Buc McMaster Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Sweet looking vintage 50........with the original Cali Girl Lifton case! Yikes! '56 J-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Alluring - Beautiful - Convincing Really like the way the light-hued sides meet the top. Makes it look very together, , , and the case blend in too. I'd say 50.000 songs ring in echo of this oldie. Freight Train, It ain't Me Babe, Fire and Rain, Streets of London and a handful of Pentangle-tunes may be among them. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 . . . or maybe the original owner just went . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88XvpkHS4UE Beautiful guitar. Wonderful level of play wear- looks like someone loved playing it, and took it around. The guitar just gives such an authentic vibe. Is this the typical bridge for a ’56? ‘Thought we’d be seeing an ADJ (?) Love the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I would love to get my hands on that J-50 I can only imagine how good it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 . . . or maybe the original owner just went . . . Yeah, you're right - just tried to imagine some classic 50-stuff. But those strings - highly interesting. Could be fun to put them on and take a listen. One could always roll them off and into that pack again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 I have GAS now Cheers em7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Yeah, you're right - just tried to imagine some classic 50-stuff. But those strings - highly interesting. Could be fun to put them on and take a listen. One could always roll them off and into that pack again. I love the stuff you find in these old cases. Here's some strings I found in an old Lifton case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 One of you needs to buy this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliasphobias Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 . . . or maybe the original owner just went . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88XvpkHS4UE Beautiful guitar. Wonderful level of play wear- looks like someone loved playing it, and took it around. The guitar just gives such an authentic vibe. Is this the typical bridge for a ’56? ‘Thought we’d be seeing an ADJ (?) Love the case. The ADJ was first an option in '56 (ish). My ('57) has the drop in saddle and absence of the ADJ nomenclature on the back center brace. I have heard round about guesses on how many adjs opposed to J50 were made. It would be interesting to know how many chose the newfangled option. Nice looking J50 though Buc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 Looks like it went for $5K. Perhaps a shade high but such mojo doesn't come cheap. Hope it got to the right player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I love the stuff you find in these old cases. Here's some strings I found in an old Lifton case. Precious old candy there - looks like those bags were taken out of an Ivanhoe-movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Aaaah. Fond memories of those old Black Diamond Strings. I don't think I ever changed a whole set - just one at a time when they broke. Don't think my Mom&Pop carried any other brand. Those string packets would look nice framed in a collage. I think those vintage strings are more in my price range than that J50 was ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Grew up w/Black Diamond, too. Usually from the corner drugstore, one at a time. That translated to five pretty dead strings and one that was lively. I still recall how amazing my guitar sounded the first time it got a full, new set😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Grew up w/Black Diamond, too. Usually from the corner drugstore, one at a time. That translated to five pretty dead strings and one that was lively. I still recall how amazing my guitar sounded the first time it got a full, new set😮 If they did not unwind (particularly the G string) before the strings went dead. I am convinced Black Diamond strings were solely responsible for the invention of guitar strings wound on a hex core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 The second best Gibson I have owned in 55 some odd years was a 1956 SJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancJonny Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 The problem with the old cases is that they . . . smell. I have a 1949 J-50: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/138349-1949-gibson-j-50/page__p__1868241__hl__1949__fromsearch__1#entry1868241 I don't keep the Gibbo in the case but on a stand. If I kept it in the old Lifton case not only would I not play it as often as I do (i.e. every day), it would also be a bit whiffy. However, I do remember the feeling I had lifting the guitar out of the case for the very first time and marvelling at how light it was. A treasured memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 The ADJ was first an option in '56 (ish). My ('57) has the drop in saddle and absence of the ADJ nomenclature on the back center brace. I have heard round about guesses on how many adjs opposed to J50 were made. It would be interesting to know how many chose the newfangled option. Nice looking J50 though Buc. According to the excellent Vintage Guitar website only 93 Adj J-50s shipped in 1956, compared with 1058 fixed bridge models. The situation had reversed by 1958, by which time the Adj models were far outselling the fixed bridge guitar which seems to have been discontinued in 1961. Similar shipping figures apply to the J-45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Well, if it's a '56 J-50 you're after.... http://www.williesguitars.com/index.cfm/gibson_acoustics/7/inventory/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojoworking Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I found this really clean 1964 J-50 on an Australian guitar store website, but when I enquired they said it had already sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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