RBSinTo

My guitars range in price from a $325.00 ES-335 knock-off to a $4,000.00 Martin, but I play them all the same way. My only over-careful behaviour is to never smash any of them over an amplifier at the end of a song. RBSinTo

Feh. Double Feh. Triple Feh. I expect this kind of idiocy from Gibson. But not from Martin. For shame. RBSinTo

Larsongs, I play my guitars to produce musical sounds, and I have absolutely no idea what you mean by this. RBSinTo

fab432, Did the seller explain how he played the guitar under the bed? I just tried it with my j-45, and it was really tough to do. RBSinTo

Dave, I'm truly surprised. RBSinTo

Dave, Smartly done! I always appreciate the skill and expertise of people who work with their hands on projects like yours. I think what surprises me most is the "Gibson" logo applied to the headstock. I thought they would be impossible to source, to deter scammers from faking Gibsons. RBSinTo

jibberish, Not too long ago, I asked a similar question regarding changing the bracing in my 1974 Martin D-28 to those used in the earlier 1937 models, or those used today in the D-45, and was told to leave well enough alone. While the sound might be altered by doing so, there was not guarantee, that the costly alteration would result in an improvement in that sound. If you must have the sound one gets from an LG-2, then your money would be better spent buying one, than trying to make the 1 onto a 2. RBSinTo

They taste good and make nice furniture and guitars. Peanut and Pecan only taste good. RBSinTo

I've got one of each. Martin D-28, Gibson j-45, and Guild GAD jf-30. The Martin sounds like an orchestra, the Gibson like a Quartet, and the Guild like the Quartet amplified. I like them all, and since I don't pretend to be a musical maven, usually just play them based on which particular case I open at the time. RBSinTo

In my opinion, much of the music they composed, as well as many of the covers they did earlier on hold up very well. Not that it currently takes much of an effort, considering the terrible dreck that passes for popular music today. RBSinTo

Got more new music. My music teacher has me starting to work on Evis Prestley's cover of " Mystery Train" (which came about as an extension of my interest in learning "Honey Don't"). Tough riff, but I'm determined not to embarass myself in class. And I got the tab for "Danny's Song" by Kenny Loggins (and covered by Anne Murry) to learn the finger-picking lead. Fingers on left hand all in casts and slings. RBSinTo

Choices. 1. Ignore it and keep guitar, 2. Return guitar for refund, 3. Exchange guitar, for another of the same model. Only you can decide on which choice to make. Good luck. RBSinTo

Since I began playing the guitar around 1963, it is possible I might have unknowingly used one at some point, but that is just conjecture. And while I oppose slaughtering Tortoises to make guitar picks, I have no problem with commercially-raised Nylons being humanely killed and processed for them instead. RBSinTo

Chief, I agree that Paul is a fine singer, although was he the best voice in the group is debatable. I prefer his singing, but that's just my opinion. And yes, he is a versatile musician, but I believe that George's guitar playing was vastly superior to Paul's or John's. RBSinTo

Chief, I don't know if Ringo was the best singer in the group, but I believe that George Harrison was by far, the best musician of the four. RBSinTo

Once again, my teacher and I got side-tracked from "Stormy Monday", because I happened to hear a cover of a Carl Perkins tune by that British band from Liverpool. And when I found a really accurate set of lead and rhythm guitar tabs, and took them to my lesson, I discovered that my teacher loves rock-a-billy music, so for the last few weeks we've been working our way through this: RBSinTo

Steve, Why do you think she needs a pickguard on her back?????? I'm confused. RBSinTo

Needs a new neck and re-fretting. Was the headstock broken and re-glued with molten chocolate? RBSinTo

In answer to the title of this thread: No, there isn't anything that won't be counterfeitted, if there is money to be made fraudulently. But this is nothing new, just more prevalent today. RBSinTo

I'm late to this party, but it seems to me that one of the most important criterion for a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT would be the quality of the sound it produces. And if this particular guitar was not a genuine Gibson, shouldn't that be very apparent just by playing it? RBSinTo

KingJames78, I own one. Any idea when he'll be visiting me? RBSinTo

The ability of AI goes far beyond assaulting the integrity of musicians and their music. And as it is used more and more in the future to cloud and distort reality and truth, we will find faked videos of John Lennon and Tom Waits to be the least of our problems. RBSinTo

My biggest surprise at hearing this news is the lack of reaction from people interested in music who populate this site as well as another one I frequent. As both a music lover and a Canadian, I admired Robertson's work and the wonderful music that he and his mates in the Band made. Rest in peace Robby Robertson. May his memory be a blessing. RBSinTo

The Gibson guitars I like ( ES335, and j-45) are still bring made, but the Martins that aren't (except perhaps by the special order Custom Shop) that I'd like to see re-introduced are slope-shoulder versions of the D-18, and D-28, dreadnoughts, as well as the n-20 (the guitar played by Willie Nelson). RBSinTo

FYP., You really must stop sniffing that Gibson Guitar Polish. It's addling your brain. If it was really necessary to hire a lawyer to get this resolved satisfactorilly, and he allowed the other lawyer to negotiate down from a Martin to a Gibson, he would be in deep $hit. RBSinTo