Skinny Boy Jackson Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Does the serial number on the back of the peg head match the serial number on the label? Serial number indicates it was built on Monday Sept.26, 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Sure, yes they match. Photo shared with everyone @ google drive here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8qlTh8s3BRIV2d0bHpzc0d1c3M/view?usp=sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Does the serial number on the back of the peg head match the serial number on the label? Serial number indicates it was built on Monday Sept.26, 2005. Very enjoyable video, man. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I've seen strange stuff from Gibson. My signed Dwight label is 3 digits off on the build day to the stamped date. I'm guessing they got at least one other one wrong if they mixed up the labels unless I have a phony label?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Ah! Rosewood. Right? Where's the wood sourced? Curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 They just list Indian Rosewood Mine's one of the 1st 100 without electronics, otherwise http://www.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Dwight-Yoakam-Honky-Tonk-Deuce/Specs.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Breedlove (a maker in Bend, OR) snagged a cache of prime Brazilian Rosewood in 2013 (Logs dating to the 1950's) http://breedlovemusic.com/blog/breedlove-acquires-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-legal-brazilian-rosewoo I don't own one (yet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I messaged both. Jeremy's box is not receiving messages (turned off?) but the message to Hogeye went through... You should know that Jeremy is a very busy fellow. He travels a bunch and finds himself in Europe a lot. He works out of Bozeman but the proper procedure is to call Nashville for customer service. I don't work for Gibson but like you am living in Bozeman. It's, as you know, cold and a bit dreary. Minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit last night- so I spend a bit of time at my computer. That's why I responded. I try to stay out of this sort of thread. It is fun and I would not tell you who was responsible. It was done by request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Y- so I spend a bit of time at my computer. That's why I responded. I try to stay out of this sort of thread. It is fun and I would not tell you who was responsible. It was done by request. Oh that's just a TEASE there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 . Well now, there it is. I love it. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 It was probably Hogeye's idea....lol. Perhaps you don't get an official answer since nobody wants to admit having typed this funny naming. Heard back from Hogeye ... he enjoyed seeing the label, but wasn't willing to speculate as to how / why it's there. His suggestion: try to trace the sale of the guitar... I'm looking into that. Perhaps someone in here knows: the best path to connect to Gibson to see about an invoice associated to that SN? If HOGEYE don't have a clue...then that's saying something. A little Sherlock Holmes, 007 type investigating. Hmmm...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 You should know that Jeremy is a very busy fellow. He travels a bunch and finds himself in Europe a lot. He works out of Bozeman but the proper procedure is to call Nashville for customer service. I don't work for Gibson but like you am living in Bozeman. It's, as you know, cold and a bit dreary. Minus 8 degrees Fahrenheit last night- so I spend a bit of time at my computer. That's why I responded. I try to stay out of this sort of thread. It is fun and I would not tell you who was responsible. It was done by request. That's great. This confirms that it's not faked. The backstory on the circumstances would be so entertaining! Thanks you so much for pulling strings. I owe ya one, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 That's great. This confirms that it's not faked. The backstory on the circumstances would be so entertaining! I don't think anyone ever thought it was "faked", or somehow was done in order to fool someone. As for what "value" it has, this label doesn't make the guitar worth any more or any less, it's just interesting. Sure, someone may or may not be more interested in the guitar, and maybe even pay a little more should they be buying, but not much. It certainly doesn't change the buying or selling price of it, that would be based on what a 2005 Dove is. Whoever did this label, surely they knew that. So "faked" or not wouldn't come into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Thanks you so much for pulling strings. I owe ya one, for sure. Maybe you can get together with JT and Hogeye when they have their beers and swap stories (see previous thread). Congrats on getting a major clue to the provenance of your git. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Breedlove (a maker in Bend, OR) snagged a cache of prime Brazilian Rosewood in 2013 (Logs dating to the 1950's) http://breedlovemusi...azilian-rosewoo I don't own one (yet.) Interesting: How did Breedlove get the"world's largest collection of legal Brazillian rosewood"? They purchased it from the Spanish company Madinter in 2013. Madinter and Taylor formed a partnership in 2011 to be the major player in ebony from Cameroon. Breedlove was formed by two Taylor luthiers in 1990. If the rosewood is so good (see Breedlove's glowing description), why didn't Taylor buy it? Just wondering.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Interesting: How did Breedlove get the"world's largest collection of legal Brazillian rosewood"? They purchased it from the Spanish company Madinter in 2013. Madinter and Taylor formed a partnership in 2011 to be the major player in ebony from Cameroon. Breedlove was formed by two Taylor luthiers in 1990. If the rosewood is so good (see Breedlove's glowing description), why didn't Taylor buy it? Just wondering.... Me too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I looked at their site and most of the Brazilian had fancy patterns and looked good but I thought the most desirable Brazilian Rosewood is the straight grain as shown below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 I looked at their site and most of the Brazilian had fancy patterns and looked good but I thought the most desirable Brazilian Rosewood is the straight grain as shown below. I agree 100%. Just look at the Brazilian on D-28's (and others, of course) from the late 1930's to the mid-60's to see what Brazilian should look like. I don't care for what they're using now and calling "fancy grain Brazilian." Looks like sapwood and stumpwood to me. I had a little Martin parlor guitar from the 1870's that was Brazilian rosewood with curly, convoluted grain, and it had cracked in virtually every direction imaginable as a result. After that experience--with the luthier putting more than 30 splices in the body--I'll pass on "fancy" grain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.