E-minor7 Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Yeah - dig this rocker https://cartervintage.com/products/gibson-j-160e-custom-1965 , , another bridge would have cooled it up, but still. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Strange Bird indeed. Quite an amalgam of features. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Oh sure, it’s ok for Gibson to come up with this sort of bizarreness, but I put a shrunken head at the headstock and a pork chop for a pick guard, and the style police are all over me. Are there many square 160’s out there? The model is easier on the eyes in slope form. The Epi EJ-200 style “filled in” bridge, while correct for ‘200’s of the era, only adds an extra layer of cheese. Nice burst, and the Steve Earle connection reconciles things a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Yeah, kind of a strange beast, for sure.....Not good for a guy of my maturity to play with something that has sharp edges and all those knobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Nice, but I'd have to have quite a few other guitars before I was ready to drop $7500 on that duckling. I do like the cutaway though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 So did the J-160e go from Round to Square and back earlier than the J-45? In it's earlier form (mid '50's to early '60's?), it seemed to look more like a J-45, but with the fretboard bumped out to make room for the P-90, giving 15 frets clear of the body. Looked similar, but the ladder bracing and plywood... The body of the CFcutawayflorentine-1000eSJ-160e in the OP seems to take it's shape from the Country (and) Western and the Hummingbird, c. 1965. Shown to the left of it is a '67 J-160e on Denmark St: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Are there many square 160's out there? Don't seem to be many out there. But McCartney had to one with him to Scotland in the wake of the break-up. That guitar still exists. So did the J-160e go from Round to Square and back earlier than the J-45? In it's earlier form (mid '50's to early '60's?), it seemed to look more like a J-45, but with the fretboard bumped out to make room for the P-90, giving 15 frets clear of the body. Looked similar, but the ladder bracing and plywood... The body of the CFcutawayflorentine-1000eSJ-160e in the OP seems to take it's shape from the Country (and) Western and the Hummingbird, c. 1965. Shown to the left of it is a '67 J-160e on Denmark St: Guess they remained plywood-topped and ladder-braced after the square turn. Not sure, know nothing, , , except that it's hard to see if they actually kept the extra 15th fret free before body start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiday Hoser Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 How many other gems is Steve Earle hiding? 130 guitars? give me a break. From a collection of more than 130, this 1890s Martin 1-28 is Earle’s favorite instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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