fortyearspickn
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Hey LPg, welcome aboard. Great choice...Songwriter with a cutaway and some bling! Yeah, some folks don't like the cheap looking molded plastic bridge pins. Few humans can detect a difference in tone between pin material unless you're going from a QTip to a bronze pin, but many opt for bone. Many sites and sources. I replaced the plastic pins on my 2 Gibsons with bone with alabaster inlays from Bob Colosi at guitarsaddles.com for a decent price. G'luck.
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GL, since you own 5 or 6 Epiphones , I'm guessing you've already voted with your wallet. Some folks would rather own a single $1500 Gibson than three $500 Masterbuilts. Which is the better "value"? Apples and Oranges. You are right based on what you're looking for.. Meanwhile, OP is asking about J50s and AJs on another thread he started, and hasn't been back here. So, I don't think he knows what he's looking for, or our opinions are needed anymore.
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I've played a few and they are very good. Sorry to disappoint.
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What Strings & Gauge do you like on your Hummingbird?
fortyearspickn replied to Markus W.'s topic in Gibson Acoustic
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Wow! Really eye catching , understated, beautiful. Bet it sounds even better than it looks. I thought DIF had the MOP bird inlays flying up the fingerboard? Can't read the picture of the orange label - I assume it says its a DIF. Sorry, not any help. Congrats!!
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This is why we have too many lawyers in the US. It isn't branded "Gibson" but the ad refers to it as a J100, which is of course as much 'Gibson' as 'Corvette' is Chevy. He wouldn't have had any problem if he'd just given all the details and left out any reference to Gibson. Even saying "Gibson Strings" on this one would have been sufficient to justify suing him. Right now, I'm guessing Gibson is spending enough on lawyers fighting the Fish and Fowl Fools and will let this one-off go under the radar.
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I partially agree and partially, respectfully disagree. Yes, volume is king in any business and Gibson would prefer to deal with 100 retailers selling 10 times as many units each than deal with and risk their rep dealing with 2,000 retailers who might move a handful a year and present more than a handful of problems. Some of the smaller ones certainly offer better service and/or prices than a GC, but based on the law of averages more than half probably do not. So - would you rather wholesale to 100 retailers who on average were 'better' than 1000 others?
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Mr.C - I'm curious... Who was the dealer? Gibson makes an effort to ensure their dealers know what they are doing. They don't let any old Mom & Pop sell their guitars. It sounds like this dealer isn't a 5 Star for sure. I really can't imagine a scenario in which Gibson will not make you whole. G'luck!
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Why is this Bird' sounding so sick .. ?
fortyearspickn replied to EuroAussie's topic in Gibson Acoustic
When I got my H'bird TV - it was 4 months old. It continued to open up for a year. If I had to guess here, EU, I'd say the H'bird Standard you tried was just out of the box new and needed some combination of new strings and giving the wood a chance to build up it's sympathetic response range. Maybe go back in a month to see if a little playing by other customs has warmed it up some. -
CE, tnx = That's why I've not done it yet. The luthier I'd been using in Waco said basically the same thing.I'm just wondering how much better it might sound. And yes, thanks j45nick - I never thought of it, but you're right. The r/w bridge would 'match' the fretboard and look better overall. So - I'm thinking the sound would improve and the looks then with a r/w replacement. Tnx.
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I'm going to get around to replacing the plastic bridge on my (my son's) '64 LG1. Here and other threads on the subject assume that rosewood is the best/only choice. I was assuming ebony would be better - because it is a harder wood (plus it more closely batches the black plastic) ... any one have any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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LiveMusic, Hang in there. Your question re. Pickguard wear was legitimate and has appeared here several times. There are some members here who prefer to answer questions before reading them and some who think it's cool to have a guitar that looks like it was rode hard and put up wet. When they get together, it's almost laughable. Sadly, many have left this forum for this type of behavior.
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LiveMusic, Hang in there. Your question re. Pickguard wear was legitimate and has appeared here several times. There are some members here who prefer to answer questions before reading them and some who think it's cool to have a guitar that looks like it was rode hard and put up wet. When they get together, it's almost laughable. Sadly, many have left this forum for this type of behavior.
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What Strings & Gauge do you like on your Hummingbird?
fortyearspickn replied to Markus W.'s topic in Gibson Acoustic
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True Vintage Hummingbird vs Firebird Custom Acoustic
fortyearspickn replied to hustledouble's topic in Gibson Acoustic
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Congrats on your new SJ100. With the price of college tuition, you could hold off buying a decent car, let alone a guitar, for four years. Books probably cost as much for a year as you paid for your guitar. You'll be enjoying your Gibson long after your sheepskin has faded.
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Hey RR - just posted my 3 cents on the "Union Straps" discussion and thought I needed to let you know I agreed with you 100%. The OrigPoster was very clearly making a political statement and then insulted everyone's intelligence by saying he didn't.
People need to be realize that we are not all sheep who will accept the subliminal messages we get in the papers and on TV - a...