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Well, I'm coming to this topic way late, but I've got a list. I started buying/trading in the mid-70's, and was very lucky. I guess my philosophy has always been kind of like Duke Robillard's... play, enjoy, try something else (see if the grass is any greener), and let somebody else enjoy. A few regrets, sure, but all in all I'm just happy I was able to own all of these (I certainly could never have afforded to keep them all)...

 

1968 ES-345 sunburst, stop tailpiece, smooth player (traded ?70 strat for it, circa 1980).

1964 Barney Kessel regular model, cherry sunburst. Bought at local shop in 1981.

1960 ES-330 (early 1960, sb, dot inlay, black p-90's, clear top knobs). $200, ad in paper. Sold for $450. Wish I could buy it back.

1953 ES-5 sb, clean beauty, all orig. Got in trade for Kessel and ES345 (1985).

1951 ES-350 minty, sb, two p-90's, great sound. Received in trade for ES5 and a vintage amp.

1964 Super 400CES, bought in 1986 from Robben Ford... repaired broken neck, no pickguard (hole worn through finish).

1965 ES-355 (black, stereo, trapeze...). Bought for $600 at local shop.

(not a Gibson, but...) circa 1940 D'Angelico New Yorker, blond, noncut. Traded Ford's S400, ES350, and ES 355.

1950 ES-350 natural finish, customized, probably by Gibson employee (according to Gruhn appraisal), a la Barney Kessel- C.C. pickup, Grover Imperial tuners. Bought from Lark Street, circa 1986. Switched out Byrdland p.a.f. in bridge position for a P-90). Traded (circa ?'88) for 19?61 ES-355.

1961 Super 400 CN (McCarty p'guard/pickup assembly, somewhat rough condition, amazingly flamed maple back and sides...didn't play very well). Bought from ad in trade paper. Traded (along w/ ES-355) to Gruhn for 1940 ES-250N, summer 1990.

1961 ES-330, sb, almost like the '60, but the neck was significantly narrower.

1961 ES-355 cherry red, stereo, stop tailpiece; received in trade for ES350CC. Traded (along with ?61 S400CN) to Gruhn for ES-250, summer 1990.

1940 ES-250 rec. in a trade with Gruhn in 1990... orig 250 pickup replaced with a 150 pickup (minor difference), formerly owned by famous Nashville session player Harold Bradley...a great axe for single lines, but not as great for chording.

 

I think I miss the 350N(CC) the most, but now I have an L5 with a CC, so I'm doing okay. ;)

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good topic , it's what brought me to this forum although the two guitars I'm currently trying to relocate are not Gibsons (this site is linked to the Kramer site) I've taken the task of tracking down this particular Kramer and Strat on as my personal pilgramage/ mid life crisis moment.

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