JoJo Risin Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Hey all, I am the proud owner of a new Gibson Songwriter Standard Acoustic. My first Gibson!! I can't seem to find information anywhere about the difference between the Standard and the Studio. Can anyone help? Many thanks!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 I don't see a Songwriter Studio listed in the available guitars from Gibson. Many times the studio model is a different type of wood for the back and sides (often walnut) and the body may be slimmer in depth - but not sure about this particular model. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/2017/Songwriter-Studio.aspx https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Guitar/ACCNXQ460/Songwriter-Standard-Rosewood/Antique-Natural http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Square-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Songwriter-Deluxe-Studio-EC.aspx Edited April 27, 2022 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryNimda Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 11 hours ago, jdgm said: http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/2017/Songwriter-Studio.aspx https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Guitar/ACCNXQ460/Songwriter-Standard-Rosewood/Antique-Natural http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Square-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Songwriter-Deluxe-Studio-EC.aspx Interesting... 25.5 scale length for Songwriters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 A few years ago Gibson dramatically changed their website.. Now you have to go to a Gibson Legacy website to find info on models that aren’t even that old.. Gibson is always changing their Model line up.. It’s almost impossible to keep up! Somewhat understandable for a Company that’s been around 100 years plus.. Look how much Cars have changed… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Larsongs said: A few years ago Gibson dramatically changed their website.. Now you have to go to a Gibson Legacy website to find info on models that aren’t even that old.. Gibson is always changing their Model line up.. It’s almost impossible to keep up! Somewhat understandable for a Company that’s been around 100 years plus.. Look how much Cars have changed… Yes cars have changed a lot. The Gibson Company have changed a lot. Gibson guitars have changed only as much as we let them, which is not much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, merciful-evans said: Yes cars have changed a lot. The Gibson Company have changed a lot. Gibson guitars have changed only as much as we let them, which is not much. LOL… Gibson makes changes at their discretion not ours.. About the only thing that stays the pretty much the same are some Body shapes… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) The HJ years were a time of different models and variations on themes, short runs and limited editions. They certainly tried hard and produced an uncounted number of excellent guitars over the 30+ years. I'm not up on my acoustics but here are some of the 'variation on a theme' electrics I can think of. Electro-acoustic with single cutaway, moustache bridge....several the-same-but-different models at different price points. EAS deluxe, J165EC, J180 and 190EC, L4A, the Starburst and blinged-up Super 200EC are some with this configuration. Solid/chambered LP shape or variation with 1 or 2 pickups.....many....many. They tried everything they could think of with the LP shape. And some folks still like Min-ETune. SG variations; sometimes it seems they all look the same but they are not and again there are many. SG-Z anyone? I thought it looked good. Single-or-double cut semi/archtop/ES type, usually 2 pickups....archtop jazzers are an endangered rare species now at Gibson but there were some splendid designs over that period. The double-cutaway L5, the Johnny A, the ES 775, ES 446, 137, 139, 359, 336 and 339....and more. Of course the big failure was the Firebird X - http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Firebird/Gibson-USA/Firebird-X/Specs.aspx And Richlite appeared; not surprisingly controversial but not new really, similar to Ebonol which Hagstrom and Yamaha had used for fingerboards. I look forward to a large book about the HJ era stuffed with full-colour guitar porn. Edited April 28, 2022 by jdgm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 8 hours ago, jdgm said: And Richlite appeared; not surprisingly controversial but not new really, similar to Ebonol which Hagstrom and Yamaha had used for fingerboards. I look forward to a large book about the HJ era stuffed with full-colour guitar porn. The Richlite stuff Hagstrom use they call Resinator. I like it. As for that HJ Guitar Porn book. I'm probably the only member here that would buy it 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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