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Topic: Alternative for a Gibson?? |
Jussi Huhtakangas
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 1:09 am |
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In the middle of all trademark lawsuits etc wonder what Gibson thinks about this:
http://www.givson.com/home.html
"Beware Of Imitation"????  |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 4:32 am Givson.....
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Those are some ugly guitars!!!
Probably nothing of high quality.
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 7:47 am
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Ahhhh, made in India.. in a city called Dum Dum
Heard of the brand before. There's also a line of "Gibsons" that used to come out of the Phillipines.. the orange label inside the body says "Lumanog & Sons, Manilla". I bought one for $5 at a yard sale 
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 7:56 am
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Funny - in plain view on their home page is the warning, "Beware of Imitation."  |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 12:49 pm
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| a long time ago my friend had a really cheaply made 'Fenler' amp from the phillipines....i thought it was cool! |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 1:27 pm
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| I saw these in music stores in India a few years ago. Pretty crappy. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 1:41 pm
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I brought home a bandurria from the Philippines years ago and as soon as I got into the cold climate the top cracked in a few places. Those "Gibson" guitars made in the Philippines are made with native woods and they are crappy.
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 1:54 pm
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They've made jazz boxes too, rare in Pakistan, imagine how rare here!! ( note the Super 400 style tailpiece ) http://www.123pk.com/archives/6398
Good deal though, the price is appr 70 bucks  |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 2:17 pm
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| I brought home a bandurria from the Philippines years ago and as soon as I got into the cold climate the top cracked in a few places. |
It's not so much the difference in temperature, but the differnce in the humidity level.
A funny story I experienced on new years morning a few years back:
I live in an area where the air humitidy is pretty high, sub-tropical would fit, and I built a twelve string guitar in the summer. I made the mistake to clamp and glue everything together under tension.
I hung the guitar over my bed.
When I returned in the morning from the party I went to sleep, but suddenly I woke up, because there was a noise of strings ringing above my head.
It was a very cold and very dry winter's day, and the top of the guitar had cracked. |
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 28 Jan 2011 5:20 pm
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| That reminds me of what my father use to say at the beginning of the month when the rent was due. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2011 6:58 pm
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| A "semi-solid" guitar sounds strangely attractive. |
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