I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail

[JuanCarlosVejar]

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

[62burst]

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

[slimt]

I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that.     

[62burst]

1 hour ago, slimt said:

I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that.     

 

really ?

 

[E-minor7]

2 hours ago, slimt said:

I owned a Harmony that had a pickguard like that.     

[JuanCarlosVejar]

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

[j45nick]

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?

[BoSoxBiker]

Would that be a Gibson HD-35, minus the forward shifted bracing?

[Jalex]

Nice guitar, but if I bought it the pickguard would have to go.

[zombywoof]

This is one of those if you stuck around long enough you knew something like this would happen things.   

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[slimt]

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.   

[slimt]

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. 

[zombywoof]

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.

[Dave F]

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

 

[62burst]

cool. and good info, Slim/'Woof/Dave.

[bobouz]

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!

[E-minor7]

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.

[Dave F]

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. 

[62burst]

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 . . . 

[slimt]

15 minutes ago, 62burst said:

Imagine that . . . 

They are a quality built guitar.   Necks maybe clubby but still easy to play.  Nice pictures 

[MissouriPicker]

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..

[E-minor7]

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. 

[E-minor7]

Here's a thread that includes a link to the 8 pages 9 years old original Sparrow thread - check post 4 from Jalex.

 

[MissouriPicker]

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

[E-minor7]

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 :