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double pic by mistake. 2 TF’s
Originally Posted by medblues
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04-24-2023 04:27 PM
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Have fun bro.
Take joy in figuring out which one you are going to take with you, when you go play for God every Sunday.
I hope the Byrdland adds many more years of playing comfort to your life.
Your collection of guitars is really like no other in the world. All brand new, hand selected examples of the finest Guitars ever made - all kept in absolute, dead mint condition. AND.. Not strap pin to be found anywhere except the ones Gibson places on the rear end.
Awesome Bro. Just awesome.
Joe D
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Thanks Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
1-11/16
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Bro I still have my blonde Florentine cut on order with TMZ. I just got this one to hold me over for the 1-2 years that I have to wait now. This one will be offered up to our private group for a smoking deal when the blonde arrives. This one has a wonderful creamy tone and plays like butter. Arrow straight neck. Originally Posted by Max405
You, Dougie, or Marco would love a Byrdland. They are great guitars unless you have really big hands. My first really nice guitar was a Byrdland when I was a puppy.
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Vinny wrote: "You, Dougie, or Marco would love a Byrdland. They are great guitars unless you have really big hands."
You are probably right. Perhaps if Doug and I had Byrdlands, we would not have developed the hand problems that we have.
I have 5 gigs this week. I am not touching a guitar except for the time I am on the bandstand for fear of injuring myself. And the guitars that I use this week will be strung with 10's.
A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.
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Back when Aaron Cowles had his shop, I brought in guitars for various reasons. For those who don't know, Aaron was one of the top Gibson luthiers when Gibson was in Kalamazoo. He would spot all kinds of minor "flaws" on guitars, which really were within specs but not perfectly done to his standards. These were true details, like on the headstock whether the layers on the black binding were perfectly angular at the point.
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The greatest talents are in the past but there are a few really good ones now but they like us are getting up there in age too. I don’t see any great new talent or maybe they just don’t make what floats my boat. Originally Posted by Marty Grass
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Great photo, Vinny! Originally Posted by vinnyv1k;[URL="tel:1262173"
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My first really nice guitar was a Byrdland when I was a puppy.
In the summer of 1968 the US Army rotated me back to the States, assigned me to The Pentagon. On the way there I got married; my new bride and I rented an apartment in VA for the nine months left in my enlistment before moving back to NYC. Something unexpected happened--we decided we liked suburban living, both found jobs at NASA GSFC, I decided to start another jazz group, instead found another guitar player whose good friend/keys/singer had a line on numerous gigs if we played rock/pop/soul (and some jazz for the occasional cocktail hour), put together a band that lasted 4.5 years until we moved back to NY, but well north of the city.
In the short time we were in VA my new bride had a taste of what life with me would be like as I bought an SF Fender Bandmaster, Kustom 2-12 combo, '68 Johnny Smith and '60 Byrdland. The Byrd showed up in the local Want ADvertiser with no description. The guy on the phone claimed it was his son's. Went into DC to check it out. I was hoping to find a Florentine cut, it was Venetian, missing guard, had a cracked inlay, gold wear and some weather checking, but no structural issues, played well and sounded great. Was priced really well, too. Under the guy's bed were two other cases. One had a D'Angelico A or B (don't remember which), the other a Stromberg Deluxe. The guy said his son wanted to sell only the Byrd. I never believed any of that; nonetheless bought the Byrd, had it for eight years until I bought a Florentine.
Photo from 1969. Maraca guy is our drummer, guy by window is band groupie, I have idea what was taking place here:
1971 photo, my main gigging guitars:
Danny W.Last edited by Danny W.; 04-25-2023 at 07:07 PM.
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Byrdland / Tal Farlow size difference
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Wow, great looking instruments!
Question….the SV (stereo varitone) on the 355. Do/did you utilize it? If you did, did you use two separate amps? Or……
in 1966 I had a L-5CESTSV. Never did figure our how to use it, no split cord, only one amp but I was 19 @ the time and didn’t know a lot.
Thanks!
Tom
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I'll take one of each! Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Byrdland / Tal Farlow size difference
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I've had a few 355s over the years. I did have a stereo cord. The only way I found that useful was to put one pickup into each amp channel. Was it worth the trouble? Well, 99.9% of guitarists play in mono using one channel. But the amp was cool. Originally Posted by TAA
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I would definitely like something like that.
Years ago, I had a PG380 that would output clean left and synth right. I had a Galien Kruger stereo head that I wired into a 4-10" Kustom cabinet that I modified to shoot 2 x 2 stereo. I set that on the head board of my waterbed and would to play the Rain Song for the ladies..
Memories.. Sweet memories.. Pressed between the pages of my mind. Sweet'nd through the ages, just like wine.
JD
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I saw one of these a week ago. The seller was trying to sell it, along with a version of a 345 Epiphone that had SV. He felt they should be sold as a pair. Looking in the back of the amp, I asked where the spring loaded metal rectangular assembly was, since it wasn’t sitting in the bottom of the amp. He said it is in the front facing narrow area, between the speakers. Those speakers were not original, they were Italian made.
Tom
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