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An exotic Gibson
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 9:00 pm
by John Rosett
A 1938 Gibson 6 string Spanish and 8 string steel double neck:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281642136409
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 9:22 pm
by Scott Thomas
The first Guit-Steel! (Sorry Junior, someone beat ya to it.) Just when you think you've seen everything. The first Gibson electric Spanish guitar too. Incredible.
Posted: 26 Mar 2015 9:27 pm
by John Rosett
I'm checking the couch cushions for coins!
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 3:21 am
by John Booth
At $20K you better have a pretty big couch John
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 5:45 am
by Andy Volk
Shaking head ...... the stuff that's out there! Just when you think you've seen it all ..... you realize you haven't.
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 5:46 am
by Dustin Rhodes
Just a reminder of how Gibson used to be. Like the doubleneck SG that Elderly had that was a tenor/mandolin.
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 5:53 am
by Bob Blair
What a treasure!
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 6:27 am
by Stephen Abruzzo
That looks rather similar to a git-steel that Ron at ramguitars.com made within the past month.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... =guitsteel
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 6:30 am
by John Rosett
Stephen-Do you have a link to that guitar?
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 6:32 am
by Stephen Abruzzo
Just added the link to my original post.
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 6:59 am
by Doug Beaumier
Amazing!
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 7:00 am
by Jon Light
That's just hot. Presumably built around the template of the EH-150 double neck.
Posted: 27 Mar 2015 7:29 am
by Ron Mielzynski
If anybody is interested in something like that I can make it.
you can reach me at - ron(at)ramguitars.com
Heres are a couple double necks that I have done.
Double Barrel
SpeakEasy Double8
eBay Photos's
Posted: 28 Mar 2015 1:18 pm
by Eugene Cole
Posted: 28 Mar 2015 2:51 pm
by Bill Hatcher
thats pretty amazing....
Posted: 28 Mar 2015 5:10 pm
by John Ed Kelly
so...to play the 6 string neck one has to stand up, and to play the steel neck one has to be seated?
Actually...I just noticed the picture at the bottom, where he's playing the 6 string seated...still getting in to position to play the steel would seem to entail a bit shuffling about.
Does the 20 grand include a seat?
Posted: 29 Mar 2015 4:07 am
by Tom Pettingill
Cool piece of history. Too bad someone along the line hacked the steel side to move the pickup. The resulting repair could have been better too. Certainly not an easy repair, but going heavy and out of bounds of the original shading pattern with the tobacco brown is disappointing.
Posted: 29 Mar 2015 6:15 am
by Dustin Rhodes
That should have negated Steven's patent on the guitsteel no?
