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Uncle Gary

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Tom Wittrock said:
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That guitar is SMOKIN"!
 
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Tom Wittrock

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Just for the record, that guitar never caught fire. It is all heat damage. Those "blisters" popped very easily. :ganz
 
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EFLOW said:
I think this is a Gibson Corvus, not a Futura.
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The Corvus came out about the same time, with three variations. All three had a bolt on neck. The Futura has a neck through similar to a Firebird & gold hardware. I've read that only 200 of these were produced. It was originally designed to be a headless guitar, with Steinberger tuners in the "Can Opener" cut away. This photo is similar to what the original concept should have looked like............

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Have a early 2000's J-100 that got wet in the flood after Hurricane Katrina in NOLA; I strpped the thick lacquer fiinish which was more like a sheet of thin rubber but that protected it from the water and got it playable again. I rebuilt the neck and re-finshed the guitar with a couple of cans of re-ranch lacquer but it was never really right until I sent it to the amazing TK Smith for a new Paul Bigsby style neck, pickguard and pickup.

I imagined this as something that PA might have done for Merle Travis or Lefty Frizell, and TK nailed it . . .

Just amazing work; TK is a genius artisan-craftsman, and I love what he built for me.

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That is flippin' gorgeous!! Unique, really looks like one of those great '50s custom jobs that big names would have made for them. Really, really cool.
 
EFLOW

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Grog said:
The Corvus came out about the same time, with three variations. All three had a bolt on neck. The Futura has a neck through similar to a Firebird & gold hardware. I've read that only 200 of these were produced. It was originally designed to be a headless guitar, with Steinberger tuners in the "Can Opener" cut away. This photo is similar to what the original concept should have looked like............

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What is this ? :laugh2: :laugh2:

Cibson Corvus


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renderit

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EFLOW said:
Sorry, this is not a Gibson.
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You are correct. They all now need to say 3 Mary Fords and 7 Les Pauls! Sinners!

The BLASPHEMER who created that guitar wanted to create a IMPROVED FAKE CORVUS!

The pit of hell's gaping maw awaits him no doubt...

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