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Topic: Gibson Console Grande-sters Unite!!! |
Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 6 Apr 2024 11:18 am |
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I just got booked to play a 4/20 gig at a new vintage guitar store, and they have a Console Grande D8 in somewhat “worn” condition. I’m going to ask if they’ll let me change the strings and play on that rather than my Stringmaster. Anything I should know about or be looking for as I make this Gibson performance ready?
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Virgil Franklin
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 7 Apr 2024 6:33 pm
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I just played my first gig on my 1957 Console Grande..
rang like a bell!
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BJ Burbach
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2024 2:18 pm Giveaway (no, not guitar)
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These are 481's, used on Console Grande and Electroharp around '40-42, If anyone needs them, PM me and you can have them for free.
BJ
Last edited by BJ Burbach on 13 Apr 2024 8:44 am; edited 7 times in total |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2024 3:26 pm
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Gibson also used the brown 481 knobs on their postwar Kalamazoo KEHs, and ivory 481s on all but the very first BR-9s.
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David Laveau
From:
Rocky Mountain High, CO
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Posted 29 May 2024 6:41 am
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Any guess on the vintage? I'm guessing mid to late 50s-ish - but I'm no Scholar on these
maybe someday I'll have those fingers to make this one sing like some of the famous and not so famous guys/gals from the past eras... need to get working on that
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Brad Davis
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2024 4:50 am
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| David Laveau wrote: |
Any guess on the vintage? I'm guessing mid to late 50s-ish - but I'm no Scholar on these
maybe someday I'll have those fingers to make this one sing like some of the famous and not so famous guys/gals from the past eras... need to get working on that |
Beautiful guitar. I have a '54 just like it. I used to know this cold, but I'd have to check Duchossoir. These latter models with the P90 pickups and 4 legs were made from about '53 to '56 or '57 I think. Nice one! |
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