duluthdan Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 What model is this? Love the simple finish, and the simple tones - probably part of the allure is playing for a girl in a park somewhere in FrancE. Oh well, a guy can dream. I have 6 dreadnaughts - maybe its time to add a bit of variety to the line up. I was thinking about, ok obsessing about, looking for an SJ, but I like this little number. Any clues as to model? Finish looks simply fine to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 LGO. All Mahogany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 LGO is the guitar, BUT is that a girl ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 LGO is the guitar, BUT is that a girl ? . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 she's got very hairy legs even for a french girl :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Looks like an LGO from the 60s. Not a great sounding guitar IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Next to Jay Nash is his cohort - Joey Ryan - but I keep looking at the interested listener in the background in the white shirt. I think this is a pretty nice little humble guitar - not a J-45 - but pretty good little number for playing parks in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 That's a guy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR GIBS Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Beautiful! Cool little guitar to have while travelling I s'pose. I was in Paris a few months ago, that looks like the grassy area in front of the Eiffel Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I keep looking at the interested listener in the background in the white shirt. Now ....thats a girl!! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Cool little guitar to have while travelling I s'pose. I was in Paris a few months ago, that looks like the grassy area in front of the Eiffel Tower. Sure it would be nice to have one of these while travelling, and it may be humble by Gibson standards, but I think it is still a bit on the expensive side for a simple backpacker-come-camping guitar. JT apparently travels with his banner LG, though. I wonder if he breaks it out for campfire singalongs. If it really is the Champ de Mars, then it is indeed in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. The Parc des Buttes-Chaumont would have been somewhat cooler. Though perhaps you see more Gibsons on the lawn adjoining the Tour Eiffel. From the second video, it looks like they refinished the guitar using Coca-Cola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I have to commend him for pulling that much sound out of the humble LG0. My first was a '66...beat to crap with good good ladder braced tone. My second was a '64 and not as good, had the plastic bridge. Then I bought a gorgeous 1st year built '58, opened the original case, dark unitone mahogany like the one in the vid like it just came out of a music store. It had a long life under a bed in a nice cozy house. I knew it was a guitar I would have forever. I restrung it, tuned it, pulled it to my lap and spent the next two hours trying to get any acceptable sound from it. Then the next two weeks. Slammed it up on Ebay and shipped to Japan making 50 bucks. What an emotional rollercoaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I have to commend him for pulling that much sound out of the humble LG0. My first was a '66...beat to crap with good good ladder braced tone. My second was a '64 and not as good, had the plastic bridge. Then I bought a gorgeous 1st year built '58, opened the original case, dark unitone mahogany like the one in the vid like it just came out of a music store. It had a long life under a bed in a nice cozy house. I knew it was a guitar I would have forever. I restrung it, tuned it, pulled it to my lap and spent the next two hours trying to get any acceptable sound from it. Then the next two weeks. Slammed it up on Ebay and shipped to Japan making 50 bucks. What an emotional rollercoaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 I have the dark colour early 1958 LG-0. I use it for permanent G tuning (Fingerpicking and slide). Sounds great to me, but I had it set up by a great luthier! It has the chunky 50's neck, rosewood bridge, bone nut etc - none of the plastic 60s stuff... I would be proud to play this guitar anywhere. I posted this track a few months ago of me playing EC's track Running on Faith on said LG-0: http://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/faith1a BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Next to Jay Nash is his cohort - Joey Ryan - but I keep looking at the interested listener in the background in the white shirt. I think this is a pretty nice little humble guitar - not a J-45 - but pretty good little number for playing parks in France. Im glad you cleared this up Dan, I was a little concerned .....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I have the dark colour early 1958 LG-0. I use it for permanent G tuning (Fingerpicking and slide). Sounds great to me, but I had it set up by a great luthier! It has the chunky 50's neck, rosewood bridge, bone nut etc - none of the plastic 60s stuff... I would be proud to play this guitar anywhere. I posted this track a few months ago of me playing EC's track Running on Faith on said LG-0: [url=http://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/faith1a]http://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/faith1a[/ BluesKing777. Goes to show each little git box has it's own voice and range, model/year notwithstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spot Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 LGO. All Mahogany. ..and Ladder braced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 JT apparently travels with his banner LG, though. I wonder if he breaks it out for campfire singalongs. Alas, these days I only take it to campfire celebrations withing the US. The guitar has a fingerboard and bridge made of Brazilian rosewood and my work on CITES has convinced me not to take the guitar across international borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Alas, these days I only take it to campfire celebrations withing the US. The guitar has a fingerboard and bridge made of Brazilian rosewood and my work on CITES has convinced me not to take the guitar across international borders. So it's carbon fibre in the backpack, then! I think we can draw sad conclusions from your legal wisdom, John. I'm sure CITES is aiming at something noble, but when a fine old instrument can't travel, one has to wonder. Your travelling instrument should stand up to campfires all right, but when I checked the model out, I noticed that it's even more expensive than my Gibson. So I'll be looking for a cheaper travel guitar, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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