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Here it is—‘88 175 next to my ‘02 135. As you can seen, virtually the same size body. The 175 burst is a little more gradual than the 135. The 135 is all-maple, while the 175 is mahogany back, sides...
I've got a Pete Biltoft HCC (humbucker sized CC style pickup) that is not currently in a guitar, and would be willing to sell it. Humbucker-size Blade Style Single Coil Pickups Black bobbin,...
Interesting, never saw them in the price lists. Good to know.
Stan w/the legendary Rene Thomas and organist Eddie Louis. They did a tour in Europe during this time, Rene was getting some exposure overseas playing w some great American musicians at the time on...
Upon opening the case I was greeted with a bedspread quantity of pink fur: Now the case for my ‘80 was black, with (as I recall) blue fur and no top cover. This seems rather...decadent...
Would be grateful for the benefit of your knowledge and experience.
Bauble-ing in a new location:
There were a few factory gold FHCs for sure. I’ve seen three of them, including that pic, assuming it’s not one of the two I’ve seen before. I’ve seen the original packaging for one of them.
Joao Gilberto sang it in B minor, looking at the videos. But any song can be transposed into any key depending on range issues, of course- B minor probably just suited Joao's voice. A minor might...
OK after 32 years, I am reunited with the model of guitar which I admired the most, and which made me want to learn to play jazz. Thanks to Steve R, who listed the guitar on this forum. It arrived...
I'd been considering presenting "graded" versions of these projects, or at least identifying the devices that make up the challenging measures so they can be studied for their detail as well as the...
g5- here's the actual live date video!...getz is a bit tweaky (he had liver cancer!) but still blowin fine...ever the master... Stan Getz Cafe Montmartre Copenhagen 1987 i thought about you...
TBlock 202 in BlockDock 12HD is a great amp. If you haven't found it yet, check this thread with a really fine demo of 202 by Tim Lerch, but through BDock10. And also my first few posts when I got...
oh, never really looked into it closely. How does one go about it. I thought you need a US address and phone number. Unless you could just input any old bogus details, which doesn’t seem very secure....
Nice story, and congratulations! My first guitar looked a lot like that, though I think it was probably a Teisco or Silvertone, since my parents almost certainly got it at Sears or Montgomery...
1988 Gibson ES-175–woohoo!
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