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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2021 12:06 am    
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Extremely rare, from 2013, Gibson Music City Jr ( Les Paul Jr) with the Factory Glaser Bender system, set it up for B or G by swapping the saddles. The Glaser string pull is from the body upper bout, not the neck pocket. On the opposite side next to the body strap button is the Glaser tension spring adjust.

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Ash Body , Maple Neck - 12" radius, 1-11/16 nut, slim neck, tall frets, 2x P90s with coil split, Grover Tuners, natural finish, factory installed Glaser Bender system, B or G, this was not installed AFTER. The P90 coil tap is done by each PUP volume knob , PULL up for the split. I would approx the weight at about 7- 1/2 lb's.
Includes . Includes After Market hard case

Quite an instrument. On the scale of 1 to 10 , its clearly a 10. Nothing hidden.

http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Music-City-Jr-B-Bender.aspx
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Guitar is setup as a B Bender which is what I play. To change to a G Bender takes 5 or 10 min by swapping the saddle and moving the hook.

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These USA made guitars were available for a short time competing with the Fender Parsons Green B-Bender Telecaster. It is understood that they were offered for about 2 years, Joe Glaser says there were only 400 built, he would know !

I've owned this guitar for about 3 years now, probably took it to 2 or 3 gigs, should have taken it out more often but who knows why I didn't. Too many guitars probably, I always reach for the same one, each gig. Its spent almost all if its life with me hanging on the wall !






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jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Mark Nason


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Maine, USA
Post  Posted 21 Mar 2021 8:38 am    
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John Bohlinger has one of these and it sounds great!
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 22 Mar 2021 3:58 am    
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Charlie Star of Blackberry Smoke has one of the 4 prototypes. His has an Ebony neck, the production guitars are all Maple.

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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Ken Morgan

 

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Midland, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 22 Mar 2021 3:51 pm    
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Shades of Frank Reckard...dang
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Ken Morgan
Midland, TX
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 23 Mar 2021 12:16 am    
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Ken Morgan wrote:
Shades of Frank Reckard...dang


Absolutely ! I believe Frank had a very early Glaser system in his LP jr. Or a similar system .

Its amazing how many guitar players Frank influenced ! How many of us came out of the school of Frank Reckard !
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 26 Mar 2021 11:51 pm    
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There are at best a very small handful of these guitars available anywhere. I was hunting for near a year before I found this one. And I mean "1" . Very Happy
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 29 Mar 2021 7:54 am    
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still available
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 2 Apr 2021 12:25 am    
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still available
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2021 2:46 am    
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still available
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website


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Jeremy Talcott


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California, USA
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2021 3:34 pm    
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Beautiful guitar! Took me well over a year to track down one of my own. I can confirm that these rarely come up; I had search alerts on all the major sales sites and only saw two over that period, one that was in Switzerland for hundreds of dollars shipping, and one that was listed and sold in a matter of hours all while I was asleep. Amazingly, I ended up finding one for sale less than ten miles from my house last April that I was able to snap up about an hour after it was listed on craigslist. It's a pleasure to play, the b-bender mechanism is excellent, and the P-90s are killer, plus the coil tap will get you somewhat passably into Telecaster single-coil territory.
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 14 Apr 2021 1:19 am    
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Jeremy exactly right. It took me over a year to find this one and I've only seen one other in my entire life, a friends who surprisingly lives 10 miles away! LOL Laughing Go figure !

I love the guitar but I am a die hard Tele picker. The Gibson has been on the wall for a couple of years now, it needs a new home . Actually I enjoy all my guitars but only a couple ever get gig duty. Even my best friend 1989/ 52/RI has been parked for the last two years. Sad ( no B Bender)

still available here on the forum
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 17 Apr 2021 1:03 am    
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staying here on SGF for a while. No rush...
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 9 May 2021 1:02 am    
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Still here, I almost forgot about it. This is one fine guitar with the factory Glaser, B or G.

Comes with a hard case but not the original hard case.

This guitar will go to the next Guitar show with me whenever that may be, it will sell and then be re-sold at a higher price.

All offers always appreciated.
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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Tony Prior


From:
Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 1 Jun 2021 12:03 am    
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still here, but not silent. I have had a few offers that were close but not close enough.

I'm leaving it here until it sells or until a regional guitar show arrives, then it will sell .

These guitars are very hard to find if you can even find one at all.

I'm in no rush.
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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Tony Prior


From:
Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 9 Aug 2021 12:24 am    
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sold locally
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Emmons L-II , Fender Telecasters, B-Benders
Pro Tools 12 on WIN 7 !
jobless- but not homeless- now retired 9 years

CURRENT MUSIC TRACKS AT > https://tprior2241.wixsite.com/website
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