Hairy Dave Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Gibson has quite a few signature guitars already - but if you could create a new one, who would you have endorse it, what model would it be and what spec would you like? Or, do signature guitars not float your boat at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasAK Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I think I would want a ReverendChas signature. It would be a Southern Jumbo with advanced hide glue adi. bracing and top. A batwing pick guard. It would have the modern standard neck. Isa.45:22 would be in scriptedon the 12th fret and some special inlay on the peg head. There wouldalso be a Sitka top option. All joking aside, signature models do not float my boat. Though,I would like to play one of the new SherylCrow Southern Jumbo sometime. chasAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-1854Me Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Okay, I'll play....... Two Bob Dylan models: A non-banner script logo J-50, red spruce top, light bracing hide glue..... yummy; and a natural-finish Nick Lucas Tom Petty J-200 Keef Hummingbird -- sure thing. Two versions, one natural and one in the obligatory Cherryburst. And a Fred J-185. I'll endorse it. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 a Ren Ferguson L00 =D =D =D . he should have a line of gibsons ! but other could be a Rev. Gary Davis J 200 or something like that JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Well that would have to be the L5Larry L5-P. All they have to do is build a perfect recreation of the '47/'48 "L5 Premier" in tobacco sunburst and send it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Lefty Frizzell’s Bigsby/Gibson SJ-200 I'm showin' my age http://www.retrofret.com/Press/Bigsby_SJ-200_8.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I'd like to see a Johnny Cash J200. He had two of them (a gold burst and a red burst) and one got stolen. I've read that the stolen one (with a red sunburst) was the one he used on the original recording of "I Walk the Line." It's the guitar that people used to mistake for a snare drum on the recording, but Cash didn't have a drummer then and he was muting the strings to get the effect of a snare drum. You don't get a good view of the guitar until the end when he stops singing, but this does look more reddish than golden. Well, to be honest, maybe it is more golden ...lol... I'd also like to see a run of Dylan's J50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putmonk Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 J45 tobacco sunburst with cutaway John Mayer signature. I know he playes on a Martin, but I would definitely buy such a guitar in a heartbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Interesting mix there guys :) I'm surprised we haven't seen a Dylan or Cash signature yet. I'm unsure about signatures to be honest. Nothing against them other than they seem to come with bigger price tags! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putmonk Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Interesting mix there guys :) I'm surprised we haven't seen a Dylan or Cash signature yet. I'm unsure about signatures to be honest. Nothing against them other than they seem to come with bigger price tags! Haha, you're absolutely right. the name keeper gets paid too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Interesting mix there guys :) I'm surprised we haven't seen a Dylan or Cash signature yet. I'm unsure about signatures to be honest. Nothing against them other than they seem to come with bigger price tags! the non pickup version of the JB model is 3.8 k I think ...as least for me that is a decent price JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'd like to see a Johnny Cash J200. He had two of them (a gold burst and a red burst) and one got stolen. I've read that the stolen one (with a red sunburst) was the one he used on the original recording of "I Walk the Line." It's the guitar that people used to mistake for a snare drum on the recording, but Cash didn't have a drummer then and he was muting the strings to get the effect of a snare drum. You don't get a good view of the guitar until the end when he stops singing, but this does look more reddish than golden. Well, to be honest, maybe it is more golden ...lol... I'd also like to see a run of Dylan's J50. Larry do you know anything about the gold one ? would be cool to see it =D JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A Jorma 1956 (I think) J-50. But not the typical Gibson "RI" meaning just having the proper cosmetics. I am talking one with period accurate top bracing and the whole enchilada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yggdrasil Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A Jorma 1956 (I think) J-50. But not the typical Gibson "RI" meaning just having the proper cosmetics. I am talking one with period accurate top bracing and the whole enchilada. +1 - although some idiot who worked for Gibson a few years ago destroyed any chance of a Jorma Sig. IIRC, the J-50 is a 59. Another option is the sig Jorma actually started with Gibson about 6 years ago - it was to be a copy of his early 90s John Walker built J-35, with the same Bella Voce inlays that is on Jorma's guitar. That