it was a 70's and not a 60's LP works at the same shop he does.

[GTSP]

Just saw a Pawn Stars show today where a guy came in with what he claimed was a 1960 Les Paul Custom. It had the sandwich body construction (you could see where it was starting to delaminate), the Fender-amp-style knobs that Gibson used from about '67 through maybe '74, the volute on the back of the headstock, two humbuckers (most, not all, 1960 LP Customs had three), no pickup covers, lots of wear, but everything looked right for a '70-'74. Turned out, that's what it was. The guy was so disappointed to find out that it wasn't a '60 that he turned down the pawn shop's offer of $2K.

The guy with the LP is the guy I take my guitars to when I can't fix em and I'm pretty sure the guy who told him it was a 70's and not a 60's LP works at the same shop he does.

I was reading somewhere else that a good portion of that show was scripted (big surprise, right?) They stage guys coming in there w/ stuff, the bald dude looks brilliant describing it, make or don't make a deal. What ever. I like the show for the most part. The guys that work there sometimes get on my nerves.

[billywrecker]

Just saw a Pawn Stars show today where a guy came in with what he claimed was a 1960 Les Paul Custom. It had the sandwich body construction (you could see where it was starting to delaminate), the Fender-amp-style knobs that Gibson used from about '67 through maybe '74, the volute on the back of the headstock, two humbuckers (most, not all, 1960 LP Customs had three), no pickup covers, lots of wear, but everything looked right for a '70-'74. Turned out, that's what it was. The guy was so disappointed to find out that it wasn't a '60 that he turned down the pawn shop's offer of $2K.

The guy with the LP is the guy I take my guitars to when I can't fix em and I'm pretty sure the guy who told him it was a 70's and not a 60's LP works at the same shop he does.

I was reading somewhere else that a good portion of that show was scripted (big surprise, right?) They stage guys coming in there w/ stuff, the bald dude looks brilliant describing it, make or don't make a deal. What ever. I like the show for the most part. The guys that work there sometimes get on my nerves.

I was kinda surprised to see him on there at first, because the shop he works out of deals with mostly vintage guitars and he would obviously get more money selling there than a pawn shop.
I still like the show.

[oipunkguy]

Actually, Danelectro made some Mosrite-inspired models around that time--the Hodad had the classic Dano hollow-Masonite and mother-of-diving-board construction and came in 6-string, 12-string, and baritone configurations-

The first versions were the Hodad. three way toggle, 4 knobs, with coil and phase switching, and two lipstick pickups. kinda cool mosrite inspired guitar. the tone blows with distortion, but the clean tone is freakin awesome. I know, I have one