Anyone into it?
Anyone into it?
Hell yeah she looks Sweet! Enjoy!
Here's my beloved SG, a 2013 Standard (I bought it because I felt this was the first year in a long time Gibson got it right).
And here's a picture of a fellow guitar player, a guy named Robben Ford (you might have heard of him). Robben routinely plays a real '61 Les Paul/SG, but in this picture he's playing mine. And he really liked it. Praised the neck and the set-up, said it played great and sounded great, too (those '57 Classics are pretty sweet). Sadly, I have had to clean the guitar since this photo was taken.
Excellent, Serge!
Jim, I've liked RF ever since I became aware of him when he was playing with Joni Mitchell. Righteously good guitarist.
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
Robben Ford made a mess of your SG???Originally Posted by Gravity Jim
This is a photo of my "twins:" Darkstar and Woody. Some day in the future, I'll sell one to make room for something else.
Wow.
I'm starting to feel a little funny, a little bloated.
Yep, it's GAS. Again. Thanks a lot!
Great looking guitars fellas.
What happend?
Who let the magic smoke out?
No, no... I was just playing off the old "I'll never wash this hand again" lick. I should have put it in it's case and put it up for sale at three times what it's worth, telling everybody that the guitar had not been touched since Robben Ford played it.
At least that's how they'd do it in Marin County....
If we'd known we were going to be the Beatles, we'd have tried harder.--George Harrison
Sigh. I will be working in Marin County all next week. And I may not be able to bring along my practice guitar...
Since this thread doesn't seem to be limited to SG models, here's the rest of my Gibson stable.
2015 Classic "Rock II" Limited Edition.
1998 Gibson Les Paul Special SL
1957 Gibson ES-225
1959 ES-225TD-
Not exactly a "Gibson"- my 1964 Epiphone Olympic (from when they were still made in the Gibson factory). This is a fun guitar!
Don, I find it interesting that Gibson went from a single pickup ES-225 to a double pickup configuration. Or was this an option? When I got mine back in the late 1970s, I didn't know anything about them. I was offered a sweet deal for it and I grabbed it. Am I glad I did!
Dual pickups were an option. That's why mine has the "D" at the and of the name. I held out for that when I bought mine a few years ago. I was lucky to find a clean, though "messed with" guitar at a reasonable price.Don, I find it interesting that Gibson went from a single pickup ES-225 to a double pickup configuration. Or was this an option? When I got mine back in the late 1970s, I didn't know anything about them. I was offered a sweet deal for it and I grabbed it. Am I glad I did!
I'll bet it sounds great! Mine was my go-to guitar for many years. I mostly played it acoustically, but every now and then I'd plug it in, and it could put out some serious sounds, especially when cranked up.
Then, I found Fender electric guitars, and realized I'd been playing an acoustic electric for so long...
OS, will you have time to make it to the Bay Area version of the California World Guitar Show? It's a killer, and it starts at the end of next week....
https://www.facebook.com/California-...45727892180267
If not, make sure you spend some time at Bananas At Large in San Rafael. GREAT guitar store, and they've got some of Joe Satriani's and Neal Schon's gear on the floor.
Grrr, I wish you hadn't posted that! I'm working in Novato all week, and am booked on a return flight Friday. So now I'll know I missed something great! I might have a chance to make it to San Rafael, but likely only on Sunday. It would be worth taking a detour just to check out Bananas At Large! Thanks!
Jim, at your urging, I stopped at Bananas At Large today en route from SFO to my hotel in Novato. It was raining so hard (flood warnings on Hwy 101) that they had the door locked to keep it from blowing open. But they let me in and I spent about 30 minutes talking and walking and ogling. They offered to let me play anything I wanted, but fortunately -- for me -- there wasn't anything that leaped off the wall at me.They did have one of the Fender Magnificent Seven Light Ash Telecasters that I bought last year, and we spoke about that for a moment.
Only a man with his son, searching out the youngster's first guitar and amp and another older fellow in the Squier/Affinity/Beginner section. Made me think that if I wanted to try out a guitar, I wouldn't have to feel self-conscious about it!
I left because I had a gnawing hunger, for food and not guitars, and I managed to leave without buying anything. I read on another post that you'd been in earlier and picked up a pretty sweet Tele. When I saw the pic, it made me think of my Triple Tele! Looks like you beat me to anything that might have tempted me!
1937 L-5...flamed beauty...
Oh man, I love that ES-225!!! Drool!
Since this thread doesn't seem to be limited to SG models, here's the rest of my Gibson stable.
2015 Classic "Rock II" Limited Edition.
1998 Gibson Les Paul Special SL
1957 Gibson ES-225
Since my last post I've added another. Still has the plastic on the pickguard.
That Studio looks killer!!!!
Since you asked...
Lesters and ES 335
Acoustics (with a couple Guilds snuck in)
and one last acoustic...
Luv me some Gibsons...
"We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness." Mark Twain
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