guitar was actually sent to Gibson to have bracing, etc. duplicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A rosewood natural top L-00/Nick Lucas deep body with a Guild bridge and a Martin pickguard. Hello '60s Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 +1 - although some idiot who worked for Gibson a few years ago destroyed any chance of a Jorma Sig. How come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 the non pickup version of the JB model is 3.8 k I think ...as least for me that is a decent price JC Hi JC, I'm not sayin they're not good value. I'm prob more jealous I can't afford em haha. The JB appears to be a fantastic guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 Juan, I think the gold one is still around. I keep thinking I've read that Marty Stuart has it, which kind of makes sense because Cash gave Stuart several of his guitars and Stuart has a huge collection of Country Music items from the past....I was just looking through some of my info and it looks like he had three J200s and John Carter Cash said one was sold after his dad's death.. The missing one is still missing. BTW, this looks like the gold one. Kind of tough to tell in black & white. All this info I have I got from The Johnny Cash Forum. Cash's daughter, Kathy, and his long time friend, Bill Miller, are frequent visitors and freely answer whatever questions they can. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqjD8uzBUhA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 A Jorma 1956 (I think) J-50. But not the typical Gibson "RI" meaning just having the proper cosmetics. I am talking one with period accurate top bracing and the whole enchilada. By 1956, we're talking non-scalloped top braces, wider and lower back braces, etc. These are the guitars that were built to the specs shown in the Collins J-45 plans available from stewmac and others. It would be interesting to compare the tone of a new one built to these mid-50's specs to a new J-45/50 built on the earlier top and back bracing patterns. I suspect they would be fairly similar, based on my own experience. Of course, any guitar Jorma plays is going to sound pretty good. That guy is one of the greatest fingerpickers, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Maple banner J45 (The Russ Barrenberg). Rosewood Nick Lucas (you can call it a Norman Blake. Unless its a 13-fret, which makes it a Bud Dolan. Or, just a Nick). The shoulde've made a Jorma, but that horse fled the stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 How come? Somebody had to prove he was the boss by killing the project, upsetting Jorma more than a little. I'm not sure the relationship is irreparably broken -- in fact, I have an idea how Gibson Acoustic could get back on Jorma's good side -- but it would take some work on Gibson's part to fix it. -- Bob R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Beach Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Tom Petty J-200 YES! Me and my broke college student self would do what ever it takes to get one of those. You don't really need two kidney right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 If I had a wish involving signature model guitars, then I'd wish that sig models had never been thought up in the first place. I once found a truly special sounding Martin 000-18. I really liked it and it was at one of my all-time favorite stores where great deals were to be had without any haggling required. Unfortunately it was a Woody Guthrie signature model, and even though we share the same last name, I just flat out don't care for someone else's "signature" on what would be my guitar. So I passed on it, just as I do with every signature model I've ever seen. But then that's just me. For what it's worth, I don't consider something like a Les Paul to be a signature model, at least not in the sense of the marketing-driven examples that are primarily being discussed here. If a person played a significant role in the design and development of a unique instrument, then I don't have any problem with their name being associated with it. If Gibson had decided to create a Ren Ferguson model based on the man's design and development work that resulted in something fairly original and unique, then I'd have no problem with such a guitar. Bottom line: the signature existing on the guitars I own that I get the most excited by is simply "Gibson". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Dave Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 For what it's worth, I don't consider something like a Les Paul to be a signature model. If Gibson had decided to create a Ren Ferguson model based on the man's design and development work that resulted in something fairly original and unique, then I'd have no problem with such a guitar. Bottom line: the signature existing on the guitars I own that I get the most excited by is simply "Gibson". +1 from me Guth. I wonder if Gibson ever did develop a Ren Ferguson what would he have them make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 For what it's worth, I don't consider something like a Les Paul to be a signature model But it is... much like Gretsch and the Chet Atkins line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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