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Don was born in '37 and, Phil in '39 according to wiki.

Fuk yeah we both have double necks.

So let me get this straight. You contacted Gibson and they are not sure about a guitar they supposedly made and want pics and the serial number. Did you give them the SN the first time you contacted or e-mailed them. Wow what a pro company they are.

I just looked at a few pics online that say they are custom shop models. I clearly see the dot over the i. Why would Gibson purposely make a mistake on their logo? Is your the MOP or the silk screened one?

NYC is a blast. Been there a few times. Saw a play once, The Nat, History Museum , The MOMO and went to The Birdland Jazz Club, ate Pizza, bagels. I didn't get the full NYC experience cause I didn't get mugged or ride the subway. If I rode the subway I could have killed 2 birds with one stone. But it was fun as sh!t.

Yes. June 6th I saw them. The Canadian band FM opened for them. I have Black Noise and City Of Fear on vinyl and a few others digitally. I used to live in San Hole (Jose). I have pics of the show. That one I think was during the encore. Best Rush show I went to. Looking forward to PW 40th and the extra stuff. I have the 2112, Kings and Sphere's 40th albums on CD. If they do Pictures I'll get it and Signals (they bypassed the Bay Area on that tour) maybe. Grace Under Pressure (saw them on that tour too) has some good stuff on it, but after that I didn't like the direction Rush went. Power Windows was just awful, but I did see them live on that tour. After Hold Your Fire (saw them live on that tour too in San Diego, I was in the Navy at the time) I didn't listen to them for several years till maybe Snakes And Arrows. I remember them playing the whole album but not Witch Hunt. They did play all of Pictures on the Time Machine tour just after the mid set break. Saw them in DC for that one. Saw the 40th Ann. Tour in Virginia (where I live now), The Clockwork Angels Tour in Virginia, and the Last Tour 50th Ann in Greenville, SC. I think if I count correct that's 8 total times.

Its either a NGD or it isn't. There's no in-between. It could be shipped but still...

I had to use 2 towels. She is how they say - bangin'.

Howe, Downes and White are not original members. I know you know that. I know members will come and go, but to me Yes are terrible now. I don't want to listen to a Jon Anderson clone. Loved the Drama line up and wished they made a few more albums. Just like when Moraz was in the band. Relayer was killer. But the 80's comeback was really sad. (IMHO). I went to see them cause it was Yes. Now I'm scared forever. Big Generator - Moving to the left. Oh lord just kill me. That was the best you guy got. I saw Kansas when Steve Morse was in the band at an amusement park. I went due to I liked Kansans and Steve was in the band and I love The Dixie Dregs and saw then once and Steve solo a few times. When you play and amusement park, note to the band your career is over. I am a recovering music snob and have high standards. Listen to Close To The Edge or Fly From Here? What to do - what to do? I'll take Close The Edge all day long.

Parts are available all over the internet. Finding one that matches exactly the one that is not getting replaced maybe easy or not. Replace both and they'll be the same.

Remember right now Yes is a band with 0 original members. Drama was it for me. I did see them on 901245664 and Big Generator and Talk. It was ok, but not the Yes I love. Listening to Close To The Edge is damn near a religious experience for me.

Waverly's are supposed to be the bomb, but I think they are only for acoustic's and banjo's and uke's.

One thing you will never hear at the dollar store. Can I get a price check on ______________ ?

The guy playing the D-28 just has some sort of tuner on his headstock. The other guy looks like its a D-18. I have owned both. The older guy's has black binding (its actually tortoise on a D-18) and the younger guy has white binding.

I have been at work since 5pm yesterday and I'm off at 5am. Dipped a set of strings in liquid nitrogen and when I get home I'm gonna have a glass of bourbon and crash. When I get up I'm gonna change strings on my 000 and go to work again. Might only have to go in for a few hours, as something at work broke and we might be down to fix it and I will be off nights again till next week. This is getting old.

The one I played was an Electromatic with a Bigsby. It had a double cutaway and was all hollow. It looked nice, but I was not impressed. I think it was made in China. It was 500 or so. The Sheraton sounded better to me. I played both through a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe cause I owned one as was familiar with the knobs. I played one of those orange Brian Setzer's ones a few years back and it was made in Japan.

I dipped another set tonight and I am going to put them on my 000-28 tomorrow. Here is a pic a few seconds after they came out of the LN2. I left these in there for about 5 minuets this time. http://

I played some kind of hollow Gretsch the day I played the Sheraton. I liked the Epi better, but that said I went all acoustic a while back. My BB King was hands down the best electric I owned and I could still see the file marks on the neck. This is a guitar Gibson charged 5k for the last time they made it.

If you got it from a reputable dealer in Dublin I would think its real. Gibson changes and doesn't do anything consistent even in the same year.

Not that these thing can't be faked but does it have a orange Gibson sticker in the upper F hole. Did you check the serial number with Gibson themselves? Its an ES so taking the pots out is a chore with no control cavity cover, but like BBP said look at the pups. People can buy aftermarket parts and stuff on ebay and Reverb all day long now.

Here is my take, Chinese or Indonesian made Texans are now $699 on Sweetwater. The new USA ones are priced at $2699. So now If I can do math correctly exactly 2k more just cause its gonna be made in the good old USA. A Casino Coupe $499. A Casino Archtop $649. A Sheraton II Pro $699. So a guitar selling for $699 which is going to be a profit for someone, cost exactly how much to make? Not sure what the mark up is? Anyone know? $100 bucks, 200 not sure? So if, and I am assuming it will, due to the price of the Texan (which is the only new USA made model I can see the price of on Sweetwater), most stuff is gonna go up I would say by 2k +. So why not just buy a USA made Gibby. They have to have an ES in the line up that is almost the same-ish, if not better. What is the thing people like about the Casino's? That the neck is more recessed into the body and it is a little but shorter for us tiny armed guys? Well with that you are losing some access to the upper frets. Gibson doesn't make the Casino or Sheraton and maybe getting a USA made one of those would be cool. I rarely touch electrics anymore and over the last holiday weekend on the way into the acoustic room I saw a Sheraton (never played one before and wanted to see what the hype was about) hanging on the wall. Played it and it was okay. I owned a Gibby BB King and ES-335 and could see and tell the difference in build quality form that to the ones I owned.

I read the OP again. It looks like he got it in within the one year period. I thought since he said it was a new 2018 the 1 year warranty would be up since its now 2020. I guess now Gibson Europe is evaluating it.

Vince Gill can afford it. I can't.

Gibson Acoustics are made in Bozeman Montana. Gibson had a plant in Memphis and it closed in 2019. All eclectics are now made in Nashville. When the Memphis and Nashville plants were running both made different models. One solid one the hollow stuff. Gibson used to be in Kalamazoo but that is long gone and the employees that stayed took over the guitar making equipment and started the Heritage Guitar Company. They make lots of models of everything. There used to be about over 100 different Les Paul's on the web site, but they trimmed down. There are more experts than me on this site who can go into greater detail.

I saw him in 2005 and 2006. I can't remember what he played those nights. But here is a clip form 2018 and he's playing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJefoVaIRVU