Dave F

His was the 'Grand Piano of Guitars'

I’ve had a few of those. Took about 5 months to dry them out.

My guess would be the strings or the guitar sat in some warehouse before it came to store and was over humidified. Just guessing based on previous experiences.

I'm not one for making video's but I did get a friend to do one for these guitars. A couple of members have this model and have posted videos. Quite a few from John Thomas who wrote the book "Kalamazoo Gals". If you go to his YouTube channel you will see more. Tom Barnwell is another member here with a collection that is amazing. I put one of his videos down below too.

I had a couple Chet CE's (Classical Electric) and one Chet SST (Steel String). I liked them both. I like the Nick Lucas the other one is playing. I liked their single "Just the Way It Is, Baby"

Just a generation gap. I grew up in the 50’s and early 60’s. You may have heard of some of my guitar hero’s but maybe not all of them. Hank Garland, Billy Byrd ( these two gave us the Byrdland guitar), Harold Bradley, James Burton, Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry, Chet Atkins. There were many more as I grew older. Even though I don’t /didn’t keep up with the next generations, if I saw a video of some of the popular musicians of the day, I was impressed. I just didn’t get obsessed with them or follow their careers. I watched HardRock Vault video with John5 playing some guitars they pulled out of their vault. He blew me away. I still do not have any desire to follow his career in Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and Motley Crew (I had to look those up)

Nope

It’s called ‘showing your age’

Is that the blonde that plays the electric guitar for him? I've seen videos of her, very talented. Again, an artist known for her electric work with an acoustic sig???

I would think the targeted demographics for Taylor and Miranda would be different. I'm not a fan or am I familiar with either and don't have an opinion of either so I guess 70+ year old men don't fall into either demographic, but I do buy a lot of new Gibson's. I couldn't name one song from either of the ladies. But this is true of most of the artist models in the current line-up. Miranda Lambert Bluebird - Bluebonnet – heard of her, can’t name a song Keb’ Mo’ “3.0” 12-Fret J-45 - Vintage Sunburst – I’ve heard him a few times and liked him, no desire The Everly Brothers SJ-200 - Ebony – I want this one Noel Gallagher J-150 - Vintage Sunburst – never heard of him Elvis Dove - Ebony – My DIF trumps this one Elvis SJ-200 - Ebony – Have it, love it. Nathaniel Rateliff LG-2 Western - Vintage Sunburst- never heard of him Jerry Cantrell "Fire Devil" Songwriter - Ebony- never heard of him Jerry Cantrell "Atone" Songwriter - Ebony- never heard of him Dave Mustaine Songwriter - Ebony- never heard of him Dave Mustaine Songwriter, Signed - Ebony- never heard of him Orianthi SJ-200 - Cherry- never heard of him her Slash J-45 - Vermillion Burst - Heard of him, Guns N Roses, can’t name a song. I thought he was a Les Paul guy??? Tom Petty SJ-200 Wildflower - Antique Natural- heard of him, can name some songs, no desire Frank Hannon Love Dove - Vintage Cherry Sunburst – never heard of him Eric Church Hummingbird Dark - Cobra Burst – Heard of him, can’t name a song I did run across this video of Taylor unplugged, solo playing a Gibson. Not bad.

Here's a couple Gibson all mahogany. The one on the left is a '42 LG1 (x-braced) The one on the right is a reissue of the other one. I no longer have this one.

All mahogany body. Top, back and sides.

My best friend and I started playing guitars together at 12 years old in '64. We're still best friends and still get together and play, just not as often. We had a band but never played out because he was too shy. In my later teens, I joined his older brother's band and started playing out in the bars for a few years. When we were in our mid 40's, he decided he wanted to start playing out. He came to me to get advice and to learn some songs. My advice was to stay out of the bars, which he did. Working with him for solo work had two obstacles. He wanted to speed through everything and could not play a 3/4 time. We got through it, and he played around town for quite a few years. Whenever he had a large venue, he would get me or one of his brothers to join him.

I really like the guitar. Playability and tone. I have a few all hog guitars. I bought it used. It came with the OHSC, COA and Inspection report. That’s unusual for a used guitar

Quite a few of the custom short runs do not have much information. I have a 2016 Sunburst version of this guitar.

Open the video in YouTube Select Settings Select Playback Speed Select Custom A slide Bar will appear Slide it to where you want to run. I did .8 for your video.

This is incorrect. Every day they reset the last three digits. I don't know if they start at 000 or 001. After number 099 it goes to 100 ........ Granted most of the numbers start with 0 since the first 99 have a 0 The Nashville plant would be using the 9 digits instead of the 8 digits Here's a Bozeman made guitar I bought last year. The last three digits are 118.

Good job on a difficult song. I thought your tempo was a bit fast so I went into the settings on YouTube and changed the playback to .75 (I think .8 would be better, but it was not an option) That really nailed it for me. Made it "Bluesy", even the vocals. Try it! Edit- I got off my phone and on the laptop. YouTube does have a custom setting for playback. I set it to .8 and it sounded great!

Plenty of quality add on sound hole pickups that don't require modification of the guitar. If interested, you can get a lot of good advice here. Not from me 😉 The only add-on pickup I have is on a vintage guitar and it sounds great.

'78-'92 they used the Martin system then they changed to goofy and reinvented the system about every ten years. You need a decoder ring.

I agree. I like Martin's system. I used to like Taylor's system but they got a little goofy too.

From the Gibson site. You will note that in 1977 they started using an 8 digit number. In 2005, Gibson USA (not the acoustic division) switched to a 9 digit system. Gibson USA Custom models use a completely different number. You can read all the details for yourself at Serial Search (gibson.com) Here's some excerpts from that site. Since your number has 8 digits and shows it was made after 2005, it's a Montana built acoustic. Hope this helps and quit using those serial number decoder sites. In 1977, Gibson introduced the serialization method that we primarily use to this day YDDDYRRR The pattern is as follows:YY is the production yearDDD is the day of the yearRRR is the factory ranking/plant designation number. Since 1989, all Gibson acoustics are built in Bozeman, MT and all Gibson electrics are built in Nashville or Memphis. Ranking numbers for Bozeman start each day at 001 and the electrics may start as low as the 300s. NOTE - Gibson USA goes to a 9 digit serial number in early July 2005..The sixth number is now a batch number- batch 0 starts at the beginning of the day, and once we stamp 699, the batch number will change to 1. The first 5 numbers remain the same, the last 3 numbers will remain the same. The only difference is the addition of this batch indicator.

You’re looking at the Gibson USA numbering system that only Memphis and Nashville used. You’re mixing Montana numbering system with the Tennessee numbering codes.

Acoustic serial numbers do not state where they were built. It is assumed that it's Montana. The Gibson USA system is different and did code the plant. 10729066 = 2019 10729066 = 72nd day of the year 10729066 = 66th guitar assigned a s/n on that day