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David DeLoach


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 5:15 am    
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I just learned that Gibson ES (e.g. ES-175) stands for "Electric Spanish" guitar.

So I'm assuming the Gibson EH (e.g EH-185) stands for "Electric Hawaiian"?

I might be the last one here to have this epiphany (that is, if my epiphany is correct).
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Miles Lang


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 5:26 am    
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I always thought that was the case.
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Joe A. Roberts


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 6:26 am    
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Down the rabbit hole:

ETB-150


ERB-150 (regular?)


EPB-150 (plectrum banjo)


EM-150


ETG-150


EB-1


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Dave Mudgett


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 6:28 am    
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Yes - ES stands for Electric Spanish, and EH stands for Electric Hawaiian. EB is Electric Bass, EM is Electric Mandolin, EMS is Doubleneck Electric Mandolin/Guitar, ETG is Electric Tenor Guitar. And so on. There's even ETB for Electric Tenor Banjo.

I see Joe posted while I was typing.
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Joseph Lazo

 

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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 7:05 am     electric banjo
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I never knew there was an electric banjo like that! Cool, in a weird way.
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David Laveau


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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 7:47 am    
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Joe A. Roberts wrote:
Down the rabbit hole


some beautiful instruments there
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Lloyd Graves

 

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Post  Posted 11 Mar 2024 9:40 am     Re: electric banjo
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Joseph Lazo wrote:
I never knew there was an electric banjo like that! Cool, in a weird way.


In a serendipitous moment a couple of years ago, I found myself in the house of a couple that had an electric 5 string. It had been in a closet for years but I was able to tune it up. He didn't have an all, but I did get to play around on it for a few minutes.

They're different...
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