JuanCarlosVejar Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Folks, For your consideration 1 used but very elusive Gibson Sparrow Dreadnought. https://reverb.com/item/33640026-gibson-sparrow-acoustic-electric-2012-sunburstohsc-papers-fancy-hummingbird No affiliation with seller. JC Edited July 4, 2020 by JuanCarlosVejar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I'd rather be (have) a short-scale Hummingbird Rosewood than a long-scale Sparrow if I could Yes I would, if I could, I surely would Oh, that pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, slimt said: I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that. really ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, slimt said: I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 4 hours ago, 62burst said: I'd rather be (have) a short-scale Hummingbird Rosewood than a long-scale Sparrow if I could Yes I would, if I could, I surely would Oh, that pickguard 😂😂😂 thanks for keeping the shtick going. I’ll admit the guard was the only weak point of the guitar . JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 That pickguard is...... ugly. Looks like a five-year-old created it. (no offense to five-year-olds intended.) The guitar itself is interesting, but not my cup o' tea. Hmmm, long-scale, square-dread, rosewood? Where have I heard those specs before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Would that be a Gibson HD-35, minus the forward shifted bracing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Nice guitar, but if I bought it the pickguard would have to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 This is one of those if you stuck around long enough you knew something like this would happen things. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 7 hours ago, 62burst said: really ? yup. It was in the Cremona series archtops from the 30s. I owned a Clipper with the airplane engraved guard and one very similar to this guard. , I got both of those from collector out of Post Falls Idaho . They were pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 6 hours ago, JuanCarlosVejar said: 😂😂😂 thanks for keeping the shtick going. I’ll admit the guard was the only weak point of the guitar . JC The Sparrow reminds me of the J60 that Gibson made. I wonder if its the same specs. You do post some interesting guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, slimt said: yup. It was in the Cremona series archtops from the 30s. I owned a Clipper with the airplane engraved guard and one very similar to this guard. , I got both of those from collector out of Post Falls Idaho . They were pretty cool. The Cremona line was, as far as I know, the only Harmony archtop to have a carved top. The one I lusted for was the cutaway which Harmony only offered for one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, zombywoof said: The Cremona line was, as far as I know, the only Harmony archtop to have a carved top. The one I lusted for was the cutaway which Harmony only offered for one year. I found a closet queen Cremona that my luthier talked me out of. He slapped a pickup on it and uses it as one of his main stage guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 cool. and good info, Slim/'Woof/Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobouz Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I also used to own a Harmony Cremona from the ‘30s with a carved top. Art deco headstock with Harmony inlay that looked like a vertical theatre marquee from the period, with Cremona intersecting diagonally. Really liked that guitar, except for the huge neck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 8 hours ago, slimt said: The Sparrow reminds me of the J60 that Gibson made. I wonder if its the same specs. You do post some interesting guitars. Yes - the J-60 was there first. I guess these are guitars you need to try 'in person'. May take you by surprise as something else, , , for NO, they are not H-Birds or Doves at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 1 hour ago, bobouz said: I also used to own a Harmony Cremona from the ‘30s with a carved top. Art deco headstock with Harmony inlay that looked like a vertical theatre marquee from the period, with Cremona intersecting diagonally. Really liked that guitar, except for the huge neck! One thing that surprised me was that the top braces are part of the carving, not glued on. Had a very nice maple sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 18 hours ago, Dave F said: One thing that surprised me was that the top braces are part of the carving, not glued on. Had a very nice maple sound. Imagine that . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 15 minutes ago, 62burst said: Imagine that . . . They are a quality built guitar. Necks maybe clubby but still easy to play. Nice pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I seriously considered and almost bought one at GC a few years ago. Not many of them around. I must have gone up and played it 5-6 times over a few days. A real brute in the sound department and very nicely made, but I couldn’t get past the pick guard. The name didn’t bother me (although I’d have picked a different bird name), but that pick guard just did not seem natural for a Gibson. Maybe A Taylor...lol..........If I remember correctly, we had a good discussion in here regarding the pick guard——too modern, drawn by a kid, not traditional.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, MissouriPicker said: I seriously considered and almost bought one at GC a few years ago. Not many of them around. I must have gone up and played it 5-6 times over a few days. A real brute in the sound department and very nicely made, but I couldn’t get past the pick guard. The name didn’t bother me (although I’d have picked a different bird name), but that pick guard just did not seem natural for a Gibson. Maybe A Taylor...lol..........If I remember correctly, we had a good discussion in here regarding the pick guard——too modern, drawn by a kid, not traditional.. Yes, we had a passionate discussion about the Sparrow 3-4-5 years ago. Someone presented a brown-burst version and I even believe the person behind the creation of the guard chimed in. Would be fun to see that thread again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Here's a thread that includes a link to the 8 pages 9 years old original Sparrow thread - check post 4 from Jalex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Roxx said: 8 minutes ago, E-minor7 said: Here's a thread that includes a link to the 8 pages 9 years old original Sparrow thread - check post 4 from Jalex. Couldn’t get it to copy, but there’s also a thread on it from December 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, MissouriPicker said: Couldn’t get it to copy, but there’s also a thread on it from December 2011 Yes, it's the one Jalex links to - here it is again. Thread of all threads : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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