JuanCarlosVejar Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Folks, Check it out: JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) What I find hilarious is that the guy refers to the semi-opaque yellow finish as TV yellow, and implied it was developed for use on television. I hate to tell him, but in 1942, when this guitar was made, there was very little broadcast television at the consumer level. In 1947, there were only a few thousand television sets owned by the public at large. Edited November 7, 2020 by j45nick added additional info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 That finish has a common name, but I can't remember right now. Does anyone remember? Randy Wood had exactly that model for awhile several years ago. While he had it, he cloned the body shape in a series of 3 Adi-over-Cuban-mahogany 12-fret "studio guitars." This one was built for the Nashville song writer Ron Peterson. This one sort of looks like a 12-fret version of that model -- but with the incredibly balance sound desired by studio musicians. Let's pick, -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, JuanCarlosVejar said: Folks, Check it out: JC Macca played a D-28 on Blackbird. Isn't the top just a natural finish that has changed color in 70+ years. Edited November 7, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 22 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Macca played a D-28 on Blackbird. Isn't the top just a natural finish that has changed color in 70+ years. Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, j45nick said: Nope. Ok. I see it's the rare opaque yellow. Would have been better as a blueberry or centipede burst. I think those were finished Gibson used in that past few years. Edited November 7, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 40 minutes ago, Sgt. Pepper said: Ok. I see it's the rare opaque yellow. Would have been better as a blueberry or centipede burst. I think those were finished Gibson used in that past few years. The first time I saw one of those, my reaction was "that top has really faded in an odd way." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 1 hour ago, j45nick said: The first time I saw one of those, my reaction was "that top has really faded in an odd way." Centipede Burst looked like D-iahrea Burst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 cfh has got a nice side-by-side photo of a natural finished next to the opaque ('41 & '42) on his guitar hq site (warning: link also has serious vintage Gibson guitar porn images: http://www.guitarhq.com/j35.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, j45nick said: What I find hilarious is that the guy refers to the semi-opaque yellow finish as TV yellow, and implied it was developed for use on television. I hate to tell him, but in 1942, when this guitar was made, there was very little broadcast television at the consumer level. In 1947, there were only a few thousand television sets owned by the public at large. Wasn't the TV-yellow-name introduced on the Les Pauls in the mid50s - like he says as a television-friendly 'colour' in a black'n'white time'n'context. Maybe the paint was already there. And perhaps it could even be from the panzer-paint store-rooms. 🙃 Edited November 7, 2020 by E-minor7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Eeehh the guitar itself. Soundwise it's quite delicate, then again a little poor, , , and would probably be to tight for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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