Haven't posted on here for over 20 years. Started playing when I was 8 or 9 on a Stella flat top my brother owned. Played with it on my lap using my thumb. My love of guitars began. First electric an Alamo single pickup when I was 12 or 13. Then a Conrad when my my Dad brought home Chet Atkins Traveling. Like many learned to finger pick by playing short sections over and over. No idea what a double track was. First Gibson was a ES345 -65/66? Waited a year for my first L5 received in 74 or 5 after I married. Major disappointment. Seemed like a log to me. Sold for 1/2 the down payment on first house though! Went several years with no guitar then found an ES350T. Fantastic! Back into guitars. Had a great job as did wife so I began collecting/playing for personal enjoyment again. Discovered Martins, Benedetto, Etc. All great but Gibsons always seemed more comfortable and always sounded better with superior range to me. Retired 20 years ago and thinned out collection to about one tenth the value but all "players". Hearing diminished now I'm most interested in acoustics. I posted here because I recently acquired a G00. ( Owned a couple of CS Nick Lucas models but just never bonded with them.) This G00 is another FANTASTIC guitar. Love everything about it especially the performance neck, the 1.725 ebony fret board, sound port and surprisingly to me -the walnut. The size also seems perfect. I hope Gibson revisits the Generation series someday soon. They are without doubt on to something. There is lots of pricing room for them upgrade a bit more and still have great competitors for Asian made guitars. I guess they are selling enough high dollar guitars but having retired from a mature industry that over priced itself into oblivion, value is where they should focus IMHO. Will always be a Gibson guy at heart. Guitars will keep you feeling young!
