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Fullmental Alpinist

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  1. Easy there, Smeagle. Easy. But that picture should be banned. Every time I look at it it just looks more and more, well, precious. Precious. MY PRECIOUS!!!!!!
  2. Don't sweat it, pappy, you're welcome here if you like birds. The bridge and saddle look pretty messed up; looks like it might have been removed and replaced. But, then, compare it with this one (1963) which is for sale for $5500 more and you'll see the same crack: Guitar dater project lists the date of your guitar: 1. This result is a match only if the serial number is impressed on headstock and stamped on headstock Your guitar was made at the Kalamazoo Plant, MI, USA in 1964 Production Number: 163765 A rough bird, but the price reflects it. I'd buy it simply because the shipping is only $2.64 and you'll be getting a steal to have it shipped USPS First Class for only $2.64. (It'll probably look like kindling when you get it, but, hey, the shipping was a bargain.)
  3. Resources is it? Buy this book. Seriously. Money back guarantee to have you playing blues in minutes. Then watch this guy's videos. (I know he's an Aussie but Flatbaroque or BK777 can translate for you.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddM5RlWSJ4E&list=PLeL81vpHnM7S1f67XZ9YAuj_nfaRX73Cr Finally, if you've really got the blues, buy one of these. I dare you. It costs less than a new guitar. Hope this helps Sal.
  4. Check out this discussion. I think we might have been talking about your guitar in some of the later posts. Hogeye knows all about this period as his posts in the thread show. Maybe he'll chime in here to clarify. J-180/Everly post I think we may be talking about your guitar in posts 19 and 20 of that link. (edit: we're definitely talking about your guitar there.) Could you please post pictures of your guitar? We'd love to see them (both the Gibson and the Steinegger). And sound samples would be icing on the cake.... Thanks!
  5. Pardon my ignorance, but do they still use a laminate?
  6. nezhawolter, Welcome to the forum. Nice to have you aboard. Just curious, nezhawolter, but I was wondering, do you ever feel like the woman in the green sweater? I'll vote for DR Sunbeams too.
  7. Don't feel bad. I heard a radio interview with Don McLean several months after American Pie came out. He stated then that the words didn't mean anything he just strung them together. FMA
  8. Which Elvis J-200? The King of RockJ-200? or the Gibson Limited Edition J-200? [#7 of 250 and previously played by Melbourne musician Fergus McAlpin. (Maybe Flatbaroque, EuroAussie, or BluesKing 777 can tell you who that is....)] Why not an Elvis Presley Dove? Black or Sunburst? Here's a great link on the Elvis Doves and on the difference between Doves and Hummingbirds. I can tell you that I started searching ebay for an epiphone EJ-200 a couple of years ago and now the price is at least double what it was back then. If you check out the recent thread here on the forum you'll see that the real Elvis J-200 was recently played on British television by Elvis Costello in the company of Priscilla Presley. Makes me wonder if they're shopping it in preparation for auctioning it. So, if it does go to auction the price of a Gibson repro might go up as well. Don't know, maybe someone here has an opinion. (Clapton's Martin from the Unplugged concert sold for about $950k. Somewhere around that time Martin started selling a non limited edition Clapton acoustic which is still being sold by them for around $3k.) It's possible that if the Elvis J-200 goes to auction Gibson might start another run of the collectors' model. What will that do to the price of the original run of 250? And what they'll price the new ones at is anyone's guess. If he reads this, Hogeye would be a great source of info on what Gibson has historically done. Dave F and MP are both collectors so you should heed their information. And by the way, Welcome to the Forum! FMA
  9. I always enjoy hearing the story of your J-50/45. I believe you wrote once that the error was pointed out to you by someone on another forum? Thanks for reminding us of this, Zomby. Too easy to get caught up in minutiae and ignore what the guitar sounds like.
  10. 97 grams equals 3.42 ounces. Not as much as I would have thought. Thanks for posting that. FMA
  11. Matt237, Didn't happened to weigh your guitar before and after or weigh all the elements of the pickup, battery and bag, and loom etc? I'm curious how much weight the pick-up system adds to the guitar. FMA
  12. I've heard of people putting the speaker on its side and the guitar on top of that and leaving them together when they leave the house.
  13. Yikes, Matt! Had to Google P.E.I. to figure it out. Now it makes sense. Welcome to the forum! FMA
  14. Emiliano, Welcome to the forum. All the way from Rome, huh? Glad to have you here. Thanks for posting the photos of your LG-2. Very nice guitar. FMA
  15. Actually, I think that's the Gibson Ravi Shankar signature edition. Question is, if they make a lefty version will JCV will buy one? FMA
  16. Looks awesome. You could certainly start your own side business. Just one thing: You have access to a laser?!?!? FMA
  17. Here's a listing that just appeared for a used Epiphone ej-200e to give you an idea of the prices for the Epi version. The seller's description and terms are a bit much.... Epiphone Elvis I have no affiliation with this guy or his little brother. FMA
  18. Agree with everything you said. I switched from the Masterbuilts after they changed the packaging and apparently the maker. They began sounding horribly brassy out of the box and took a couple of days to settle in. Then they sounded very good, tho. The DR Sumbeams sound great shortly after I put them on and stay that way for quite awhile. Plus I can go up to 13's easily because they are not as stiff as other strings. I've been meaning to try the Pyramids because they have received great reviews as well. Coated strings? Nah, my chemistry seems to destroy them very quickly. Don't know why. Thomastik Infeld Spectrums? Maybe the best sounding of the lot but they're very stiff and very thick so 13's will barely fit through the bridge hole and are very hard to bend. And at $24 per set discounted I think I'll pass. FMA
  19. More Posts! More vids please!

  20. Quite nice! BTW I ran across your Un course la nuit the other day and had a great time playing along with my harmonica. So good, I tried to download it but apparently you can't do that on Soundcloud. Nice stuff! FMA
  21. Actually, BBG, the guitar's back is made of the extremely rare Antipodal Paparazzi Wagga Wagga Mahogany. I thought only Maton was using it, however. BK, excellent music once again. And the sharpness of your pictures is astounding. I know you've posted it before, but what camera/lens set up are you using? Thanks for posting, FMA
  22. Hey, Lester, welcome to the forum. You'll want to repost this in the Acoustic forum where the acoustic guys hang out. There are plenty of really knowledgeable folks there to help you. And if you can, please post pictures (and a sound bite?). I'd love to see what that guitar is all about. FMA
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