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To: EGPWS

Nice SG! Keep it good and under no circumstances lend it to friends/relatives, LOL!

When I played electric in the 60s-70s I bought a brand new Mosrite Ventures. Wonderful but high maintenence guitar. Then I went all acoustic and after marriage pput it all away.

Decades later I let my then teenaged oldest son use the Mosrite. Dented, buckle rash...I finally sold it to a collector who was extremelly happy for paying $2000 even in less than pristene condition.

Right now I have 2 Silvertone acoustics, one is laminated the other is real wood. Both sound great after I set them up and I paid less than $100 total.

Also have a real tele and a strat copy. They are OK but like I said I am into acoustc fingerstyle.

I’d love to get a Gibsom Hummingbird or Songwriter. The Seagull guitars from Canada are also interesting.

I’d also like to try an archtop like a Gibson 335 or Epi copy.


39 posted on 08/06/2012 12:45:36 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: prisoner6

I have two friends with 335s, and I am jealous of both of them. And they are jealous of each other, which makes it more funny.


44 posted on 08/06/2012 1:07:40 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)
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To: prisoner6
I’d love to get a Gibsom Hummingbird or Songwriter.

Both are sweet guitars. However, if you've never played one, I might suggest that you also try a J-45 and a Southern Jumbo.

Both the Hummingbird and Songwriter are square-shouldered dreadnaughts; the J-45 and the Southern Jumbo are round-shouldered.

Gibson built its acoustic guitar reputation on round-shouldered guitars (and the J-200). They simply have the distinct "Gibson Sound." The J-45 was introduced in 1942 and is Gibson's most famous and widely used acoustic guitar. It's nickname in the guitar world is "The Workhorse." The Southern Jumbo is essentially the same guitar, except with some Grand Ole Opry bling.

Early Bob Dylan is played on a J-45 or Southern Jumbo. All of the photos of John Lennon playing an acoustic guitar in India? He's playing Donovan Leitch's J-45.

The J-160s the Beatles player were essentially J-45s with electronics built in.

You'll enjoy a Hummingbird or a Songwriter, but they'll sound more like a generic dreadnaught. Any of the round-shouldered dreadnaughts, like the J-45, will have the distinctive "Gibson Sound."

67 posted on 08/07/2012 10:43:12 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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