Traded my L.P. studio for this...

moondogz · July 6th, 2008, 02:10 AM

and I couldn't be more pleased....

numeric · July 6th, 2008, 02:52 AM

Mmm... me likie. How's it sound and what'cha playin' with it?

TELE_BLUES · July 6th, 2008, 10:46 AM

My cuz has one just like that,a howard roberts copy i belive.We changed out the p.u. for a gibby humbucker he had.I have to admit i was in love with it from the first minute i touched it.It looked great,played even better and sounded really really good through an old princeton he had.I'd much rather have that than a les paul studio!

Roli · July 6th, 2008, 11:08 AM

WOW, and you got two for one, a lefty and a righty. -.-

j/k, nice guitar!

Joe Chaney · July 6th, 2008, 11:28 AM

wow! jazztastic!

beep.click · July 6th, 2008, 01:37 PM

That's pretty! What are the 3 knobs?

moondogz · July 6th, 2008, 02:11 PM

Numeric, thanks for the positive comments, sounds like Tupelo Honey to me and what I'm playing (because I'm just a "putzer" on guitar) wouldn't be recognizable to anyone but me..lol.

Tele Blues, yes it's a Howard Roberts copy, I'd been looking for an archtop and saw this one at a Guitar store in Edmonton...I'd never heard of a Howard Roberts and knew nothing of late 70's Japanese guitars...but I fell in love at first sight, which only deepened when I played it.

Roli, yeah I like to play in stereo...

Joe Chaney..yeah, now if I could only play like Joe Pass or Lenny Breau I could do it justice.

Beep Click..the three knobs are, Volume, Treble and Base...the pots were badly worn so I bypassed them all...changed the tone I think for the better, seems to have a more resonant bass now...I heard Robin Ford say he did this, so I thought I'd give it a try. Every guitar I've owned seems to have had problems with "dirty pots"....so I thought I'd eliminate the problem once and for all.

ThreePlyGuy · July 6th, 2008, 06:04 PM

Tasty.

woodman · July 6th, 2008, 07:18 PM

what's the sound quality like (plugged in)?

studio1087 · July 6th, 2008, 07:52 PM

Nice! How old? Late 70's??

Very Nice!

moondogz · July 6th, 2008, 08:45 PM

thanks for the comments...to me it sounds really warm and full, when it's overdriven it can really howl and for an archtop I'd say it had pretty decent sustain. Maybe I'll post a you tube vid sometime and you can hear for yourself. I looked on you tube but couldn't find any Howard Roberts Ibanez clips. It's a late 70's Gibson copy that I understand got Ibanez into some hot water for copyright infringement, not sure of all the details. I tried to find out some history, but the store I bought it from didn't seem to have any.

ajgus · July 6th, 2008, 10:56 PM

Wow! I've never seen a configuration quite like that...what with the hole & a 'bucker & all. Looks like it would be a jazz players dream. Congrats!

Blazer · July 6th, 2008, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajgus

Wow! I've never seen a configuration quite like that...what with the hole & a 'bucker & all. Looks like it would be a jazz players dream. Congrats!

It's a copy of the Gibson signature model of Howard Roberts

And this is how it sounds.

Here's the real deal, a seventies Gibson Howard Roberts signature model. Itself an update from Roberts' previous signature model: the Epiphone Howard Roberts.

moondogz · July 7th, 2008, 12:07 AM

Thanks ajgus...yes a jazz players dream is right, now if I could only do the jazz thing right eh

Blazer, thanks for the photos and you tube link, much appreciated...this is a very cool site, thanks to all the thoughtful members.

Chrismeyer · July 7th, 2008, 01:05 AM

Damn that's a sweet ride!

markothefish · July 7th, 2008, 05:00 AM

Wow !! that is a real cool guitar . I'd love to try one of those . Howard Roberts is great . I can't think of another contemporary player who played jazz with a acoustic guitar with a humbucker .

outbreak · July 7th, 2008, 06:06 AM

wow im gonna have to find me some howard roberts now

moondogz · July 7th, 2008, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrismeyer

Damn that's a sweet ride!

