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Topic: Does anyone recognize this customized Gibson? |
Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2014 9:25 am |
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Here is an interesting guitar that apparently was found in a pawnshop in Nashville, Tennessee. It likely started life as a 1955-1966 salmon-colored Gibson Century 6.
Thought that perhaps someone would recognize this distinctive instrument, and would be able to offer some details as to its owner and/or its customizer. Doubtful it came out of Kalamazoo looking like this.
Does anyone recognize this customized Gibson Century? |
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2014 3:47 pm
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I didn't know Liberace played lap steel 
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Michael Kienhofer
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Goulais River,Ontario,Canada
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Posted 8 Nov 2014 8:53 pm
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| Tom Snook wrote: |
| I didn't know Liberace played lap steel |
Ha Thats a good one you got me laughing ! |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 8 Nov 2014 9:06 pm
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I would say that qualifies as garish, maybe even lurid. What did they do to the fretboard? Oy vey ist mir! Kind of looks like they were trying to emulate the shape of an E-Harp's fretboard.
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Bob Poole
From:
Myrtle Beach SC, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2014 1:50 pm Customized Gibson
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It's on EBay right now with a starting bid of $400.
..Only 1 day & 6 hrs.left !!! |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 9 Nov 2014 3:16 pm
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I don't know who did all that to that poor little steel but they must have had a lot of spare time on their hands. 
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Glenn Uhler
From:
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2014 12:16 pm Button Collector
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I liked Russ's comment about the button collector. I was at an old button factory once, and they had burlap bags full of pearl and abalone button blamks sitting in the warehouse. They said the blanks were old (50's maybe), and that nobody wanted real pearl buttons anymore, since they often broke. That was probably the source for these inlays.
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Fred Layman
From:
Springfield, Missouri USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2014 7:59 am steel dots
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| Looks like measles to me -- may be contagious!!! |
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Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2014 4:36 pm
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A friend of mine had an old Gibsom Mandola that had been given the reinstone treatment. She had them removed except for a few on the headstock just to give it some sparkle on stage.
Did Elton John ever have a lap steel player? |
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