Cto Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 See pics :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Excuse me, are you an example of the somewhat new phenomenon called trolls. . . ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassetman Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 No, I do not see pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 yuk - hope not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Looks like a 1946 J-37. After the war Gibson bought a job lot of Army Surplus Khaki paint. So actually Khaki not green. Great for playing discreetly in the jungle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Things are getting crazy around here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Don't shoot the messenger . . . Big Greenie at Long & McQuade (link) *Note green Dove (2nd row) in Pinterest photo among images below: They're giving them away, Japan: eBay link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Don't shoot the messenger . . . Big Greenie at Long & McQuade (link) *Note green Dove (2nd row) in Pinterest photo among images below: They're giving them away, Japan: eBay link And every other guitar on there site has a different back ground.. I wouldnt trust it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Looks like a 1946 J-37. After the war Gibson bought a job lot of Army Surplus Khaki paint. So actually Khaki not green. Great for playing discreetly in the jungle. Sometimes issued to USMC Recon units in the Nam, but few have survived. Seems the campfires and guitar strumming behind enemy lines tended to draw NVA fire, resulting in the destruction of guitars and more than a few Marines. I was considered to be an a$$hole for prohibiting their use on patrol, but most E-5's who allowed them, while well-loved were short-lived. If the OP was serious, apologies for the BS. 😌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I thought Gibson had a plant over there? also in europe as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Looks like a 1946 J-37. After the war Gibson bought a job lot of Army Surplus Khaki paint. So actually Khaki not green. Great for playing discreetly in the jungle. Sometimes issued to USMC Recon units in the Nam, but few have survived. Seems the campfires and guitar strumming behind enemy lines tended to draw NVA fire, resulting in the destruction of guitars and more than a few Marines. I was considered to be an a$hole for prohibiting their use on patrol, but most E-5's who allowed them, while well-loved were short-lived. If the OP was serious, apologies for the BS. �� Yes, I recall - it was quite a mess. The Green Berets had green guitars and the Red Berets naturally had red. At some point they switched, but on the halfway most of them turned brown. That was how the burst was invented. I - a Black Beret - of course got one of those white Doves, , , that was for peace and it kept flying. To the original poster. If the green Gibson in the picture is real. NO ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cto Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 1481164190[/url]' post='1817798'] Excuse me, are you an example of the somewhat new phenomenon called trolls. . . ? Not a troll.. For some reason, the pics won't upload.... On my iPad, I'll switch to a desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Not a troll.. For some reason, the pics won't upload.... On my iPad, I'll switch to a desktop Okay, , , then it's not real, , , yet. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Yes, I recall - it was quite a mess. The Green Berets had green guitars and the Red Berets naturally had red. At some point they switched, but on the halfway most of them turned brown. That was how the burst was invented. I - a Black Beret - of course got one of those white Doves, , , and that was for peace and it kept flying. To the original poster. If the green Gibson in the picture is real. NO ! It is advertized at Long and mc quade in canada .. but out of stock... I remember a j2000 Gibson Custom shop going through the Seafoam green test.. John was making sure the color would be right.. it took sometime to dial it in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 There's only one shop here advertising this limited model, but they don't have her in stock. They say only 40 items were made: https://www.musikhaus-hermann.de/gibson-sj200-sea-green-limited-edition-only40-41605/ This is an extraordinarily reputable dealer, not only among Gibson players. I have bought my quite rare Gibson USA 2011 Les Paul Killer Quilt in Regal Purple there, probably the only one that made it to Europe brand-new of circa 30 to 50 in total, in the US sold exclusively at Guitar Center Platinum stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I'm all for funky coloured electrics , but painting this green was a waste of a perfectly good j200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSchooner Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 In answer to the OP's question: I hope not . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 geeeeeeeze! how fugly art thou??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 From the pix, I would say it is not real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 See pics :) Sorry, now that the pics show, this is a fake, and not a close one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is the loop on the headstock a prototype Fatfinger? Or is the whole headstock made of iron? It's so far from realistic that I'm not even sure we can call it a fake - is it really pretending to be a Gibson to the outside world, or has somebody just put a transfer on it to realize a private fantasy? On the upside, it probably doesn't have excess glue around the bracing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 This thing either belonged to a con-man or a dreamer, , , maybe both in one. It's a bit sad, , , then again it might have spread joy at some point. At the other hand it could have caused disappointment, harm and dogfights. Is it an innocently blessed or devilish cursed item. Don't really wanna know. In its own petrol-green way the guitar never existed. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 See pics :) Just seen this... Junk.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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