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MellishMellish Frets: 945
edited May 2022 in Acoustics
This was yesterday. Went to GG to part ex my Martin HD-28. 

I thought I'd be coming home with an Atkin, but I tried the J43 and the Essential D and didn't like them. 
I spied a Gibson Dove way up the wall and asked to try it. I was struck by the powerful sound, and I knew I had to have it. I'll do a review over the weekend but, for now, is there any significance to the fact that the interior label is red not white? Cheers




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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    which one,  natural or the red  ? 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    edited April 2022
    bertie said:
    which one,  natural or the red  ? 
     Vintage Cherry Sunburst  
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  • ronnybronnyb Frets: 1728
    White label standard,  red custom shop or limited run. Since about 2007 I think.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @ronnyb ; thanks mate :+1:
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Wow! Now there is a big surprise on both fronts - but playing is believing and you know what you like when it's in your hands. I'm sure you will enjoy it very much.

    I'm looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing your considered thoughts.

    (You'll be selling the HD-28 then, I imagine.)
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @Tannin ; I can't do pictures mate, sorry. It's been explained to me but I just don't get it. But I will give my thoughts in the hope they may be of help/interest to others. And I'll be asking questions, too ;). The HD-28 was part ex'd for this :) 
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  • CloudNineCloudNine Frets: 4121
    When you find the right Gibson acoustic, you walk quickly to the counter, pay the money and take the guitar home, safe in the knowledge that you will never sit there playing it in the future and wishing your Gibson was an Atkin.

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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    *Ducks to avoid incoming missiles* ;) 
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    What I'm aware of since getting it yesterday, is that the Dove is louder than the HD-28 I had. That surprised me because the HD-28 was LOUD. I also expected the maple b/s to give it a bright tone. Not so, if anything the tone is meaty with bags of volume :) 
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Maple is a wonderful, wonderful tonewood. Even bloody Gibson probably couldn't bugger up a maple-back guitar :lol: 

    (I have never played a Gibson acoustic that I particularly liked. But then, I've never played a Dove. And, if I remember correctly, unlike almost all other Gibsons, the Dove has the proper scale length. And it's maple. It may be the exception to prove the rule) 

    (Did I mention maple?)
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    edited April 2022
    @Tannin ; during my gigging career (1969-present) I've had 6 Gibsons and 3 Martins.To me, the soft V of the Martin HD28 Reimagined was a bit *too* much. I could gig with it and I did but I felt I was struggling a little - just the wrong profile for me. I knew it when I bought it but foolishly thought I'd adapt  
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Ahh yes ... I though I'd learn to love my CC 12-string neck profile, and I never did. On the other hand, my Mineur seemed alarmingly fat (only guitar I have ever bought sight unseen) but I came to love it within only a week or so. Now it is my favourite neck. 
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @Tannin ;  "Do I love it enough to *want* the fight?" played a part. Good though the HD-28 is, there's always been a Gibson player in me. So, too much wood in the neck, may have given me the excuse I was looking for to go back to Gibson :) 
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Fair enough. That makes sense.

    I think we all have a sound and a feel in our heads, something that gets into the blood such that a particular make feels like "home". I grew up hearing and (sometimes) playing Matons and although I love my various other guitars just as much, fully half my little collection has "Maton" on the headstock. And for you it seems to be Gibson.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    Everyone is different. That's why there's such a wide choice of guitars. It's good that there is, of course, but can't it make finding "the one" a lengthy process?! :) 
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  • CryptidCryptid Frets: 405
    I loved my Atkin D37 but tried an Essential D at GG wasn't too impressed either. I actually preferred the £1k Eastman E6D!

    Tried a Dove and fell in love ;) I always had a purist attitude to acoustic aesthetics and thought of certain Gibsons as gaudy, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, as they say. Stunning, versatile and surprisingly balanced guitar. Good choice!
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    @Mellish ;   - do you have pictures hosted on a web server somewhere ?  (ie FB or imgur etc)  
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @bertie ; no, sorry mate, I don't. I'd love to be able to show it off but this phone is absolutely basic :/
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Mate, just grab it and pop over to my place. I'll take some lovely pictures and host them on my web server for you. Can't say fairer than that.

    What are you waiting for, it's only 18,000 kilometres.

    (I'll just go and put the kettle on.)
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @Cryptid ; thanks mate. The setup needs dialling in tbh. But it's giggable as it is, so I'll wait awhile...you know, let it acclimatise to its new home :) 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    Mellish said:
    @bertie ; no, sorry mate, I don't. I'd love to be able to show it off but this phone is absolutely basic :/
    its not the phone,  its where the pic is stored :)     you cant post pics "to" this site, only embed links to where they are stored elsewhere.......................... so you could email them to someone else to "host"
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    Kettle, mate? Surely a drop of the old amber nectar ;) 
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    edited April 2022
    @bertie ; this phone won't do email add-ons, that's why I couldn't email them to @Tannin. There *may* be a way round it but I'm no good at that sort of thing.Off to take Bowler for a walk  
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    For those wondering who Bowler is, he's a two-year-old Yorkshire Terrier. We got him from a vet. Bowler's owner had passed away and the little fella  was looking for a new home. We've had him a year tomorrow :) 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    sorry just assumed you (like me) was using a proper grown up computer ;) 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • artiebearartiebear Frets: 810
    Congratulations @Mellish , so good hear that you have found what you are looking for. Even better for you, having had the chance to play a few alternatives and make certain of your choice. A nice Gibson is something to be treasured ( and I am a sucker for a cherry sunburst  :) ).
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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @bertie no worries mate ;). @artiebear thanks mate. Needs a bit doing setup-wise but I'm leaving that for two weeks or so to let it acclimatise :) 
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Missed this thread somehow - despite it being right next to the other one! - but somewhat late, I will say...

    Now you know why I've been going on and on about these for years :).

    They really are one of the great guitars, and rather oddly overlooked for some reason.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • MellishMellish Frets: 945
    @ICBM I do, I totally get it. This one was anchored to the Gibson display wall, so couldn't just be removed and played. As a result, it went to sleep a little? But now is coming out of its shell. Lovely, lovely thing. I tried Atkins, Lowdens but no bond. One strum of a G chord in the first position sealed the deal. Tomorrow is its first gig :) 
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