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  1. Nope! My poor ole 1937 L-0 may have looked like the black one above ...once....I can see black near the edges of the pickguard.....but the whole thing was ...err...ruined, is the only word. Finish stripped. Etc. My luthier saved it to a playable guitar by...neck set, new fretboard, new bridge, new tuners, nut, saddle...etc, etc, etc.. It needs a few tweaks at the moment but he has been incredibly busy......4 months to fix my Martin binding, so far. BluesKing777.
  2. Excellent! A lot of work there Thanks and happy holiday to you and all. BluesKing777.
  3. No, no, no ...NO! I am the BluesKing777, not the BluesQueen777, thank you!😆 BluesKing777.
  4. All good then....keep it, ignore the mark, dry it a while and get the tuners upgraded! (luck of the draw quality but I have the really nice Gotoh Kluson style tuners on my old 37 - someone had araldited the old ones). A shop here has the new one listed ‘in advance’ - when it turns up, I will try it out.......then buy a used one from someone that bought online and doesn’t like the neck!😆 Would I change the white guard? I know it is history for the white on black early 32-33 and all that but there is a much despised team (that always beats mine) with black and white jumpers! What if I was mistaken for a fan? Phhh! But... I like the old firestripes but not so much the modern ones.....maybe no guard! Anyway, enjoy your new guitar! Out comes my old 37 L-0 next. BluesKing777.
  5. Cool. How are you finding the setup of the guitar off the rack? Playability? Tone? Full report! New model Gibson acoustics are a rare thing. BluesKing777.
  6. Well, if you want to sell it and the buyer says: ‘What’s that?’ to your new mark - you can say Murphy did it! 😃 For now though, it might pay to drape a towel or t-shirt over a guitar stand and leave the guitar out? Dry a bit.... BluesKing777. P.S. My tuxedo Waterloo has had a hiding since the L-00 Murph was released, let me tell ya.
  7. So you bought the ‘aged’ model but.....ha ha...don’t want any marks on it? It is now a bit more ‘aged’. BluesKing777.
  8. Well, my first ‘good’ guitar was the Telecaster I played about 14 years before I bought an old Dobro! No idea what bridge spacing would be on the Tele but theDobro was a shock. I could probably get a Custom Shop Tele now with a huge V neck and wide spacings! And relic’d.. BluesKing777.
  9. Yes, the L-00 Murphy is probably the only current model of any interest to me...as long as they keep the specs as is. Gibson should definitely be encouraged to do more L-00 wide necks! Some strange decisions made at headquarters - the Murph Labs acoustics get released with a 'new' model L-00 but not with the current Historic series LG2 Banner reissue and I was scratching my head a few years ago when the Historics were released with that LG2 with slim nut and that they didn't have an L-00...... BluesKing777.
  10. Congratulations! That burst looks great! Enjoy! BluesKing777.
  11. No idea, really - but they could probably do a quick trade in the Hummingbird blankets from the video to the Hummingbird players! (Or is that what they are flogging - the blankets?) BluesKing777.
  12. And I thought the various Custom Shops were little rooms off the main factories with hand made stuff! Boing! Wrong!😗 And a bonus video tour of the main Gibson electric factory: BluesKing777.
  13. Any acoustic with 2 3/16" bridge spacing or less isn't designed for fingerpicking! For plectrum players.... The only contender in the current Gibson Acoustic catalogue that I can see is the new Murph Lab L-00 with supposedly 60 mm bridge space (almost 2 3/8").... I have a 2002 J50 that I bought at a pawn shop because everyone says it is.......etc. I like it, great guitar - but it is not a fingerpicker, and it is on the 'gone list' if used guitar sales pick up. BluesKing777.
  14. I had the same thing with another movie stream company - got the free trial, watched the Yellowstone series as soon as I could - cancelled it but they still charged me for the next month. I emailed a number of times, no reply, so I actually rang them and vented! Still got charged and proclaim to everyone that they will never, ever, ner, ever get my cash ....blah, blah.... So it is obviously how they all operate. And now I just HAD to watch the Peter Jackson Get Back doco, was sensational 6 hours and now I have Disney Plus😝, no free trial and lots of kid shows to watch. BluesKing777.
