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The operation appears to have been successful. Behold, the Gibsellone Award:
Last edited by Hammertone; 07-19-2022 at 10:09 AM.
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05-09-2022 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
excellent ! I have the same waffle back tuners on the Monty, they are my fave>!
Looking forward to putting eyeballs on it in person
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That is one beautiful instrument!
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Big time WOW !
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Yeah, it is magnificent, well worth a gibson serial run. Wishful thinking no doubt
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Brilliant! It has an endpin jack?
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
I'll dig up a few pix. Here's what we did for exterior paint. I considered something similar for the Gibsellone, but decided instead to show off the funky wood figuring:
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
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purple stank !! )
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Mark has added this guitar to his Gallery pages, here:
Gallery | MCampellone.com | Page 7
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Speaking of resurrection, in addition to the NOS Johnny Smith top used on the Gibsellone Award in the above pix, Mark also acquired a couple of other NOS Gibson carved replacement tops, also dating back to the '50s or '60s. One is a 16" L-4/L-4C top that has already been used on a 16" guitar in his current batch of instruments. Pix of that one to come.
The other is a New Old Stock 17" L-7/L-7C/L-5/L-5C top, and it's available as an option for use on one of Mark's upcoming 17" instruments, at some kind of upcharge. You can see it resting comfortably against the wall in the background of the shop photo above.
A real, carved Gibson top, in perfect condition, air-dried for the past @60 years? Seems like an attractive option to me, but I already got mine. How many of these are available, worldwide? One. This one. And it's gorgeous.
Last edited by Hammertone; 09-02-2022 at 04:19 PM.
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That's a really nice looking guitar! That fingerboard is magnificent.
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Originally Posted by ChazFromCali
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Hey Hammertone, now that you've had it a bit, hit us with some detail in the tone/response report !
Don't sell that one ! ....and dibs !!! ))
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Do you have pics of that top repair? The top looks flawless, how did Mark do that? Beautiful guitar. Would like to hear it being played.
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Originally Posted by ColMc52
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Originally Posted by ssdeluxe
The guitar is currently strung with a set of Pyramid Hand-Polished Pure Nickel Classics - polished, roundwound, pure nickel, round-core strings, .012 - .016 - .022w - .032 - .044 - .054.Last edited by Hammertone; 09-26-2022 at 09:01 PM.
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Originally Posted by Hammertone
I'd be honoured to spank that plank !
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I can see the appeal of having a vintage Gibson top, but can't help but wonder how many artisans with the skills of "a Campellone" Gibson ever employed (not to mention whether they felt motivated to deploy all those skills) ...
Originally Posted by Hammertone
- does it really reduce finger noise?
- does it affect the tone a lot otherwise?
- does it reduce the wrap longevity? (flat-wound G strings don't survive long with me, barely longer than a standard D string on a classical, an issue I never had with round-wounds)
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Originally Posted by RJVB
Originally Posted by RJVB
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As noted elsewhere, the idea of one-off Gibson archtops is not new, and no shortage of them has been produced by Gibson themselves. It was only well after receiving the Gibsellone Award that I stumbled across one of Mike Thompson's guitars, which I believe has a label that identifies it as an L-5CT, with a 1961 serial number. This one must have been a custom order, as it has a Johnny Smith top and a 25 1/2" scale. Siblings! I'd love to check it out and play a few tunes on it.
Last edited by Hammertone; 11-18-2022 at 07:47 PM.
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