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    NGD x4!

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    Oooh.  I like yours!  It's a good lookin' guitar!  I only play mine as often as it comes through the rotation.  I practice with a different guitar every night.  I just practiced with it the other night.  I do like it a lot!  I bought it when I was in Los Angeles on vacation.  When I got it home and was cleaning the case, I found a pick inside.  It was from a band called The Go-Lords.  When I searched them on the internet, I found a picture of the guitarist in the band playing it!  It has the distinction of being played by a REAL guitar player! :)

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    NGD x4!

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    I have what I think is a "lesser known" model, a Gibson ES137 Classic. Its a superb semi hollow, that is perfect for jazz/blues i play. I've wondered why it wasnt more popular, and discontinued in 2012.

    (you probably  have one;-)

    Neil,

      Yes, I do!

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    Congrats on the new additions Ben! You have quite an impressive collection!! :)

    That new tele you have is nice looking! :)

    Thanks Barb!!!

    NGD x4!

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    @bwillard Great Ben! So when does the new house entere the picture to contain all these lovely instruments? 😉 

    Yeah, my music room is getting a little cramped! :)

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    Ben - Someday I need to travel out west and visit the Gibson museum! 🙂

    Congratulations - all are great looking guitars!

    I don't have museum-quality guitars.  I do love them, however!

    NGD x4!

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    Neil reminded me on last Tuesday's guitar lesson that I bought a few more guitars that I haven't posted.  I bought the first one in October but never got around to posting it.  Here is the Mega-NGD thread!

    First up - 2008 Dark Fire.  It is Gibson's 2nd Generation Robot guitar.  This one wasn't working when I got it, but I'm pretty good with electronic equipment.  It runs perfect now!

    Dark%20Fire.jpg

    The next one is a surprise find.  My wife saw it sitting behind the counter and asked them to pull it out.  There is almost nothing original on this guitar.  It has even been refinished.  Here is my 1976 SG Standard:

    SG%20Standard.jpg

    The next Guitar was one that I was looking at when my wife spotted the SG.  I decided that I really didn't need another guitar but she surprised me with it for Christmas.  It's a 2019 Classic Lite:

     

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    The last one is the biggest news of all!  It's true - I've finally gone over to the Dark Side.  Here is my new Limited Edition Fender American QMT Telecaster with the Pale Moon Ebony fingerboard:

     

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    I'm hearing that they only made about 350 of this guitar.  It was a Black Friday special.  

    I guess I'm probably set with new guitars for a couple of months. 😛

    Ben

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    NUGD

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    Very cool Ben.  My question, in a spur of the moment, which two do you grab for a gig or save from disaster? Do you keep these in a vault to keep them safe and sound?😁

     

    Greg,

      That is a tough question about which two.  Hopefully I'll never have to decide!

    Here is how they are currently stored:

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    Well, this is how most of them are stored. :)  I need another rack!

    NUGD

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    Posted · Edited by bwillard

    GAS strikes again!  I found this one at a guitar auction in Casper, Wyoming.  Here is my "new" 1997 BluesHawk:

    BluesHawk.jpg

    It has a Varitone circuit in it.  None of my other Gibsons has a Varitone.  It is the chicken-head knob

    BluesHawk%20Closeup.jpg

    It is smaller than a Les Paul, and my smallest semi-hollowbody.  The guitar really SCREAMS!  It doesn't have standard P-90s - it has "Blues" P-90s.  The difference is that there is a dummy coil in the circuit.  Wait, doesn't that make them humbuckers?

    BluesHawk%20Back.jpg

    It also has a 25 1/2" scale length and a string-through-body setup.  Strange for Gibson.  Another toy for me! :)

     

    Ben

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