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Wanted to buy early Gina cases
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Just wondering if anyone had any pictures of these early Gina cases you were looking for that they could share with us...
Good luck with your search
Good luck with your search
^^^ Lovin the that cue!
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What is with the dark spot in the middle of that shaft?
What is with the dark spot in the middle of that shaft?
The guy I got the cue from had bought it 2nd hand in 1968 and the shaft was that way. Ernie couldn't remember if he did it as a trim ring just for fun, but figured it was a shaft repair of some type although nobody could guess why. If it was a repair, it held up pretty good (typical Gina).
Thanks
Kevin
The joint had a buzz when I took it to Ernie and he heated it up and just popped it right off, Ernie was laughing and said "Elmer's Glue in 1965" (he uses something slightly more sophisticated now).
Yup, I was all "hey man careful with that blowtorch".
Can you imagine taking a vintage Gina to anyone else to repair and watching them as they put it on a blowtorch? :shocked2:
I know, I would have loved to see the look on my face when The Master torched my stick. That cue is now in the collection of the guy who consigned the Gus Box cue to me that I sold on eBay for a small fortune. He had a very fancy very old Gina which he took to Ernie for a refinish. Ernie and he and I talked for awhile and they decided on a rebuild. Ernie can take one of his old cues and rebuild it it to his current standards, basically make it feel and look brand new, new construction methods, new glue, etc. Anyway, I've seen how he starts, and the owner hadn't and I knew it was coming but the look on the owners faces when Ernie ran the handle of his cherished old Gina through the band saw, right through the middle of the wrap, was priceless.
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Kevin
I can understand taking a 60's Gina and having Ernie do a refinish if it needs it, but why do anything else to it, like change the construction? I'm talking from an investment standpoint, of course.
Kevin,
You need to use the "delicates" cycle.
Chris
Ps. It was a pristine case, but the previous owner said to Kevin "you'll have to pry this from my cold, dead hands".
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To make the cue more "playable" in the modern sense.
Ernie always thinks his cues should be played.
He played with the damn Silver Cue for years.
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Chris
The previous owner got the case from "Cuban Joe" who wanted the Adam tube case the Gina used to be carried in. My pal was all "deal" they traded and he watched as Cuban Joe took a little derringer out of his pocked and stuffed it into the top of the Adam (the Gina was too small to hold it). Perils of life on the road.
Kevin
This must be one of the early Gina cases you guys are talking about. It came with the model C Palmer 2nd catalog Rambow tribute cue in the pics. Nice case, nicer cue!!!
Sooo, what's a case like this worth???
John
Sooo, what's a case like this worth???
John
Maybe I should put my old 1963 Gina back into an original old Gina case. The cue is one of the first 10 Gina's Ernie G. built with a signed LOA from Ernie. The case and cue would make for an interesting pair.
John
John
Kev, you've never cracked me up so much in a single thread as this one. Esp that first line to Ernie!
I'd have paid a pretty penny to be a fly on the wall...