zombywoof Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Needed to give'em all a cleaning and some new strings so I figured while they were all out of their cases it was a good time to get a photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 nice family! what's the tone like on the kaycraft? i've seen them but never heard one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Good idea zombie We haven't had a roll call recently. Heres 75% of my lot, the flipping lead on the cameras gone and I can't download to the lappie so the jazzer is absent> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here are my daily players - 2 Gibsons (AJ, Bird), 2 Martins (OM-21, HD-28V) and a Tele (the Shanghai Disaster). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here's my current Gibson family portrait. L-R: 1947 L-7, 2000 Historic ES-345, 1932 TB-1, 1975 Les Paul Standard, 1990 Historic L-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 nice family! what's the tone like on the kaycraft? i've seen them but never heard one. The Kay has a brassy sound. The 12 fretters are all ladder braced. Not alot of bloom - the notes decay real fast and it ain't very loud. Great for slide work and some Piedmont Blues. Not a bad strummer but nowhere in the Gibson ballpark. It responds alot better to fingers than picks. The 10 fret model has X bracing and has a warmer bass and crisper highs. Keep the photos coming ya'll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Wilson Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Damn! Give a guy a boner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Fun! Here are my Gibsons: Back row: '04 A, '28 L-1, '30 L-1, '32 L-00. Front row: '37 L-7, '36 L-century, '43 SJ. The L-7 has since been replaced by a circa '30 Nick Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I need to do an updated family shot 'cause the Epiphone EJ-160E and the new Songwriter are missing here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Back row: '04 A' date=' '28 L-1, '30 L-1, '32 L-00. Front row: '37 L-7, '36 L-century, '43 SJ. The L-7 has since been replaced by a circa '30 Nick Lucas.[/quote'] Yours is my favourite Gibson collection here on the forum. I think your choice to trade off the century was a good move, though I am sure you miss the instrument a bit. Your SJ is from an exceptional year, in my opinion and the style A mandolin makes me drool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Fun stuff, indeed, guys. JT-fingerstylists dream. Zomby-as I said on the open tuning post, that Kraft just says "Josh White" to me. Drath--do I detect a Fabs theme? Corner--nice flats, but your Tele caught my eye--Buck and Don! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Fun stuff....But a lot of work getting these boys and girls to stand still for a photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Fun stuff' date=' indeed, guys. JT-fingerstylists dream. Zomby-as I said on the open tuning post, that Kraft just says "Josh White" to me. Drath--do I detect a Fabs theme? Corner--nice flats, but your Tele caught my eye--Buck and Don! [/quote'] i agree. that tele has a really quirky retro look. very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I think your choice to trade off the century was a good move' date=' though I am sure you miss the instrument a bit. Your SJ is from an exceptional year, in my opinion and the style A mandolin makes me drool.[/quote'] Thanks! Actually, I swapped out the L-7 for the Nick Lucas. That Century is a fave of mine and was featured in Frets Magazine a couple of years ago. It's a keeper. Thanks, too, for the kind words about the SJ. It's a really sweet guitar, nearly mint guitar Thanks to all who've posted pics of their collections. Gert stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 What Im playin'-- 05 Aj. 65 J50. Been around the block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 What Im playin'-- 05 Aj. 65 J50. Been around the block glad to see you still have the AJ jk. i still have the blues king, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 beautiful blonde you have there, JK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Thanks, Cunk. It's funny, my preferences run to mahogany, but I kind of fell into this one. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I need to do an updated family shot 'cause the Epiphone EJ-160E and the new Songwriter are missing here: Drathbun: It looks like your 360/12 has the hi-gain pickups on it. Can you comments on the sound of that vs the vintage pickups? I have a 360/6 with the VPs on it. You also have a Strat similar to mine! :-) Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 Fun stuff' date=' indeed, guys. JT-fingerstylists dream. Zomby-as I said on the open tuning post, that Kraft just says "Josh White" to me. Drath--do I detect a Fabs theme? Corner--nice flats, but your Tele caught my eye--Buck and Don! [/quote'] I always associate the Kay Kraft with Blind Willie McTell sideman Curley Weaver. Ya always knew when Curley was going to solo when Willie yelled "Kick it Six." Which Tele - the 1958 or the custom built job? Lordy, your Rics in particular look sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Drathbun: It looks like your 360/12 has the hi-gain pickups on it. Can you comments on the sound of that vs the vintage pickups? I have a 360/6 with the VPs on it. You also have a Strat similar to mine! :-) Fred Hey Fred! I haven't played a Rick with the Vintage pups on it so I can't comment. However' date=' the HG's have lots of punch and with some compression and a slight rolloff on the bass, it is quite chimey! Listen to this: My Back Pages I played that direct in to my mixer and then added compression, reverb and some EQ. I know it isn't as "transparent" as the VP recordings but I like it! The strat is a 50th Anniversary American Deluxe and the neck is to die for! jkinnama: Yes... a definite "Fabs Theme" going on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Hey Fred! I haven't played a Rick with the Vintage pups on it so I can't comment. However' date=' the HG's have lots of punch and with some compression and a slight rolloff on the bass, it is quite chimey! Listen to this: My Back Pages I played that direct in to my mixer and then added compression, reverb and some EQ. I know it isn't as "transparent" as the VP recordings but I like it! The strat is a 50th Anniversary American Deluxe and the neck is to die for! jkinnama: Yes... a definite "Fabs Theme" going on here. Drathbun: Nice take on "Pages"! I used to own a 370/12RM model, and with the on-board compressor, that WAS The Byrds (as it should be....) I found that the 1 5/8" neck was just a bit too narrow for my fingers, and eventually sold the guitar. But, wow, what a sound!! I now have a 660/12 with its wider neck, find it easier to play, and a 360/6: Still miss the McGuinn though. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 1, 2008 Author Share Posted September 1, 2008 It is funny but Rics are the one guitar I have wanted to love but could never make peace with them. I actually did own one - picked it up in a "guitar feal market" back in the mid-1970s for $250 is I recall. Don't know what the model was but it has a "claw" which would knock down 6 of the strings so you could theoretically play it as a 6 or 12 string. I just could never work the tone of that guitar into what I played. But I do still admire them and maybe one day will figure out what the heck to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 It is funny but Rics are the one guitar I have wanted to love but could never make peace with them. I actually did own one - picked it up in a "guitar feal market" back in the mid-1970s for $250 is I recall. Don't know what the model was but it has a "claw" which would knock down 6 of the strings so you could theoretically play it as a 6 or 12 string. I just could never work the tone of that guitar into what I played. But I do still admire them and maybe one day will figure out what the heck to do with it. Whoa! -- too bad you never 'made peace' with THAT one -- that guitar was a 366/12 "Convertible' date=' and worth a pretty penny these days! The claw that you describe enabled (supposedly) the player to remove the 6 octave strings with a simple move of the comb, so that you could play either 6-string or 12-string configurations. Here's a shot of one: [img']http://www.rickresource.com/stt-research/36612body.jpg[/img] Another one: I agree that Ricks are a special flavour that not everyone 'gets'. I like their electrics, but haven't found an acoustic I liked at all. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I've shown my guitar family on an earlier thread but that was before I added the SJ-200. I've been taking care of my friends' Harry and Cathy's place with the cat, Conner and all, so I used their wondeful garden as a backdrop for my only Gibsons. My '04 J-45 and my '07 SJ-200 mc. I was also lucky enough to conscript an aging hippe who was just waltzing down the street whistling "Mellow Yellow", to sit in on the photo to lend a bit of perspective as to size. I didn't want it to look like miniature guitars in a terrarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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