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PhilKing

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« on: August 30, 2007, 01:00:22 PM »
These are the rest of my Gibsons (well one is an Epiphone made by Gibson, and one wants to be a Gibson!).

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1963 Firebird III - all original (other than replaced tuners) - has had headstock repair.  Great sounding and playing guitar
Richwood Explorer - everything but the wood replaced!  Warpig & MQ pickups, sounds massive
1965 ES 335 - renecked a long time ago and turned into a dot neck! Unpotted AII Stormy Mondays.  Total Crossroads mojo (alright it isn't cherry!!).
1965 SG Junior - resprayed whiite.  The lightest solid body guitar I own. Having said that, the sound is not at all lightweight.  All the P-90 growl is there.
Epiphone 1964 Double Olympic.  All original.  The Melody Maker single coils have a sound of their own.  The stud and magnet construction gives a totally different sound to the magnet through that Fender use.
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« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2007, 01:05:37 PM »
Nice   8)

That SG Junior is right up my street...
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2007, 01:08:57 PM »
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Epiphone 1964 Double Olympic.  All original.  The Melody Maker single coils have a sound of their own.  The stud and magnet construction gives a totally different sound to the magnet through that Fender use.

That is super cool.  I love those Epi models like the Olympic, Crestwood and Wilshire - if I was ever going to collect vintage guitars, it would be those and things like Juniors and Melody Makers.
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« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2007, 01:20:34 PM »
Gorgeous!

Love the explorer and firebird.
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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2007, 01:26:44 PM »
The SG junior is very nice, say..is George Gruhn yer brother?  :?
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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2007, 01:27:47 PM »
gotta be the firebird for me!!
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PhilKing

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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2007, 01:31:22 PM »
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The SG junior is very nice, say..is George Gruhn yer brother?  :?


No - just 30 years of collecting guitars!
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2007, 01:38:21 PM »
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The SG junior is very nice, say..is George Gruhn yer brother?  :?


No - just 30 years of collecting guitars!


I must say..you have a great eye...and very good taste....not to mention a small fortune there (lol)....(or **possibly a very LARGE one depending on who's tallying)

**on second thought it's a large one, I've had some of the guitars like I've seen in your collection, I've watched the prices go from a couple hundred US dollars in the early 70's to the thousands now..still going up it seems. You have a considerable investment there. :wink:
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2007, 01:42:42 PM »
That firebird is awesome.  I've got an Ibanez lawsuit firebird, but it came without the banjo tuners or any of the other hardware.  If only I could get the money together to get all the bits on it...............may take a while  :(
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PhilKing

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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2007, 01:44:23 PM »
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I must say..you have a great eye...and very good taste....not to mention a small fortune there (lol)....(or possibly a very LARGE one depending on who's tallying)


Not really as much money as they are worth.  Buying them a long time ago meant the prices were much lower.  Even 2-3 years ago you could still get some deals, now the prices are getting crazy.
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2007, 01:46:06 PM »
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I must say..you have a great eye...and very good taste....not to mention a small fortune there (lol)....(or possibly a very LARGE one depending on who's tallying)


Not really as much money as they are worth.  Buying them a long time ago meant the prices were much lower.  Even 2-3 years ago you could still get some deals, now the prices are getting crazy.


 note my edited post (lol) I never paid much over 225 or 300 US dollars for any Gibson I ever bought, and I've had my share, I could never afford the same ones now though, I could kick myself for letting my 63' SG with deluxe Gibson vibrola go about 28 years ago.  :(

It was identical to the 64' pictured on this page> http://www.provide.net/~cfh/gibson5.html

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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2007, 02:14:07 PM »
I can't express my love for the Firebird enough :o
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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2007, 02:17:10 PM »
Explorer for me, that guitar is one of the many reasons why I chose the WP / MQ combo for my Warmoth build.
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