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  1. In Topic:The Perfect Gibson Tone

    Yesterday, 07:40 AM

    Very impressive low end. About as deep as I have heard. But I kept wanting to yell out loud to get that flippin' little finger off the guitar.

  2. In Topic:I'm on the edge boys....

    Yesterday, 07:36 AM

    Congrats. I have not played one of the new J-35s but I have heard nothing but good thinghs said about them.

  3. In Topic:For the prewar super jumbo fans

    Yesterday, 07:34 AM

    I am with somebody else here in that I would take whichever was worth the most so I could sell it and buy something else. I am just not the biggest fan of the J-200. My 1960 would be long gone if my wife did not like it so much.

  4. In Topic:Found Another Gibson Worth The Money (I think)

    Yesterday, 07:08 AM

    View Postj45nick, on 24 May 2013 - 05:49 AM, said:

    I've seen asking prices from about $1000 to $2000, but I don't know what they are actually selling for. A pretty rare early round-shoulder B-45 12 is at a well-known dealer for about $2500. I actually looked at buying an absolutely clean early square model with pin bridge at about $1800, but got cold feet.



    There was also a round shoulder B45-12 up for grabs on eBay for the same price - this one had a natural top which makes it the rarest B45-12 out there as these were a special order prior to 1963.

    Most consider the 1963-1964 square shoulder guitars with the pin bridges to be the best of the breed. I still think you should have jumped on it. Not many of those early pin bridge models have survived. Mine is a very early 1963 and retains the older trapeze bridge set up.

  5. In Topic:Found Another Gibson Worth The Money (I think)

    Yesterday, 06:56 AM

    A B45-12 from the 1970s is far less likely to have a distorted or imploded top than earlier guitars. In late 1964 Gibson bulked up the bracing - adding a second X brace running along side of the existing X brace. This helped stabilize the tops but these guitars do not sound near as good as the lighter built earlier ones. But for $300 it is hard to go wrong.

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    zombywoof 

    14 May 2013 - 06:54
    The tuners would date the guitar to the mid- 1950s to around 1960. The attraction of this one would be these N-1 dreads were X braced. Not a bad price but it sounds like the cost of a neck reset will have to be factored in. You would end up having more in the guitar than it would be worth but that has never stopped a few of us.
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    onewilyfool 

    13 May 2013 - 18:15
    Thought you'd ike to see this:
    http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/msg/3788318991.html
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    onewilyfool 

    04 Apr 2013 - 15:32
    Zomby can I ask what that National cost you??? VERY intriguing adjustable neck you posted too!!!
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    onewilyfool 

    31 Mar 2013 - 09:13
    Zomby, a pat on the back for collecting, repairing, resurrecting your old guitars. I do the same, and I often put more money into them than I can ever get back, but there is great satisfaction in saving them from the junk heap. Cudos to you!
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    zombywoof 

    03 Feb 2012 - 08:54
    Thanks for the heads up. I have a friend who owns a 1920s L-2. The guitar is refinished but with violin varnish or something (the owner used to make violins) so it now has the color of a pumpkin top mando which actually looks pretty good. Anyway it is not for sale but he keeps saying if I want it I can have it for $1800. But I would still need to sell something to buy it and am just no...
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    onewilyfool 

    02 Feb 2012 - 18:07
    I see I can't post a link in here...try typing "VINTAGE 1924 GIBSON L-2 L2 L 2 ARCHTOP ACOUSTIC GUITAR" It is for sale by Warpdrive music, worth a look at least
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    onewilyfool 

    02 Feb 2012 - 18:05
    Zomby...this is one of the best condition L-2's I've seen in a LONG while.....They had it posted at $3500, so the price is lowered, and there is a "make offer" box....still pretty pricey, but it is in great condition with all original parts....just FYI, I don't know this guy from Adam.....
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1924-GIBSON-L-2-L2-L-2-ARCHTOP-ACOUSTI...
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    zombywoof 

    29 Jan 2012 - 18:28
    Funny, I can't stop drooling over your Gibson. I have come close to picdking up another one of those more times than I can count but the deal always seems to fall through.
    I might actually have a case for your Gibson. I don't really know how old it is but it is covered with a lacqured tweed and was obviously made for a round bottom archtop.
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    onewilyfool 

    29 Jan 2012 - 13:57
    I can't get over how COOL your 1930s Kay Kraft round hole is......just a winner!
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    zombywoof 

    27 Jan 2012 - 08:48
    Hey Mr. Fool,
    The May-Belles were made by Slingerland. While these days they are known for drums back in the day Slingerland made some of the sweetest archtops around which easily rivaled anything coming out of Gibson or Epiphone. The official name of mine is a May-Bell Style 75 Violin Craft. The line was introduced in 1933. The Slingerland catalog states the guitars was hand rubb...
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    onewilyfool 

    26 Jan 2012 - 23:03
    Zomby, did Kay make that May-Belle Style 75 (made by Slingerland)???? The wood looks amazingly like the wood on my Kay K-20 "f" hole!
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    onewilyfool 

    15 Jan 2012 - 14:48
    Zomby, which round hole archtops do you have? We are a dying breed!! lol
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    zombywoof 

    04 Sep 2011 - 10:36
    Well Hello Mr. Fool.
    Many thanks. I think you and I have fairly similar tastes in guitars - we love both the beautiful and the profane. It was hard as heck to resist a script logo LG. To sweten the deal, the guy I got it from threw in a truss rod cover off a 1959 Gibson which I am going to use to replace the repro cover I have on my J-200.
    Peace On You Bro.
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    onewilyfool 

    03 Sep 2011 - 14:07
    congradulations on your new LG....sweet looking (and sounding) I hope....lol....I just love that size...I got the CF100, an LG with a cut-away
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