bigtim 147 Report post Posted January 21 This is about the oldest one I have ever saw for sale. I never knew they had electric guitars in the late 1800's https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1874-Sg-Standard-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AngelDeVille 132 Report post Posted January 21 There is a picture in the Getty museum of Abraham Lincoln playing one, through a Marshall stack, so I suspect it’s earlier than that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karloff 389 Report post Posted January 21 It's held up well. don't let Quentin Tarantino near it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Notes_Norton 310 Report post Posted January 21 It even has the old 1800's Gibson Logo on it. But I think you need one of those steam-powered amps to get the best sounds out of it. Notes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigtim 147 Report post Posted January 21 Yeah man those old amps had the tone you know. When I was a kid we used to gather around one of those steam powered Marshall amps to keep warm!! It even has the old 1800's Gibson Logo on it. But I think you need one of those steam-powered amps to get the best sounds out of it. Notes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karloff 389 Report post Posted January 21 Yeah man those old amps had the tone you know. When I was a kid we used to gather around one of those steam powered Marshall amps to keep warm!! and we were grateful ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 266 Report post Posted January 21 You guys need to have the wax blown out of your ears. EVERYBODY who's ANYBODY knows that coal powered Marshall rule! The old steamers just run out of steam when you hit a few power chords. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riffster 345 Report post Posted January 21 Not a fan, everybody knows pre-civil war SGs are the best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drog 43 Report post Posted January 21 (edited) That's the Levi Strauss Copper Rivet SG. A classic! Lol Edited January 21 by Drog Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigtim 147 Report post Posted January 22 Yeah man.....it was awesome to be warming up beside that steam powered amp right before us kids had to go walk to school barefoot in an ice storm up hill 13 miles from home. and we were grateful ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karloff 389 Report post Posted January 22 Yeah man.....it was awesome to be warming up beside that steam powered amp right before us kids had to go walk to school barefoot in an ice storm up hill 13 miles from home. yep. uphill, both ways ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdgm 545 Report post Posted January 22 Am in UK and cannot see it - link doesn't work, new data protection regulations are preventing protecting me from seeing it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Bill 212 170 Report post Posted January 22 LOL, Thomas Edison's Father was trying to keep a secret, failing miserably........GC in Dixie......Not gonna go there, just sayin'..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
