Post your Collector's Choice here

[Classic71]

I thought it might be an idea to have a thread showcasing all the Collector's Choice guitars here, from the Melvyn Franks (Gary Moore), through the Goldies, the Donnas (eventually/hopefully), and beyond .....

And it would save me (and you guys) hopping from thread to thread to see and compare them all. I'm nothing if not lazy!

I'd be happy to start the ball rolling, but I don't have one and I don't want to use Forum member's pics without permission, but this might suffice meantime:-

CC 001 Melvyn Franks:-

CC 002 Goldie:-

 

[poon99]

CC 02 "Goldie"

CC 01 Moore/Melvyn VOS

 

[kylek350]

Wow, that is what I consider a damn near perfect top!

CC 002 Goldie:-

 

[capitalbear]

Wow, that is what I consider a damn near perfect top!

That's why it is on the Gibson HP. :salude

 

[Steven]

My CC 01V

 

[Classic71]

Wow, that is what I consider a damn near perfect top!

Maybe it's the prototype or #001 that Charlie Daughtry had in his possession for a while?

 

[Classic71]

CC 02 "Goldie"

CC 01 Moore/Melvyn VOS

I know that Goldie belongs to you poon, but is the Melvyn your too? Nice. Would love to see bigger pics or close-ups of your Goldie, they all have their own little character traits acquired as Murphy ages them.

BTW I assume there will be no Goldie's in VOS finish? All aged, right?

And TW - how would you feel about Donna being put out in a VOS finish, or would you prefer all aged models to better reflect Donna's actual character? And is Donna pretty clean apart from weather checking, or has she got any minor battle scars that Murphy will have to recreate?

 

[Classic71]

Nice top on your Melvyn, Steven - that's a great example of the VOS model. Do you use the OOP sound much?

 

[Classic71]

CC 02A #014 (N.B. pic from Music Zoo)

 

[Steven]

Nice top on your Melvyn, Steven - that's a great example of the VOS model. Do you use the OOP sound much?

No, I would lie if I said that. I'm pretty much neck OR bridge.

 

[poon99]

here are some links to Melvyn and Goldie (Goldie starts on page 3).You can get high res.pics by clicking on original icon on upper right top of picture.
http://public.fotki.com/poon99/gibson-cc-1-melvyn-/

 

[RUFFCUT]

My CC 01V

Extremely Cool...:2cool

 

[Classic71]

Very cool - out of curiosity, what are the 4 guitars in the group shot? :salude

 

[poon99]

Very cool - out of curiosity, what are the 4 guitars in the group shot? :salude

Thanks,
all 2011 a CR8 light figured(top),R7 light figured darkback,R8 stinger and bottom is CC#2.

 

[CDaughtry]

The Prototype is still in my possession....:jim

 

[poon99]

The Prototype is still in my possession....:jim

Nice!:salude

 

[Tom Wittrock]

And TW - how would you feel about Donna being put out in a VOS finish, or would you prefer all aged models to better reflect Donna's actual character? And is Donna pretty clean apart from weather checking, or has she got any minor battle scars that Murphy will have to recreate?

Donna is very clean, but it would be nice to get it looking like a clean 50 year old guitar. The only real scars are circle indents from the Grovers, and I don't plan to duplicate that. Any other tiny nicks or scratches probably will not be matched either.
But it shouldn't look brand new.

 

[Tom Wittrock]

The Prototype is still in my possession....:jim

Please bring that to Arlington!
And the real Goldie also!!! :dude:

 

[57darkback]

CC01 Peter Green

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9250316@N02/4605475636/" title="PG_GM_MF 016 by R7darkback, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4605475636_2278ca14d7_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="PG_GM_MF 016"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9250316@N02/4604851775/" title="PG_GM_MF 013 by R7darkback, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1064/4604851775_394a858193_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="PG_GM_MF 013"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9250316@N02/4582504377/" title="PG_GM_MF 005 by R7darkback, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4582504377_e146be4651_b.jpg" width="768" height="1024" alt="PG_GM_MF 005"></a>

 

[Zane16520]

Duo of Gary Moore. The one on the left was my first but let go of it when I got the one on the right.

Moore with Franks