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    Is Martin for you?

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    Put my 2 Martin guitars on consignment in a Melbourne guitar store last month.

    Both fine guitars but I just wasn't playing them much.

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    The Martin JDP II sold in 24 hours.

    The Martin Grand J12-40E Special took a couple more days.

    Both sold for a little more than I originally paid for them new.

    Word Games

    in The Gibson Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    Spotted ****.

    Spotted **** is a traditional British baked pudding, historically made with suet and dried fruit and often served with custard. Non-traditional variants include recipes that replace suet with other fats, or that include eggs to make something similar to a sponge pudding or cake

     

    Can't believe a genuine British food dish just got censored! There's a comic book detective with surname 'Tracy' that shares the same first name as this British delicacy.

    Ran across this guy this morning J-200

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    36 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    I’ve been cutting mine flush for a while now. Never had a string slip out. 

    Exactly - when you go into a guitar store and see racks of new guitars on display how many of them have 1 1/2 inches of string sticking out each tuner or all the string excess curled into a rings?

    Looks like Paul14 took a handful of grumpy pills ... and they've all kicked in.

    I thought my initial comment was an innocent observation - I love SJ-200's.

    NGD

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    I became a Gibson owner just last year, got me looking at other Gibson models now and that exact Hummingbird is the one I keep coming back to look at - fantastic guitar.

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    In praise of Martin Tommy Emmanuel signature flexible core PB strings on my Maple AJ

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    10 hours ago, BoSoxBiker said:

    I meant to ask you if you've ever tried the DR Strings' Hi-Beam 80/20's? I don't see much chatter on these, but they are supposed to be brighter than I guess my normal warm 80/20s I've been getting for my Maple SJ-200. (I keep the Maple on the warm side of the spectrum while I try to keep brighter strings on my RW SJ-200.)

    Interesting - I just placed an order for a set of DR Hi Beam lights to try on my SJ-200.

    I also ordered some Curt Mangan round-core 80/20's, Ernie Ball Earthwood 80/20's, Rotosound Tru-Bronze and another 2 sets of the John Pearse 80/20's I have on the guitar now.

    J-200 Custom Elite

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    3 hours ago, freebyrd said:

    @Brucebubs the SJ200 was listed on the dealer website about 10:30 in the evening. They opened for business the next morning at 10:00 am.

    Guess who was on the phone at 10:01 ? Uhhuh, you guessed it. @pcf  not trying to hijack your thread..hope you can find what you’re after. 

    I saw multiple positive reviews and clips online from NAMM 2020 so I emailed the Australian distributor for Gibson guitars and told them I wanted to order a  new  Historic 1957 SJ-200 - they didn't know what I was talking about - there wasn't even a code number for one in their system. They got back to me and gave me a price (huge!) and told me to order through any Gibson dealer here in Australia - so I ordered on Feb 6th and finally picked it up on October 28th. I've seen it listed at a couple other dealers here but 'Not In Stock' - I believe the supply of new guitars from the USA has slowed to a trickle since the pandemic so I think I was lucky.

    J-200 Custom Elite

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    4 hours ago, freebyrd said:

    The 2020 Historic Custom Shop SJ200 Pre War RW and 2020 Custom Shop Historic 1936 Advanced Jumbo.

    Both outstanding...

    https://imgur.com/mhqEV4q

    use the 'Direct Link' on imgur to post pictures here now - great shot, 2 excellent guitars.

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    One of those new Pre-War SJ-200's landed in a guitar store in Melbourne a few weeks back - sold in a day!

    J-200 Custom Elite

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    Yes I have a 2020 Custom Shop Historic 1957 SJ-200 in Vintage Sunburst.

    Beautiful guitar, very warm, rich tone. Swapped the factory PB's for 80/20's and it got even better. Period correct hard case is a nice touch.

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    2 Bruce's with J-200's.

    in Gibson Acoustic

    Posted · Edited by Brucebubs

    15 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:

    Can we expect to see you leaning on your vintage Corvette. . ?

    I wish! Bruce writes it's a 1960 model he bought on the spot from a guy running a hot-dog stand. How American cool is that!

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