Yes and thank you Chrismeyer, sounds even better than it looks.

markothefish
Wow !! that is a real cool guitar . I'd love to try one of those . Howard Roberts is great . I can't think of another contemporary player who played jazz with a acoustic guitar with a humbucker .
Thanks markothefish, I don't think you'd be dissapointed.

outbreak
Tele-Meister
wow im gonna have to find me some howard roberts now

Good luck outbreak...I wish there was some vid clips on youtube....anyway thanks for the comments...how are things down under, I hear you're having a terrible drought?

outbreak · July 8th, 2008, 01:03 AM

theres been a drought here for farmers for ages. doesn't really affect me we have water restrictions but i never wash my car or water the garden anyway. i found good pickin's and spinning wheel by howard roberts last night. pretty cool stuff to put on in the background while your doing other things

moondogz · July 8th, 2008, 01:18 AM

hey outbreak thanks for your response..guess I'm kinda paranoid about the amount of moisture we get because I work in the agricultural sector...no rain equals no crop etc. I was watching some Lenny Breau stuff on You tube earlier today...think it's called the genius of Lenny Breau..must be like 14 segments, quite interesting seeing that he was a fellow canuck, anyway cheers mate.

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TELE_BLUES Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: ROCKCHESTER,NEW YORK Posts: 457 34 Photos	My cuz has one just like that,a howard roberts copy i belive.We changed out the p.u. for a gibby humbucker he had.I have to admit i was in love with it from the first minute i touched it.It looked great,played even better and sounded really really good through an old princeton he had.I'd much rather have that than a les paul studio!

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moondogz TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: edmonton alberta canada Posts: 98	Numeric, thanks for the positive comments, sounds like Tupelo Honey to me and what I'm playing (because I'm just a "putzer" on guitar) wouldn't be recognizable to anyone but me..lol. Tele Blues, yes it's a Howard Roberts copy, I'd been looking for an archtop and saw this one at a Guitar store in Edmonton...I'd never heard of a Howard Roberts and knew nothing of late 70's Japanese guitars...but I fell in love at first sight, which only deepened when I played it. Roli, yeah I like to play in stereo... Joe Chaney..yeah, now if I could only play like Joe Pass or Lenny Breau I could do it justice. Beep Click..the three knobs are, Volume, Treble and Base...the pots were badly worn so I bypassed them all...changed the tone I think for the better, seems to have a more resonant bass now...I heard Robin Ford say he did this, so I thought I'd give it a try. Every guitar I've owned seems to have had problems with "dirty pots"....so I thought I'd eliminate the problem once and for all.

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moondogz TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: edmonton alberta canada Posts: 98	thanks for the comments...to me it sounds really warm and full, when it's overdriven it can really howl and for an archtop I'd say it had pretty decent sustain. Maybe I'll post a you tube vid sometime and you can hear for yourself. I looked on you tube but couldn't find any Howard Roberts Ibanez clips. It's a late 70's Gibson copy that I understand got Ibanez into some hot water for copyright infringement, not sure of all the details. I tried to find out some history, but the store I bought it from didn't seem to have any.

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ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 2,262	Wow! I've never seen a configuration quite like that...what with the hole & a 'bucker & all. Looks like it would be a jazz players dream. Congrats! __________________ "I'm still married to my first wife...and that's my first guitar...she don't talk back to me, she talks for me..." -Stevie ray Vaughan

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moondogz TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: edmonton alberta canada Posts: 98	Thanks ajgus...yes a jazz players dream is right, now if I could only do the jazz thing right eh Blazer, thanks for the photos and you tube link, much appreciated...this is a very cool site, thanks to all the thoughtful members.

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moondogz TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: edmonton alberta canada Posts: 98	hey outbreak thanks for your response..guess I'm kinda paranoid about the amount of moisture we get because I work in the agricultural sector...no rain equals no crop etc. I was watching some Lenny Breau stuff on You tube earlier today...think it's called the genius of Lenny Breau..must be like 14 segments, quite interesting seeing that he was a fellow canuck, anyway cheers mate.