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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
NGD: Gibson Gospel 100th Anniversary Reissue
Hey you crazy cats!
Haven't had an acoustic for nearly a year after p/exing my old Yamaha for something, and was missing the whole cowboy round a campfire vibe. Found myself jonesing for a J45, but being a pretty mediocre player AND broker than a church mouse after fending off the depredations of HMRC was really chary of the outlay.
Then up springs the delightful @shaunm hawking this rather jolly instrument: a 1994 Gibson Gospel. "What's that?!" I hear you all cry. Apparently a more resonant acoustic they made in the early 70's for the happy clappy brigade, not particularly long lived or well regarded, with laminate back and sides. Then for some crazy damn fool reason they reissued them for a brief period in the 90's, with mahogany on the sides and back which, interestingly, is slightly arched: for more resonance, I believe.
To me it looked virtually indistinguishable from what I'd been lusting after (I know purists will disagree) for a fraction of the cost, and I sprang like Zebedee. By an elaborate County Lines operation involving my Dad hauling it from Barnsley to civilisation at the weekend (it's good to let parents have a taste of the thrills n kicks the youngsters enjoy) it is now mine all mine, and a lovely thing it is too. My acoustic playing sucks, after a year on 10s (and a lifetime of being shit), but it looks the business. And comes in a case with a Nashville Airport luggage tag attached, which is uber cool.
People of the Fretboard, what say you?
Haven't had an acoustic for nearly a year after p/exing my old Yamaha for something, and was missing the whole cowboy round a campfire vibe. Found myself jonesing for a J45, but being a pretty mediocre player AND broker than a church mouse after fending off the depredations of HMRC was really chary of the outlay.
Then up springs the delightful @shaunm hawking this rather jolly instrument: a 1994 Gibson Gospel. "What's that?!" I hear you all cry. Apparently a more resonant acoustic they made in the early 70's for the happy clappy brigade, not particularly long lived or well regarded, with laminate back and sides. Then for some crazy damn fool reason they reissued them for a brief period in the 90's, with mahogany on the sides and back which, interestingly, is slightly arched: for more resonance, I believe.
To me it looked virtually indistinguishable from what I'd been lusting after (I know purists will disagree) for a fraction of the cost, and I sprang like Zebedee. By an elaborate County Lines operation involving my Dad hauling it from Barnsley to civilisation at the weekend (it's good to let parents have a taste of the thrills n kicks the youngsters enjoy) it is now mine all mine, and a lovely thing it is too. My acoustic playing sucks, after a year on 10s (and a lifetime of being shit), but it looks the business. And comes in a case with a Nashville Airport luggage tag attached, which is uber cool.
People of the Fretboard, what say you?
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