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Mr. Smith was apparently engaged in filming another movie at the time. 🙂

Well, if nobody else is gonna contribute...... METALLICA IS ON KIMMEL TONIGHT (a poem) Metallica is on Kimmel tonight and that got me to thinking a sit-down pondering alright and not just because I’m drinking I’m thinking about the new music scene compared to the days of old How it was to how it’s been well after we sought control Metallica is on Kimmel tonight and they’ve been to a group therapist Thin Lizzy would just as soon get in a fight after getting falling-down pissed Sammy Hagar is on Jay Leno’s Garage show Janis was on Southern Comfort and heroin Alice Cooper is on the golf course now instead of bourbon and oxycontoin Jimi never got to be a grandad because of the barbiturates and booze A sober John Mayer became the Berklee grad Keith Moon is in a permanent snooze Sex, drugs, and rock & roll Maybe not all it was cracked up to be Perhaps sobriety is better after all Better than dying at 27, surely Metallica is on Kimmel tonight And so Def Leppard might be on Jimmy Fallon KISS on Graham Norton alright on the couch next to Woody Allen I guess it all comes down to not being dead Though it’s not for a lack of trying Better to work it out with Dr. Phil and Buckethead than to end up tragically dying Okay, I'm gonna shut up now. 😐

Me and dang old Blue love it. 🙂

Oh, that's fabulous! Please tell him a long time fan says hi! Mickey was drumming with Daryl and John when I saw them live back then, along with Charlie, T-Bone, and GE Smith of course. So much talent on one stage. Daryl referred to Mickey as 'the best looking drummer in all of rock and roll' during that show, when he was doing introductions and brief solos. Funny and great times! 🙂

The short-lived (1980 to 1984) Gibson Sonex 180 series of guitars were very much oddities. Their bodies were "Multi-Phonic construction with Resonwood surrounding a wood core", though the necks were maple with a rosewood fingerboard. Replacing the S1 and Marauder as far as 'affordable' options, they sold reasonably well, but never captured the hearts of the Gibson faithful. I lived in Germany during the meat of the run of them, December 1981 thru Summer of 1984, and only set my eyes on one after I was back in the States. Had a chance to buy a used one that I saw in a pawn shop in Birmingham, AL in 1985, while I was up there for a Hall & Oates concert. It would have cost me $225 used, and my first ex-wife balked at such an extravagant purchase. This web article offers some GREAT information on the Sonex 180 guitars. https://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/gibson/Sonex.php It was probably fitting that my memory of the Hall and Oates concert venture is linked to that Sonex guitar and also the Pontiac Fiero (the sponsor of the Big Bam Boom concert series). Synthetic Resonwood Multi-phonic body guitars and poor-selling cars with plastic, synthetic body panels. There's some connection there, I think. Just can't put my mind to it at this moment. 😐

That's a fine-looking guitar, Bill. I really like it, a lot! 😀

It is hard to beat that deal, that's for sure. It will be worth waiting for. 🙂

Welcome, FireBirdMan. You own an impressive collection of fabulous Gibsons, surely! I checked out LoudMotor on the interwebs, and you guys are appropriately named. Great rock and roll!! 😀

I'm a Sweetwater guy to the bone, but Musician's Friend has it in stock and ready to ship. https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/kramer-the-84-illusionist-custom-graphic-electric-guitar/l86839000001000?cntry=US&cur=USD&utm_content=L86839000001000--Kramer+The+84+"Illusionist"+Custom+Graphic+Electric+Guitar+3D+Black+White+Swirl&source=3WWRWXGS&gclid=Cj0KCQjwm9yJBhDTARIsABKIcGYMTA_oKjz4p_bxQcTGhMrt9Pq94Vx_b0yxd1tVFj4O21wVRLsGCHsaAtX6EALw_wcB 🙂

NotaCGP, I live just north of you, in Harvest, AL. Call me any time you want to chat about guitars and playing musical instruments and making useful noise well into our 80's. PM sent. 🙂

I have gotten pretty good at preparing ribs the Memphis style, and slow-baked in the oven at that. Today I smoked a couple of slabs of ribs, St Louis style. Six hours of dedicated smoking and tending. Good stuff, with cole slaw, red potato salad, and some cucumber salad (German prepared) from my garden. Mmm..mmm.mmm.mmmmm! 😀

He seems stoked over the whole thing. 🙂

What do you call a dog with no legs? You can call him whatever you want, he's still not coming. 😬

I did a bunch of gardening, after brunch with the in-laws. Rode the bicycle for about an hour, and then did some tinkering on a Cort G series that I picked up used recently from a pawn shop, for $140. A G255. Very interesting and good-sounding guitar!! (And thankfully no dings or chips.) Some previous owner pulled the EMG pickups out of it, and installed some conventional passive ones. Works for me. Well, except for the bright white pickup covers he had on the single coils, and the stark white appearance of the bridge pickup. I took the SS covers off today, and then distressed and then added a semi-chrome cover over the bridge pickup. In the end, a good investment. I especially like the Wilkinson bridge and the roller nut. 😀

What's next? Git-coin? 😗

It's an interesting question. All the details are spot on, save the absence of the Gibson headstock logo, as well as the embossed serial number on the back of the headstock. Perhaps some previous owner felt compelled to sand-down and repaint the headstock at some point, as rct surmises. My gut tells me it's real, and that some headstock damage forced an unfortunate repainting. Tragic too, because it would be tough to ask the going Reverb rate of ~$,1400 or even the Blue Book value of $900. 😞

*sigh* (This is me sighing.) I enjoyed the OP's post and video link. I actually owned a used 1970's Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. A gold top. It was my first electric guitar. I saved all my pennies from my job at Hardee's to acquire it. I owned it from 1977 until early 1978. It was a boat anchor. It was heavy. But a joyful guitar, back then when I owned it. I was a teenager. I posted, with no thought whatsoever, "Ten pounds of joy". And then, because it reminded me of a song lyric from one of my favorite artists, "haul away, haul away, haul away". Eventually I was forced to elucidate. Very few of you here apparently ever heard of the New Zealand artists Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House, or the song, Haul Away. So I quickly and summarily apologized for over-reaching. That's all I got on this Friday evening. I love Gibson Les Paul Deluxe's. I wish I owned one. Haul away. 😐

I'll buy in, but only if your gig back is Genuine Gibson, dolphin-safe, culturally-diverse, gluten-free, and is constructed of tone enhancing materials. 😐

Tim Finn, from New Zealand. Split Enz, and occasionally Crowded House. Neil Finn's older brother. The song was Haul Away, from the Time And Tide album, 1982. Lyric was 'ten pounds of boy'. I over-reached. I'm gonna shut up now. 😞

Wow, such a gorgeous guitar!! 😍

Man, I don't know. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress always struck me as a CCR song. Until I realized it was the Hollies, a British band. Of course, John Fogerty sued The Hollies and won half the proceeds from the recording for reasons that I can't divine, so..... I'm gonna shut up now. 😐

Welcome, Steve. You are a good man, and that is a GORGEOUS Gibson Les Paul. Congratulations, sir. Glad to have you aboard! 😀

Sophie the Boxer says, "Can you all keep it down just a bit? I'm trying to get a nap here." 😐