spruce top vintage

[watchunglava]

i have a 67 , is this adi spruce? where did gibson source it's "spruce" from back then?

[rar]

i have a 67 ' date=' is this adi spruce? where did gibson source it's "spruce" from back then?[/quote']

 

With Gibson, there are always exceptions, but, generally speaking, they switched from Adi to Sitka around '44. A '67 is almost certainly Sitka.

 

-- Bob R

[zombywoof]

Agree - prior to the establishment of the Bozeman shop, the only Gibsons I have seen with an Adi top were made during the mid-1940s.

[watchunglava]

so even in the 20's they were using alaskan sitka?

[rar]

so even in the 20's they were using alaskan sitka?

 

Well, if the '20s came after the '40s, I guess so. But I thought it was the other way around.

 

-- Bob R

[watchunglava]

ohh cause you and the other guy said 2 different things . your saying pretty much prewar adi spruce.

 

the other guy was saying only mid 40's

[jt]

As RAR pointed out, Gibson used Adi exclusively (subject to the usual Gibson exceptions) until the mid 1944 switch to Sitka.

[watchunglava]

cool thanks guys . i like both adi and sitka , they do have subtle differences though . so prewar east coast, post war global trade gotcha .

[jt]

cool thanks guys . i like both adi and sitka ' date=' they do have subtle differences though . so prewar east coast, post war global trade gotcha .[/quote']

 

Well, 1944 was mid-War. And, the Sitka came from the US. But, I get your point.