Rich H.

Does anyone know the pricing for the Gibson acoustic Firebird?

Looking for information regarding my recently purchase for a 2009 Firebird. I would like to know when they were first introduced, and the number made each year they were produced.

Looking for information regarding my recently purchase for a 2009 Firebird. I would like to know when they were first introduced, and the number made each year they were produced.

I have been using Gibson or Elixer 12's on my two SJ-200's. Always sound great on them both.

I recently purchased a 2011 Gibson SJ-200 Standard, and was wondering the material used for the nut and saddle. The color is light brown, where all my other guitars with bone material are white or bleached white. Any help would be appreciated.

My very first Gibson acoustic guitar was a 1964 J-50, and I loved that guitar. After playing many $25.00 guitars at the time, that Gibson was the best sounding and easy to play guitar. I have had many Gibson guitars after that one (about 20), but that one was one of my best.

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Mine has the Sunburst on the back, the neck, and the sides also.

I never purchased a new guitar, all have been used. But I always use the D'Addario two- way hydration packs as soon as I receive them. They are advertised as a two -way system, if too damp, they absorb the moisture in to the packets, if too dry, they add moisture. I check my guitars all the time, and they are always between 44-50 % hydrated. Very simple to use, just replace the bags every 3-4 months, or when they become hard. I live in Georgia if this helps. This is the best system I have used in 50 years keeping my guitars hydrated.

All I remember about the Norlin era guitars was that you could tell the era by the binding all began to chip and break along the edges. I never owned any of the Norlins so I can't say how they sounded, or played My first Gibson was a 1964 J-45, and after that it was a 1990 Dove manufactured out of the Bozeman facility. I've been owning and playing the Bozeman guitars ever since.

I like you fell in love with my 1990 Dove that I purchased in 1991. I paid $1,175 with tax and never regretted the purchase. My son at the time was a teenager and been in many bands at that time loved the sound and playability of that guitar. I tried a Hummingbird first, and I was not impressed. It could have been not a good representative of the model, but as soon as I played a couple of songs on the Dove, I was sold. All the guitar players in my son's bands loved it too. It became the envy of everyone who played it. I had a stroke back in 2011, and had to stop playing her. But up till that time, I played her for a couple of hours every day after work. It definitely got better with age the 20 years I played her. My grandson will inherit next February when he turns 18. It is still in great shape because of the care I had given her through out the years. It is one of the seven Tabaco burst manufactured in 1990. There is absolutely no finish checking in the finish, just a bunch of dings in the finish. It is still in great shape for a thirty year guitar.

With me it was the left fingers that would tire out first. I started out playing drums for a couple of years before picking up the guitar, so I had plenty strength and rhythm in my right arm. The body on the J-200 was always slipping out of my lap lap also. The Doves just nested in my lap , and the 1 .75 length of the nut made the strings close enough to play barre cords with ease. Like I said, I have small hands and could play for hours in my prime..

I may be not an expert on the subject, but I am partial to the Doves. I have owned five during my fifty years plus playing guitar, and it is a great strumming instrument in my opinion. I have given away three of them to a close friend and two relatives, and the two I will keep to my dying day. I owned a 1995 J-200 in the past, and it sounded great. The body of it did not allow me to get comfortable with her, and the neck width and neck thickness was to great for me to get comfortable with it. I c could play a couple of songs on it, and would get very tired playing it with my small hands. Mind you, it was a great sounding instrument, but fighting with the body size and the neck were too much for me to wrestle with. The Doves were the right body size and neck for me to play for hours and hours. I sold the J-200 to a guy on the west coast, and the two Doves I am keeping are a 2004 Doves in Flight (my favorite ), and a 2016 Quilted Limited Edition model. I hope in some small way this helps in your decision in with which model to choose. Remember you have to be comfortable playing her. JMHO

I have owned and played a J-200, a Dove, and a Hummingbird. The two guitars that I still own to this day is a 2006 Doves in Flight, and a 2016 Limited Edition Dove Quilted maple guitar. I played my first Dove back in 1991, and have been in love with them ever since.

It is completely a Gibson Doves in Flight. I own a 2006 Doves in Flight, and it looks exactly like the one you are purchasing. Note of interest: The designer of that pick guard (Ren Ferguson) placed his initials R F directly under the large Dove on the pick guard. Good luck with your purchase. The Doves in Flight is the best sounding of all the 5 Doves I have owned in the past.