Brucebubs
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29 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
What is .38 mm between guitar players. Just mark it with a Sharpie.
Martin does that knowing the binding is just going to fall off anyway.
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In 2016 Gibson released a very limited edition 1957 SJ-200 with thermally aged Adirondack top - I couldn't find one to buy!
So in 2020 when they released the new Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 - this time with thermally aged Sitka Spruce top - I ordered one and love it.
Probably richer and warmer tone than I was expecting - to my ears 80/20's seem better balanced than PB's for some reason.
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Released February 1971 - this was who I take over the Stones any day, every day.
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7 hours ago, Realmongo said:
I'm lucky I caught them early when they started on my garage!
Building it without a permit?
Well they are Carpenter ants.
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They've only just begun.
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6 minutes ago, BoSoxBiker said:
I REALLY like the PBs on my Martin RW for the reasons you mentioned. They do well on my RW SJ-200, too. I think barbed wire would sound good on this one.
There's a few guitars out there I'd love to compare my maple Historic 1957 SJ-200 with and your rosewood Historic Pre-War would be at the very top of my list!
There was one for sale in Melbourne and it was sold the day they put it on display.
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No I haven't tried them yet, in fact I haven't tried any of those strings pictured. I made the mistake of trying D'Addario Nickel Bronze lights and they're sounding and playing nicely and I just can't bring myself to pull them off for no real reason ... but I'm getting close.
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Ah, that brings the build date much closer to the date of the Final Inspection - thanks Dave F.
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I ordered it here in Australia in early Feb 2020 in between surviving the bush fires and the start of the pandemic - picked it up 260 days later on Oct 28th.
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1 minute ago, slimt said:
Well the guitar serial number would be correct. And prior to the final inspection. I think it reads. 194 guitar , during the 3 rd month of 2020. Where the final is on the 7th month/22 day / 2020. So I bet that would be about right. Because of Bozemans shut down and start of renos. during covid My guess.
Sounds perfect, thanks for that, much appreciated.
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6 minutes ago, slimt said:
What are you concerned about. ?
Just wondering if the build date on the serial number - which I can't decipher - is the same as the Final Inspection date?
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Just wondering, is the 7/22/20 date on the Final Inspection Checklist of my 2020 Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 the same as the serial number?
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So what was Fred Astaire?
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Got a killer price on the Timex chronograph watch on the left then decided I liked the chronograph on the right a little more - slightly easier to read.
Bought them both ... do I need 2?
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One of my favorite guitarists - looks like he's lost a lot of weight in that picture.
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Looks great - something about those white tuner buttons that just looks so right on that guitar, like it's 'meant to be'.
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7 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Maybe next string change on my D-35 I will get around to taking off the original closed back Grover's and install the open back ones I have had sitting around since last Xmas. I know I will have to drill out about a 1/4 inch on the top of the headstock to make room for the smash in grommet thing. And drill a little pilot hole for the second screw hole. Drills and guitars don't go together.
I need to look and see if they sell conversion grommets and I won't have to drill. Someone must make that. Off to the Stew Mac site.
2 things.
On some guitars Martin 'step-drilled' the tuner holes in their headstocks, meaning the hole from the back might be larger than the hole from the front, you need to measure that and if that's the case then the push fit bushings with open gear tuners may fit without the need for 'conversion' bushings.
Secondly, sealed gear tuners like Grover Rotomatics typically require a 13/32" (10.0mm) hole in the headstock where open gear tuners like Grover Sta-Tites use a smaller 11/32" (8.75mm) hole - therefore, usually going from sealed gear tuners to open gear tuners the existing hole is too big (unless the holes were step-drilled as mentioned above) In this case you can use a set of conversion bushings from Stewmac.
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He married a 21st century schizoid woman.
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So Bob is 80 ... he's harder to get rid of than a fart in a diving suit at 100 fathoms.
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9 hours ago, slimt said:
Here in Canada. Usually what ever US list is. Say 5990.00 US list. Is about 5990.00 cdn selling price.
the Petty J200 selling up here for 11,000 cdn .There is a new Tom Petty SJ-200 for sale here in Australia - the only one here.
The price here is equivalent to US$15,414.59
https://www.acousticcentre.com.au/products/gibson-sj200-tom-petty-antique-natural-wildflower
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If you think they are expensive in the US just try buying one outside of USA.
My 2020 Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 cost me waaaaay more than the US list price of $5990.00.
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On 5/26/2021 at 10:53 PM, Pinch said:
I'm probably a better bass player than a guitar player.
This is unfortunate. But what you gonna do.
I know he's dead wrong, but it's still a funny quote: Dave Mustaine once quipped "it's one step up from playing the kazoo".
I tried playing the Chris Squire bass line from 'Roundabout' on a kazoo ... it didn't sound good.
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Martin D-35's have a reputation for being loud guitars.
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1 hour ago, zombywoof said:
As Fender closed the Westerly factory in 2001 it would certainly narrow down the year built. Then again, if there is a repeat of what happened when Guild moved from Hoboken to Westerly and they continued to use older labels until the supply was gone it can get confusing.
Didn't that model have a 1 11/16" nut?
And I believe there was a period directly following the move from Westerly to Corona where the guitars were built in kits at Westerly then shipped to Corona for assembly.
Gibson J 200 my 1989 side dots diameter
in Gibson Acoustic
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Makes sense, you know you're gonna need to do it anyway so why not save time.