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Topic: countrygentlemen /PLEASE CLOSE THIS |
Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 6:56 am |
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A PLAYER HERE IN TOWN WHO DOES NOT HAVE A COMPUTER
HAS THIS FOR SALE,,
PLEASE CLOSE THIS UP THANKS Mike
gibson country gentlemen guitar for sale
04 year
it is orange in color
these are sort of rare he tells me
he wants 2000.00 plus shipping for it
for pics/or more info you may call him at
423 946 6774 ANYTIME his name is
TOMMY MAUPIN PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME
hes a good guy and im just doing the add for him
thanks Mike
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 9:33 am
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| Gibson made a Chet Atkins Country Gent for a while. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 9:38 am
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But that was maaaaaaaany years ago.
Not in 2004 |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:04 am
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Bill,
I guess I was thinking of the ones from the '50s.
Still, Gibson wasn't making them in 2004, were they? |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:11 am
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Pretty close to it. The last batch was made at the new Gibson plant in Memphis. I just looked on Ebay and saw a 2005 Chet Gibson model Tennesean.
The serial number on the back of the headstock will determine the date. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:21 am
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Bill,
What guitar was it that had the pad on the back of it? |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:39 am Guitar
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you fellows may be right all I know is what
the owner told me
he said it was a gibson
interested partys should call the owner
thanks Mike  |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:43 am
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Does it look like this one I bought a few years ago when a decendent of the Gretsch founder bought the company back:
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 10:45 am I dont know
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I dont know I have not seen the guitar
thats why on the add I stated conntact owner for
for pics and info...... |
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Bill R. Baker
From:
Clinton, MS USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 1:20 pm country gentleman
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| I have a Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman guitar that I purchased 10 years ago in 1998. I bought it new for $2500. If this guitar is in fact a Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman and if it is good condition then this is a very good price. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 15 Oct 2008 5:50 pm
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These are fairly common. I know a few guys in Canada using these guitars. They sound great!
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Jackson Steel Guitars
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John Borchard
From:
Athens, OH 45701
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Posted 16 Oct 2008 9:55 am Gibson Chet Atkins model
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Chris LeDrew's pic should clear it up. Most of us "old timers" associate "Chet Atkins" and "Country Gentleman" with Gretsch, but Gibson did make a Chet Atkins model -- as Bill Hatcher states -- from the late '80s into the early 2000s.
The first one I saw was Kenny Vaughan's when he was playing with Kim Ritchie and I believe he used it when he was playing with Lucinda Williams. Great sound -- but then he could make a Teisco with 2 strings sound good!
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 16 Oct 2008 10:21 am
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I saw Kenny Vaughn play last night! He was with Marty Stuart. Great show. He played a D18 the while night, and even sang a few. I have video. 
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 16 Oct 2008 3:51 pm if this item sells
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if someone here buys this guitar
please let me know im sure well I hope seller
will let me know but still post me
thanks Mike |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 18 Oct 2008 10:08 am bump
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bump
Tommy needs to sell this guitar
hes got a lot on him and needs the money
as most of us are hurting just now so is he
thanks Guys Mike |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2008 10:23 am
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Erv, there were no Gibson "Chet Atkins" models in the 50's either - THOSE were Gretsch. And the back pads you are thinking of are Gretsch as well.
If I recall correctly...and I may not be correct...the "book" price is around $1500. Unfortunately, this isn't a popular model and values have not held up well, but if it's mint it may well be worth two grand.
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Dennis Wireman
From:
North West Indiana 47978
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Posted 18 Oct 2008 10:31 am gibson
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| vintage price guide states 1987 to 1995 |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2008 10:49 am
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These are bringing an easy $2K on Ebay.
Gibson stopped making the Chet Atkins CG in 2005. There are certain years where the guitar construction features changed including a different center section, different fingerboard markers and different switch location. That might expain the dates in the vintage guide. The earlier models have a solid maple center, heavy as heck, but a great sustain. The next version has a chromyte (balsa) center to lighten up the guitar a bit.
I have three of them. Two are first year 1987 built in the Gibson Custom shop with the Custom Shop decal on the back of the headstock. There were 200 made there until Gibson got the assembly line set up in the regular factory. These are nice guitars with a 1 3/4" nut width that makes fingerstyle playing a bot easier with the added nut width. |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 8:09 am bump
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| bump |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 10:53 am bump
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| bump again |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 23 Oct 2008 5:34 am bump
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bump
yeap times they are hard
mabe better days are ahead of us |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 28 Oct 2008 7:15 am bump
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| last bump from me |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 28 Oct 2008 7:35 am
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Erv
I had a 1968 "Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gentleman" and it had the pad on the back of it.
Sorry I sold it to buy a '79 Gibson Les Paul Custom. Nice guitar but not worth what my "68 would be today.
Don |
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