Any idea what this Gibson acoustic is? This video is from 1971. I originally thought a Hummingbird until I saw the pickguard.
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Any idea what this Gibson acoustic is? This video is from 1971. I originally thought a Hummingbird until I saw the pickguard.
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Gibson J-160E, possibly new for that date.
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I'd bet it was either a restrung loaner/or bought used and restrung lefty looking at the amount of wear under the top strings by the sound hole-bridge area.(And the missing knobs)
"I can't sing,
I ain't pretty,
And my legs,
Are thin."
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Awesome analysis! I didn't even notice the wear patterns. Definitely a restrung righty guitar. It seems to have taken Paul several decades before he could find a factory lefty acoustic guitar.
From what i've read Macca is/was known to be rather tight when it comes to spending money..I'd think that from roughly mid/late 1963 onward he could afforded anything he wanted. If he wanted a lefty bad enough he could've ordered one from the factory.(Or shopped around till he found one)
"I can't sing,
I ain't pretty,
And my legs,
Are thin."
That pickguard was introduced circa 1969 along with the belly below the bridge. The adjustable bridge/saddle there...IF I see things correctly from that glimpse...indicates the guitar was made prior to 1970. IF that is a non-adjustable bridge, then it is 1970 or later. That pickguard was changed to a teardrop pickguard sometime in the early '70's.
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