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  1. Some of the CL and FB ads just kill me but I think this one on FB from a "Luthier" takes the cake.

    This guitar has its share of road-worn characteristics. It has its share of scratches, but no dents or cracks. Structurally it has no problems. Someone (not me) pulled the frets out, and never finished the job. At Sweetwater.com, a new one goes for about $3500.00. From what I know, the electronics work good. It’s a bit of a fixer-upper. Mainly for new frets. I received this as a payment, I am a luthier. I’m letting it go for more than half-price, $1500.00 firm. Its original hardshell case comes with it. No trades, cash only, local pickup. Cannot ship, too expensive.

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  2. 7 hours ago, QuestionMark said:

    It is a Gibson  LG-0 model.  An all mahogany guitar.  It is in the LG series that included the Gibson  LG-0, the LG-1, the LG-2 and the LG-3.   All of the models were considered student guitars when the were originally out.  The LG-0 was the lowest price one in the line with its all mahogany body and ladder bracing.  The. LG-1 was the next step up one with a solid spruce top, sunburst finish, and mahog sides.  It too was ladder braced.  The LG-2 and LG-3 were X braced which produced a fuller sound and was the more popular bracing.  The LG-2 was spruce topped in sunburst, the LG-3 was natural finish with a solid spruce top and X bracing.   There is little demand for the LG-0 in the collector market with it having been the lower line model and all mahogany  with ladder.   The LG—2 and 3 models have a much higher demand in the collector market.   Someone on this forum should be able to decode the serial number and offer more info such as its year. 

    QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff

     

    The ‘42 LG1 was x braced

  3. On 3/20/2024 at 6:41 PM, J185cat said:

    I may be wrong about this but I think Gibson did an Emily Lou Harris version of the J200 back in the 2000’s that was a shorter scale. Hey, it’s Gibson. Probably would be easier to ask what they haven’t  made.

    They came up with the L200 which I think was based on the J165. There's one on eBay that the seller offered to me for $2499. I've had a couple J165 configurations, but didn't keep any of them. If this one was in better shape, I'd be tempted.

    Gibson Emmylou Harris acoustic Guitar | eBay

    I remember they made a 1994 J200 Rose for her too. I believe it was full size.

    emmylou L200

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  4. 13 minutes ago, Red 333 said:

    Boy, that's a weird one. It's got the tuners, pickguard, and bridge of the recent 1936J-35 reissue, but the headstock decal of the recent 1942 J-45 Banner reissue.

    The tuners of the 1936 J-35 reissue are cut straight at the tops; the J-45 Banner (and the Legend)  tuners are scalloped at the top, bottom, and corners.

    The 1936 J-35 reissue's bridge has no pearl dots; the 1942 J-45 Banner reissue (and the Legend) have pearl dots.

    The 1936 J-35 reissue's pickguard conforms to the outline of the body; the 1942 J-45 Banner reissue (and the Legend) have a teardrop shaped pickguard.

    From what I can see in the picture, the back bracing does look like the 1942 J-45 Banner's, which is tall, and not the short and stubby back bracing of the 1936 J-35 reissue.

    In addition, I don't believe a Legend, as an accurate repro of a 1942 guitar, ever had a sound hole label (though the  1936 J-35 reissue and 1942 J-45 Banner reissue do have them.

    The Legend also had aged binding and a darker aged finish and headstock decals, etc. At least the original run did.

    My best guess is this is a Gibson, but it's some kind of parts bin amalgam of 1936 J-35 reissue and 1942 J-45 Banner reissue that somehow escaped. I don't know why it would say Legend on the sound hole label, though. Maybe because inconsistency and get-it-out-the-door-efficiency is legendary in Gibson lore.

    Finally, 1942 J-45 Legend (the originals, anyway) were famously all hide glue construction. The 1936 J-35 reissue and 1942 J-45 Banner reissue have top bracing and the neck joint fixed with hide glue, if that's at all a consideration in your purchase.

    Red 333

    Gibson took a break from the more accurate Legends around 2010. In 2015, they started them back up with less accurate features and labels.

  5. 17 hours ago, egoidealmusic said:

    I'll be really curious as to what you think of the brass bridge pins--how, if at all, you think they affect the tone.

     

    A real beauty! 🙂 

    Sounds great as is so I'll probably not mess with it, and I'll probably never know the affect.

  6. 6 minutes ago, J185cat said:

    Okay Dave. How does she sound? To early to get an accurate opinion?

    Still in the honeymoon stage, but I'm really impressed. If I feel the same in a month or so, there will probably be a dozen guitars being moved on.

  7. I haven’t played one but the one on Sweetwater site looks great. I do have a ‘68  J50 Adjustable but I made a rosewood insert to hold a standard drop-in saddle out of necessity that works great. I did not glue anything in and can pull it out and go back to the adjustable. It had a rosewood adjustable saddle that did not sound bad but had to replace it to adjust the intonation. 

  8. I would think you would not any issues getting one made. The Humming bird and even the new J45 Custom Ebony have the bird beak bound necks and are short scale so they're tooled for it.

    From my experience, the maple guitars are not that loud but have a very balanced sweet tone. The J200's (I'm on my 5th one) are not known for being extra loud and that's with the long scale. My fear is you may not like the sound of the Jumbo maple with a short scale. If you haven't tried one a J185 (slightly smaller 16" instead of 17", maple body) is a short scale and I like them.

     

    Good Luck!

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  9. I’ve got a 2013 Slash LP Vermillion like new on eBay you may want to look at. This one looks like it just came from the factory, still had the original strings. I bought it a few months ago in a package deal from a friend, but my electric days are behind me and I have too many.  This one had the R&F Roll logo. 

  10. 2 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said:

    Very distinguished looking instrument, suitable for orchestra pit work in a tuxedo.

    Brass pins are original equipment?  Odd choice.  Pins swaps should make for some interesting tonal variety.

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