...mind to show off your Gibson guitars?

[Larry Mal]

I'll throw some more out there, I have a lot of Gibsons.

Here's my old 1981 (I think) Sonex:



Everybody is throwing Firebirds out there, I have a couple, but here's my Thunderbird:



You'll note it's missing a few things, I pulled the electronics in order to shield it properly, I'll be ordering a new wiring harness soon enough and get it all back together.

My ES-330, which has these Kinman "staple" pickups, great guitar and now that I have the Kinmans in there it's as good as it will ever get. I got weird about shielding in this one, and had some of these "pot cans" that Gibson used to use as shielding back when they cared about shielding.



And here is an L-00 but it's a 12 fret and made with rosewood back and sides. They didn't make a lot of these. The 12 fret construction adds a lot of resonance, and the rosewood brings out a lot of high end that I don't get with my L-00 Standard. It's a very good guitar for recording:

[Maggieo]

I'll throw some more out there, I have a lot of Gibsons.

My ES-330, which has these Kinman "staple" pickups, great guitar and now that I have the Kinmans in there it's as good as it will ever get. I got weird about shielding in this one, and had some of these "pot cans" that Gibson used to use as shielding back when they cared about shielding.



And here is an L-00 but it's a 12 fret and made with rosewood back and sides. They didn't make a lot of these. The 12 fret construction adds a lot of resonance, and the rosewood brings out a lot of high end that I don't get with my L-00 Standard. It's a very good guitar for recording:

Larry, if you ever have the urge to part with either of these, please giv me a call first.

[Larry Mal]

By coincidence...

Maggie's old Dove, and my first Gibson acoustic. I had always written their acoustics off, that was the accepted wisdom when I was growing up. And at first I had no idea what to make of the Dove, it's not like anything I had known:



I, uh, got over thinking Gibson acoustics were bad. Here is a J-45 that was made the year my older son was born, he'll get it when he's old enough:



I have an L-00 Standard not pictured that will go to my younger son, it's as old as he is.

Here's a J-60, this was Gibson trying to make a direct equivalent of the Martin HD-28. It sounds amazing, absolutely one of my favorites:



And lastly for now, here is a J-15. I bought it for $800. They are still cheap, and I suggest everyone who wants a great guitar consider one. They are future classics, a total steal, and are as good as anything Gibson ever made. They are not cut rate J-45s, they are their own thing, and in a lot of ways sound better:

[Larry Mal]

I guess I can wrap it up, I do have an L-00 at my father's, though. He's decided to play guitar in his retirement so I let him borrow one of mine.

He bought a Fender acoustic. I mean... I had to step in.

Here's a J-100 with bubinga wood:



My J-29:



I feel like if one had to go it would be that one. But then I was playing it as I took the picture and I liked it. I don't always like it a lot.

We'll end up my big acoustic adventure with a WM-10, my most recent, and it's been up for trade for a while:



It's a nice guitar, but it doesn't do anything that my other ones don't do better. Kind of a one trick pony, actually. Although I think it's relative lack of complexity would make it record well. But compared to the dreadnaughts I have, the Dove and J-60, the WM-10 seems very one dimensional and a little dull.

Obviously I went on a little Gibson acoustic adventure, it was kind of me really exploring the world of acoustics with various body designs and woods. None of these were all that expensive, at least not when I bought them, so I was able to learn a lot. I feel I have a rough idea what body woods sound like, and some idea what a Jumbo versus a Super Jumbo versus a Dreadnaught would be.

[seenoevil II]

My ES-330, which has these Kinman "staple" pickups, great guitar and now that I have the Kinmans in there it's as good as it will ever get. I got weird about shielding in this one, and had some of these "pot cans" that Gibson used to use as shielding back when they cared about shielding.

Oooo. You may have created the optimal electric guitar (IMHO) right there. IDK if you've already shared your thoughts on them elsewhere, but I'd be curious to know what you make of those staple pups. I have a set of SD staples in my Guild, but I feel I may not be getting the intended experience as the bodging required to shoehorn them into a Guild has them way close to the strings. Seeing as I already have the dog ear covers and a set of Lindy Fralin risers for them, I often think about getting a Casino or even horse trading for a 330 and installing them there instead.

