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Joel Paterson


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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 10:07 pm    
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Late fifties, early sixties? Somewhere in there. Got this to learn some Don Helms and C6, now I got a D-10 so I'm slimming down a bit. Previous owner rigged a single pedal contraption I believe in an attempt to raise to a 4 chord. (I have a hunch original owner was not Buddy Emmons). I immediately removed and covered the electronics with what was left of the back cover. There are 2 little holes drilled by the tuners. Original tuners work great and IMO the sound has not been affected by the attempt to make it a pedal steel. Knobs not original. Gibson logo missing from front of guitar. Case recovered in White but little Gibson logo was saved. Not too sharp. This being said the guitar sounds great. The pickups are hot and it is very resonant acoustically. Selector switch gives you some different sounds including a cool strat-ish out of phase sound. The Korina finish is pretty checked but looks cool.
$450 + shipping






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John Bechtel


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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 11:48 pm    
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That Gibson D–8 CG is the one that Gibson introduced around ’56 and is exactly like the one I mentioned in another Post, that I had examined very closely when I first received mine, which was one of the very first ones made and incorporated the 4–8–4 Humbucking P/U's and the hollow bodies. I don't know how long they were mfg'd, but; my early one was about 1956.
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Chris Bauer

 

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Nashville, TN USA
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2005 6:13 am    
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I love mine! If I can ever find a T-8 of this style I'd be in CG heaven.
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wt golden

 

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Houston, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jan 2005 9:44 pm    
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Do you happen to know the scale?
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Joel Paterson


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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jan 2005 1:32 am    
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It's the longer 24 3/4 scale. I have a 1961 Gibson catalog, and it's pictured as the Console Grande CG-520. I believe there is a sale pending, waitng for confirmation.
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Joel Paterson


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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 21 Jan 2005 11:27 pm    
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The Guitar is sold. Please close.
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David L. Donald


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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
Post  Posted 22 Jan 2005 1:25 am    
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Joel, what is thevintage electronics sitting behind the steel, in the vintage Bud cabinets, in Pic 2?

Almost loks like a Universal Audio logo. Possibly an OLD compressor.


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Joel Paterson


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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 22 Jan 2005 10:12 pm    
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David, my neighbor is trying to build a vintage analog studio in the attic. it's not up and running yet and i'm sorry I don't know the model name of the compressors. I'm no engineer. But it looks cool!
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