[Buc McMaster]

J-35 soaking up some rays.....

[Buc McMaster]

J-200WC I once owned......

[Buc McMaster]

Well.......it ain't a guitar but it is a Gibson!

[Dave F]

tpbiii, on 08 January 2019 - 11:22 AM, said:

We also do historical shots. EG All our Js from 1935 to 1965.


30s small Gibsons


All 30s Gibsons


War Time

Thanks Tom. These will make it.

[Dave F]

Buc McMaster, on 08 January 2019 - 05:57 PM, said:

Well.......it ain't a guitar but it is a Gibson!

Thanks Buc! I'm going to try and do a collage of ukes.

[Dave F]

Mr. Paul, on 08 January 2019 - 01:35 PM, said:

Gibson Nick Lucas-3750 by Paul Leach, on Flickr

I like this one, Thanks!

[Dave F]

Thanks for all the responses. They're all real nice pictures but some are too close to what I have and plan on using.
Still looking for a few more.

[Dave F]

jt, on 08 January 2019 - 04:36 PM, said:

Banner LG-1, shipped June 23, 1943, and back at its birthplace at 225 Parsons Street, Kalamazoo:

Thanks John!

[jt]

Dave F, on 08 January 2019 - 09:40 PM, said:

Thanks John!

You are most welcome!

[Dave F]

I had a little down time today and started working on the calendar.
I have a portfolio type holder so I can put pictures I want in it and then buy a inexpensive 12" x 12" calendar for the days





I gave up on finding pictures I like that will fit a 12" x 12" format so I started using some Gibson factory pictures for a background.
I'll download some Montana pictures for the newer guitars. I'll also get a Nashville picture for the L5.
Here's a couple quick looks

This post has been edited by Dave F: 12 January 2019 - 04:02 PM

[j45nick]

Dave F, on 12 January 2019 - 04:01 PM, said:

I had a little down time today and started working on the calendar.
I have a portfolio type holder so I can put pictures I want in it and then buy a inexpensive 12" x 12" calendar for the days

I gave up on finding pictures I like that will fit a 12" x 12" format so I started using some Gibson factory pictures for a background.
I'll download some Montana pictures for the newer guitars. I'll also get a Nashville picture for the L5.
Here's a couple quick looks

It's a small point, but the Gibsons in Tom's handsome group family portrait are not all "war time" Gibsons. The one on the far right is a J-45 from around 1950, and the sunburst LG in the back row is a script logo non-banner guitar, so probably 1946 or 1947.


Picky, picky, picky. It's my nature. I live by details.

[Dave F]

j45nick, on 12 January 2019 - 04:17 PM, said:

It's a small point, but the Gibsons in Tom's handsome group family portrait are not all "war time" Gibsons. The one on the far right is a J-45 from around 1950, and the sunburst LG in the back row is a script logo non-banner guitar, so probably 1946 or 1947.


Picky, picky, picky. It's my nature. I live by details.

I'll wait until the second half (62B) of the CSI team chimes in before I start my editing

[62burst]

Dave F, on 12 January 2019 - 04:27 PM, said:

I'll wait until the second half (62B) of the CSI team chimes in before I start my editing

Yeah, I know- most folk who aren't up on the clarifications that Nick provided won't know or care. . . pretty sure the intent of your composition will still hit it's mark. At times, people who are really into the subject will look at the image, and at other times they let the image take their imagination elsewhere. Ask him again and he'll probably talk about the other.

The one below it, John Thomas' LG at 225 Parsons, with the Gals below, their faces slightly out of focus, kind of abstract. . . how many of them are gone now.

And of course, Mr Paul's Nick Lucas at the wood pile. Wonderful. You have to wonder of the man rasping, block planing, filing. . . is that a mallet, lower left? Could this have been the person who fit on the neck of the Nick?

[J-1854Me]

'56 & '01 J-185:


'96 J-2000:



Fred

[AngelDeVille]

Just working guitars no polish.

[Lars68]

url=https://flic.kr/p/24uonfM][/url]IMG_0115 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

1942 Banner J-45


IMG_0284 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

Headstock of same guitar


IMG_0118 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

Bridge same guitar

IMG_0336 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

AJ close-up

IMG_0455 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

AJ again

IMG_0334 by Banner Gibson, on Flickr

SJ


Lars

This post has been edited by Lars68: 13 January 2019 - 03:17 AM

[jt]

62burst, on 12 January 2019 - 05:37 PM, said:

The one below it, John Thomas' LG at 225 Parsons, with the Gals below, their faces slightly out of focus, kind of abstract. . . how many of them are gone now.

One Gal remains. She'll soon turn 97. I've arranged for a video shoot with her in the old factory this spring.

[tpbiii]

Here area couple of odd shots I took once of our cannon and 43 J-45.




Just something weird I did once.
Best,
-Tom

[tpbiii]

Here is an interesting historical grouping. Sort of the alpha to omega of the power Js. 35 RSRG, 36 RSSD, 35 Jumbo, 36 AJ, 36 J-35 (Trojan), and 43 SJ RW.
Because of the comparative drop off in power of wartime banner years, these were the only models that ever got the attention of the rural bubble the way the early Martin dreads did.

[billroy]

tpbiii, on 13 January 2019 - 08:33 AM, said:

Here is an interesting historical grouping. Sort of the alpha to omega of the power Js. 35 RSRG, 36 RSSD, 35 Jumbo, 36 AJ, 36 J-35 (Trojan), and 43 SJ RW.
Because of the comparative drop off in power of wartime banner years, these were the only models that ever got the attention of the rural bubble the way the early Martin dreads did.

Tom - I'm guessing the one in front is the '43SJ RW... what does the 'RW' indicate? Rgds - billroy