  15. Here ia a video tutorial I saw if you want to learn 'Now And Then'... BluesKing777.
  16. Update: I know, I know, I said I would never, ever, ever, ever sign to Disney Plus....... I had a look around to get the Bluray of the (2021) Get Back documentary (Peter Jackson) and came up with ....zip. Better Half said she would sign up and we could watch ....but she took too long and.... I have signed! Disney Plus. But we have both been engrossed watching the documentary - watched about 1 episode a night for 3 nights....... Glad now, that is fabulous! And Dig a Pony is still going around my head....... BluesKing777.
  17. That is great! I watched both through my TV with my feet up last night, very clever.... I then watched the official trailers for Peter Jackson’s Get Back, also fantastic but a quick scramble around Google tells me I have to sign to Disney Channel to watch it all! What? Is that John getting the last laugh? 😶 Currently begging the Better Half to sign up in her name.....don’t want mine on the thing. And I guess it means my Beatles Complete music and TAB bible is........incomplete? BluesKing777.
  18. Well, they WON'T want to reissue my 1972 Tele Custom! (Why oh why did I polish it every hour on the hour all these years? And 3 times after a gig? It would be worth more if I left it in the shed) 😁 BluesKing777.
  19. The overall theory is simple really - sell a new guitar reissue of a old famous model and recreate the old look for people who want it NOW and don't want to bother with broken ole things....😬 Originally started by Fender repair department to match old guitar parts after repairs, then when the vintage Fender prices went to the stratosphere, famous touring musos wanted exact replicas of their famous guitar to take on the road, saving the old guitar for...??? the glass case. Then, Fender Custom Shop started offering relic model Fenders - new guitars that looked like an old model. And everyone laughed. Then Gibson Electrics....exact replicas of '59 Les Pauls! Etc.... But mostly, they offer guitars now that are the 'light aged'. Would Gibson Acoustic be brave enough to release a replica of something like my 1937 gibson L-0? Unlikely! 😁: BluesKing777.
  20. As people on various forums have pointed out when ‘aged’ or ‘relic’ acoustic guitars are announced - how will we know if THAT ding or THAT gouge is supposed to be there? Was that in the plan or a booboo that can pass as ‘aged’ now? Where an expected ‘perfect’ finish is pretty easy to show flaws.........it wasn’t all that long ago that I picked up some great acoustic guitars leaning in the dark part of the shop for unloved guitars because they had.....gasp....pick scratches and buckle marks! What a silly world, eh? How will we know what to look for when the relic guitar is 10 years old? (I would still get that L-00 Aged if it played/sounded good/was built correct! Save worrying over the first ding!) BluesKing777.
  21. Yes, I saw that one, but wasn't entirely sure what we are looking at! Maybe stand back a bit and photo both guitars? Here is my J50 with bad finish checking, sometimes caused by rapid change of temp ( cold car to warm house?) - previous owner did it - not Mr Perfect!☺️ Do you think your checking should be straight like this? Is that what you mean? BluesKing777.
  22. That fellow could talk underwater! How about getting a couple of good close up photos of your 2 guitars and show us exactly what you mean....? BluesKing777.
  23. Waterloo ladder fan number one here, so...... Big chunky V. I like all the varieties of the small body 00/000/OM/L-00 guitars, including my rather junky old 52 LG1. So, as they say, you need to try them - go for the big long drive and try the Gibson L-00, the LG1s, a Waterloo....etc Photos: 1952 Gibson LG1 fresh back from repairs a few months back: Waterloo WL-14X left, Waterloo WL-14L right (back when they were new): BluesKing777.
  24. I recently got my 1952 LG1 back from my luthier.......the ladder brace sound is the reason I have it........not many modern guitars have that tone! Get the LG1 to try it - you don’t have to marry it! The nut is 1 11/16” but the neck is fairly chunky 50s Gibson -I often capo up to 3 for more ‘spread’. Slide sounds great! For more ladder braced real estate, consider the wonderful Waterloo WL-14L (ladder braced, 1 3/4” nut, 2 3/4” bridge spacing, V neck, great build and playability from Collings). BluesKing777.
  25. Elixir PB 12 on all mine! Including my LG3, JT! BluesKing777.
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