tpbiii Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You guys showing off all those nice Gibsons and I only have this broken ole thing to show [laugh] : Yea, ours are mostly old too. Some are older than yours. Some are about the same age. Some are not even guitars. and some are not real Gibsons and some are almost new -- 40s, 50s, and early 60s. So ... both of the other forms that talk about all the old junk we have found and accumulated have either "Martin" or "Banjo" in their title. So if not here. where. I think we are stuck with each other. Let's pick, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You guys showing off all those nice Gibsons and I only have this broken ole thing to show [laugh] : BluesKing777. No pity here BK777, that is an awesome guitar, plus you have some other great guitars. Gibson does not make the only great guitars and I like Martins and Santa Cruz's as well many other brands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 No pity here BK777, that is an awesome guitar, plus you have some other great guitars. Gibson does not make the only great guitars and I like Martins and Santa Cruz's as well many other brands. Yep, that guitar is so awesome, it is probably illegal..... [woot] BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well there's nothing in the rules that say's you have to own or play a Gibson but it certainly helps. I think I am guilty of non Gibson subjects on the forum currently having a tread on Fender Teles at the moment but I do find I get a more informed answer here than anywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trans Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Well there's nothing in the rules that say's you have to own or play a Gibson but it certainly helps. I think I am guilty of non Gibson subjects on the forum currently having a tread on Fender Teles at the moment but I do find I get a more informed answer here than anywhere else. What Tele do you have right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Seems like every NGD these days now seems to be non Gibson .... toughen up you lot ! B) Is there going to be a wall? Are most of my guitars going to be deported back to China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Is there going to be a wall? Are most of my guitars going to be deported back to China? Ha Ha Plus The Chinese will pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You guys showing off all those nice Gibsons and I only have this broken ole thing to show [laugh] : BluesKing777. I love that guitar (despite the modern logo). Questions and comments arise here frequently about Gibson's vintage firestripe pickguards. The pickguard on this guitar dates from the mid-1930's, and is one of the best examples of a "real" firestripe pickguard I have ever seen. You want to know what a firestripe pickguard should look like? Here you have it. The modern ones are largely pale imitations, practically caricatures of the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I have a genuine firestripe flatpick - maybe if I water it it'll grow up to be a pickguard and if I water THAT, it'll grow up to be a 1930's guitar😯 Send help quickly - I'm losing it😖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You want to know what a firestripe pickguard should look like? Here you have it. The modern ones are largely pale imitations, practically caricatures of the real thing. You seldom see them "clean" like unless the finish is removed -- they use to paint the bursts over them. The one on the non-burst 1935 RSRG above is such a pickguard. Not many came that way. Because most of the new guitars seem to put them on over the finish, they just look weird to me. Best, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Things ~ ^^^Genius! Funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Is there going to be a wall? Are most of my guitars going to be deported back to China? My 'beater' Chinese Epi refuses to emerge from its sanctuary site under the bed. Been there since the election. Keeps whimpering how it didn't invent global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I love that guitar (despite the modern logo). Questions and comments arise here frequently about Gibson's vintage firestripe pickguards. The pickguard on this guitar dates from the mid-1930's, and is one of the best examples of a "real" firestripe pickguard I have ever seen. You want to know what a firestripe pickguard should look like? Here you have it. The modern ones are largely pale imitations, practically caricatures of the real thing. Some say the new guitars are pale imitations too, but I have both and enjoy both - they just have their own 'thing'. My BK is a geat guitar, but Bubinga back and sides was a strange choice that is never going to sound like the vintage L-0 above, and probably would have to ask Ren...'why?'. But it gets a unique 'rosewood-ish' sound. If you want the original sound, not going to happen...but I am lucky to have that original one above, so the BK has its own way....it has the white logo but then they put strange tuners on it and the pickguard in the wrong place and...and..and.... The old Gibson above was probably black finish to begin its life. And I guess the owner didn't like it, and removed it, and decorated it, and filed the fretboard and bridge right down down to save paying for a neckset. So I had all that done and the modern logo was done while I was at the luthier shop picking it up - on the headstock was a piece of MOTS inset crooked instead of the logo and other bits scattered all over headstock back and sides. Jim (Cargill) removed all those, filled the holes, put a sliver of ebony over the mess and slivers of mahogany on the sides, new tuners and was going to leave the headstock blank. Of course I asked about a Gibson logo, he didn't have a white one but could get one, but had the modern gold one right there and then and I was NOT going to wait any longer.......so... :mellow: But with all the things he did, neckset, headstock, tuners, ebony fretboard, frets, ebony bridge, bone nut and saddle - he probably should have put a 'Cargill' logo on it! And I would be pleased to have it! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 BK- 'still have any pics of the old headstock as you found it? (I know, dumb question). . . If memory serves, didn't it have some colored stones embedded in a vertical line? Kinda liked it as it was; part of it's story. EA- please pardon my meandering from the original rail. But we are at least talking about G- guitars :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 BK- 'still have any pics of the old headstock as you found it? (I know, dumb question). . . If memory serves, didn't it have some colored stones embedded in a vertical line? Kinda liked it as it was; part of it's story. EA- please pardon my meandering from the original rail. But we are at least talking about G- guitars :mellow: Ha Ha, do we have a photo? More like you should ask what I don't have a photo of! ( I have to say on the camera subject that the time the batteries last on the Nikon is extraordinary - I bought a spare to lug around but rarely need it as the battery seems to last for about 44 million photos before recharging - gone are the days of my first digital Apple work camera where the batteries lasted 3 photos!) Yeah, I didn't move all that stuff off the Gibson for fun - the decorations were crooked, rattled and the fretboard had been sanded between the frets, and the Hound didn't like it: While I have Imgur up, spot the ringer (ring in, not part of the set) in the composite below: PS. Do you think the street sign was changed from Sunburn Ave to Sunburst Ave? Perspective on sunburn changed since the earlier years? BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Yea, ours are mostly old too. Some are older than yours. Some are about the same age. Some are not even guitars. and some are not real Gibsons and some are almost new -- 40s, 50s, and early 60s. So ... both of the other forms that talk about all the old junk we have found and accumulated have either "Martin" or "Banjo" in their title. So if not here. where. I think we are stuck with each other. Let's pick, -Tom How long did that photoshoot take to set up/ take down? WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 How long did that photoshoot take to set up/ take down? WOW! Before 2002, we only took pictures for insurance -- we had maybe 90% of the guitars by then. When the Vintage Corner of the UMGF got started, I began to pose and display them a bit. Over the years it mounts up -- we love playing them, but posing them can be fun too. We are into the history of both the guitars and the music -- it is all part of what we do for fun. We developed a green screen studio for audio, video, and photos. Best, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 . . . I gotta'say, I enjoy them all, and am not looking for another or one that may sound better. I outgrew this thought a few years ago. Age also helps in decisions, along with $$. Thanks for reading. 'Just wanted to take a sec to acknowledge some wisdom. You can lead a horse to water, but . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 'Just wanted to take a sec to acknowledge some wisdom. You can lead a horse to water, but . . . The interesting thing about that - and I'll bet other 'horse people' will substantiate also - is that the real trick's to stop a horse from drinking when he shouldn't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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