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Gibson Les Paul Acoustic???TeleDrifter March 6th, 2012, 11:54 AM A co-worker has a small bodied Les Paul flattop acoustic with a mini HD between the soundhole & bridge. Serial# 383553 with a 2 above it. He got it in about 1973. Was wondering if anyone knows anything about these little gems. He's got a picture on Gibson's facebook fan page. Thanks..... aunchaki March 6th, 2012, 04:15 PM Some early SST, perhaps? (A quick Google search doesn't show one with a mini-humbucker.) TeleDrifter March 6th, 2012, 05:12 PM Some early SST, perhaps? (A quick Google search doesn't show one with a mini-humbucker.) Aunchaki, I'll have him email me a picture so I can post it here. Thanks gitold March 6th, 2012, 05:17 PM I definitely remember a Les Paul acoustic. Tom Wheeler had a picture of it in his American guitars book a million years ago.Here it is. 1970 Chiogtr4x March 6th, 2012, 05:48 PM I definitely remember a Les Paul acoustic. Tom Wheeler had a picture of it in his American guitars book a million years ago.Here it is. 1970 I have this book(my second Guitar book, a long time ago ) Remember Martin did the same thing with an 'electric' D-18 (Kurt Cobain/MTV Unplugged show- that guitar was a production model...). What were these guys thinking, putting all these 'holes' into their nice flattops?!! TeleDrifter March 7th, 2012, 03:12 PM I definitely remember a Les Paul acoustic. Tom Wheeler had a picture of it in his American guitars book a million years ago.Here it is. 1970 My co-workers looks nothing like this, still waiting on the email. zombywoof March 8th, 2012, 11:19 AM The Les Paul Jumbo acoustics were only made from 1969-1970. The serial number in the post indicates an earlier guitar - made around 1967 (the "2" stamped above the serial number indicates a factory second). So it would not be the one like pictured in the Wheeler book. I don't have a clue what it might be though. zombywoof March 8th, 2012, 11:24 AM I have this book(my second Guitar book, a long time ago ) Remember Martin did the same thing with an 'electric' D-18 (Kurt Cobain/MTV Unplugged show- that guitar was a production model...). What were these guys thinking, putting all these 'holes' into their nice flattops?!! Gibson, of course, also came out with the the 160E (made famous by the Beatles) in 1954. The first ones had a solid top but feedback was a problem so they quickly went to a laminate top. Great sounding guitars plugged in but not so great when played unplugged. |
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