onewilyfool Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Have any of you ever seen a guitar like this??? RS must not mean "Roy Smeck" since it is a 14 fritter????? Anyone know anything about this...nothing on line: Gibson custom shop RS45TBNH1 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/3617261191.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Oh, that's obvious, it's the Roy Smeck J-45 style and Tom Bresh (Merle Travis's son) Never Had One, hence RS45TBNH1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-1854Me Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Oh, that's obvious, it's the Roy Smeck J-45 style and Tom Bresh (Merle Travis's son) Never Had One, hence RS45TBNH1. or "Tobacco Burst New Hampshire" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 or "Tobacco Burst New Hampshire" No, couldn't be. Bresh is from Kentucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I think in the electrics at least, NH stands for nickel hardware. Don't know in this case. I'd just ask the guy what the label in the guitar says, if you really want to know. This just sounds like Gibson's specfication code, but I haven't seen that on an acoustic before. My guess would have been rosewood J45 tobacco burst with nickel hardware, but I know nothing...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Oh, that's obvious, it's the Roy Smeck J-45 style and Tom Bresh (Merle Travis's son) Never Had One, hence RS45TBNH1. I would like to get one of your decoder rings :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I would like to get one of your decoder rings :D I supply one decoder ring free with each purchase of my book! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I would like to get one of your decoder rings :D ...and whatever you were drinking while using it. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 ...and whatever you were drinking while using it. Red 333 Ah, that will cost extra, but will be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogeye Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The code you are referring to is no mystery and has been used by Montana since the start. It's broken up into three parts. RS45 is a Round Shoulder J-45 Tb is the finish code for tobacco burst NH1 is the hardware code A SSHBHCNH1? SSHB-- Square shoulder Hummingbird HC-- Heritage cherry sunburst NH1 -- Nickel hardware There are times when the number at the end of the hardware code is in reference to a lefty. This is usually a number 4. So a GH4 would be a gold hardware lefty. If there is a number 3 at the end it is usually a guitar with a pick-up. Since they put pick-ups on most of their guitars now that number is no longer used.A normally electric acoustic will be designated with a AS. The J-160E would be an AS16VSNH1. from 1990 to 1995 all of the acoustic guitars were coded with a AC (acoustic) then the model number so a J-200 would be a AC20ANGH1 The acoustic electric guitars were noted- AS. AS16VSNH1 would have been a J-160-E. 1997 they made a change to different line designations. For example the J-200 was put into the "Historic Line". The code was HL20ANGH1. 1999 they made a big change in the price list and seperated the guitars into 5 lines they were: J-200 Super Jumbo Line. They were designated SJ J-45 Round Shoulder Line. They were designated RS Hummingbird Square Shoulder Line. They were designated SS J-180 Jumbo Line. They were J8 L-series Small Body Line They were LS In 1993 they had a Starburst Studio and it was coded ASSFANGH1 Of course this guitar became the #ss fang. Probably way more than you ever wanted to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted February 24, 2013 Author Share Posted February 24, 2013 Good to know Hogeye...thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDC Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Is ant TB the finish code for sunsetburt? I tnought tobacco bust was VS for vintage sunburst? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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