Need a lil help. Mothers Guitar. What production Year?

[Corkysheaven]

Hello/Hallo,

i got this guitar from my mother who sadly died years ago.
So i dont have any more information instead, that she played it as a kid.

Id like to know the production year or the modell.
I wanna know if its worth restoration or just decorative.

Greetsings,
Stefan

[Tschäj tschäj]

Hi Stefan,

difficult to read, but I suggest May 62. What you can see on the label ist model no. 5/1 (=Amateur), the serial no. which gives no hint, the signature of the quality inspector Müller and year and month of built (62 E would indicate May of 1962!). The date is to be read yy and A = January, B = February, C = March ... .

Worth repairing? Hard to say. If it is playable i would suggest leave it as is. Otherwise it should not be too hard to correct the string height because of its bolt on neck. By the way - these guitar are built to be strung with steel strings, but take some light ones, maybe silk and steel...

Merry Christmas

Jürgen

[rain-air]

Hello.
Jürgen's observation is spot on. Just that it should be '72. It's definitively the late bridge style.

[1981 LPC]

I think you can shim the neck to improve the neck angle and thus get better action (i.e. string height).