RogueBrit Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hope this isn't covered elsewhere - what do we know about the orange/white label thing with Montana Gibby's? - which I started to notice in '07. I bought an MC J-45 (since moved on in favour of a TV) and liked two out of the five or so tried. One had a white label, one the traditional orange - they were made within a month or so of each other, from memory. The TV is '08 and orange label. I have seen at least one '08 J-45 with the white label. I couldn't give a hoot for the label colour, if the guitar sounds good - but, with my sentimental hat on, I think I like the orange better. Is there a story behind this colour switch? Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I'm under the impression the MC series has white labels and the TV series has orange. That may be over-generalization, I dunno. And what if a model isn't really a MC ot TV? The plot thickens. Sometimes I think the factory people are chuckling to themselves, watching us trying to figure them out. "Hey guys, let's use Yellow #46 instead of Yellow #44 in the dots on the J200 guards and see how long it takes for someone on the board to come unglued!" I'm kidding of course..... but it sure would make for some giggly Monday morning parking lot chat in Bozeman, wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueBrit Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Interesting - I've certainly seen MCs with orange - I had one. I think you might be right - but as the Bozeman folk introduced some sanity into serial numbers, I thought there might be some logic around this. If there is, it will be of interest to folks in 70 years time - trying to find out about the vintage models they've just bought (which you and I kindly kept in great condition for them, before we were evicted from this mortal coil) and marvelling at the sound quality of those old boxes made way back in the early 2000 depression era - and made out of WOOD, of all things - it was still available way back then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 If there is' date=' it will be of interest to folks in 70 years time - trying to find out about the vintage models they've just bought (which you and I kindly kept in great condition for them, before we were evicted from this mortal coil) and marvelling at the sound quality of those old boxes made way back in the early 2000 depression era - and made out of WOOD, of all things - it was still available way back then....[/quote'] So someday we will have vintage True Vintage guitars? The mind wobbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always_Black Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 So someday we will have vintage True Vintage guitars? The mind wobbles. That will certainly be interesting times, but what about when Gibson decides to make a re-issue of today's True Vintage models? That is, True Vintage models of the True Vintage models of the True Vintage models. It'll be really interesting when they do a Legend version of these True Vintage re-issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueBrit Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Well, unless something horribly terminal intervenes - I pray it will not - there will be a time when folks look back at today's intsruments as we do at those of yesteryear. You are all right - classification promises to be something of a nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I've a Gibson L-20 which was built in 1994. The lable is Red, white and Gold. "1894 to 1994", 100 years. Nice label....very fancy for Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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