Anyway, glad to see you've shared your stash. It was only a matter of time with this thread.

[Chippertheripper]

I currently only have 1…and it’s one of those grab in case of fire things.
1952 L50.
They don’t command much $, they don’t sound THAT great, but kinda melancholy.
This one was my grandmother’s.

[Embenny]

I currently only have 1…and it’s one of those grab in case of fire things.
1952 L50.
They don’t command much $, they don’t sound THAT great, but kinda melancholy.
This one was my grandmother’s.

I see you're a fan of the beetles

What a cool guitar, and you can never beat that kind of sentimental value.

[daemon]

1984 "The Paul". My dad found this guy who bought it new and only had it for about a year but was more of an acoustic guy. Being my first real guitar (my actual first was a 70s Hondo lawsuit copy), I didn't realize for years how good I had it but it's never going anywhere. The bridge pickup is a Shaw and it sounds beautiful. It suffered one of the dreaded headstock breaks in the early 2000s but was expertly fixed and plays as good as it ever did.

[Larry Mal]

Oooo. You may have created the optimal electric guitar (IMHO) right there. IDK if you've already shared your thoughts on them elsewhere, but I'd be curious to know what you make of those staple pups. I have a set of SD staples in my Guild, but I feel I may not be getting the intended experience as the bodging required to shoehorn them into a Guild has them way close to the strings. Seeing as I already have the dog ear covers and a set of Lindy Fralin risers for them, I often think about getting a Casino or even horse trading for a 330 and installing them there instead.

Anyway, glad to see you've shared your stash. It was only a matter of time with this thread.

Yeah, I feel a little weird about it, but I thought maybe someone might have a question about one of them or something. I have some other electrics I could put up maybe.

But, yeah, I love, love love those pickups (and that guitar). I had a 335 as you know but don't any longer, I'm needed to put some money together and frankly the 335 seemed redundant.

I have never played other "staple" pickups, except I guess that you could call the Fralin hum-cancelling P90s with Alnico rods that I have on the blue Firebird to be kind of like that. But there's no comparison between those Fralins and these Kinmans, the Fralins sound weak, shrill and thin compared to the Kinmans.

So I don't know what I would say about any other "staple" pickups, really. I think the concept is great and I would imagine they would sound very good.

[sal paradise]

Finally getting to see some more of your acoustics, what an amazing & unique collection you have

[Arthon]

3 Gibsons here :
1980 Les Paul Deluxe


59'RI ES-175


Flying V Japan Limited Edition

[Chippertheripper]

I currently only have 1…and it’s one of those grab in case of fire things.
1952 L50.
They don’t command much $, they don’t sound THAT great, but kinda melancholy.
This one was my grandmother’s.

I see you're a fan of the beetles

What a cool guitar, and you can never beat that kind of sentimental value.

Mrs Ripper is.
She’s always worked in zoos and done some heavy conservation work with some near extinct local insect species.
But (ducks for cover) I’m a bigger fan of the beetles than the Beatles.

[Unicorn Warrior]

My ES-330, which has these Kinman "staple" pickups, great guitar and now that I have the Kinmans in there it's as good as it will ever get. I got weird about shielding in this one, and had some of these "pot cans" that Gibson used to use as shielding back when they cared about shielding.

I love this one. I never noticed but I think the 330 has more fret access than the Casino.

[Larry Mal]

I love this one. I never noticed but I think the 330 has more fret access than the Casino.

Only sometimes. Over the course of the 330's history, it started off with a 16th fret neck join exactly like the Casino, then it later had a 19th fret join like the 335. When Gibson reissues them they do both, but this was called the "ES-330L" at the time, which I wanted, because I knew it would have a thicker nut width. Later they reissued it with the 16th fret neck and since then they've done a few things, including an "L" model with humbuckers so it would have been a fully hollow ES-335.

I wanted a 330 because of the trapeze tailpiece, which I thought would lead to a resonant guitar because Jazzmasters are resonant and have a length of string behind the bridge, also.

When my grandmother died she left me a small inheritance, and I used some of that for this, kind of a last gift from her to me.

[tammyw]

Here's another cherry burst standard, which I like to refer to as the Yui Hirasawa model. At the time, they didn't come with the pickguard installed, so I had to put it on by myself. The figuring on the top is very subtle.