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Gibson Sparrow?

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stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
edited November 2016 in Acoustics
Bit in love with the look of this. Has anyone played one? Adirondack top and rosewood back & sides so I assume it's a big more Martin-flavoured, sound wise, compared with the other Gibson dreads?


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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    Are they doing a parlour called the 'Robin' now?
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 8909
    That pickguard looks like a GCSE art project.

    Srsly, it would be a classy looking instrument with a tortie teardrop guard.
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  • RandallFlaggRandallFlagg Frets: 13679
    I hate the pickguard. Gibson really do make some flouncy acoustics.

    The bird looks like a cross between a blackbird and a housemartin and it's flying almost upside down when you play the guitar.



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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    I'm not keen on that either - the Dove I have is the same, it's meant to be looked at on a stand or a hanger rather than when being played.

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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    I don't mind the pickguard at all, but, as much as I really like the idea of it, I can't help feeling I'd rather have a D28 for a bit less money.
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  • earwighoneyearwighoney Frets: 3380
    edited November 2016
    I don't mind the pickguard at all, but, as much as I really like the idea of it, I can't help feeling I'd rather have a D28 for a bit less money.
    It depends what kind of bracing the Sparrow has.  If it has rear/forward shifted/scalloped etc bracing it will be a different sounding instrument to a D-28. 

    It also has a Red Spruce soundboard, whilst the D-28 has a Sitka soundboard.  The Martin Marquis D-28 has a Red Spruce soundboard and it's USA street price I can find is $4,500. 
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    Is there any truth that the J200 is to be renamed the 'Turkey'?

    Presumably the Mark Series is now the 'Dodo Series'....
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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    I like sparrows as birds, but that guitar doesn't have the look of a sparrow about it. Blackbird would be more appropriate. 

    To me a sparrow brings to mind something smaller, tough and woody like a Guild M20. 
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    Skarloey said:
    I like sparrows as birds, but that guitar doesn't have the look of a sparrow about it. Blackbird would be more appropriate. 

    To me a sparrow brings to mind something smaller, tough and woody like a Guild M20. 
    They could do a baritone with an extra-long neck, called the Swan....
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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    Or an acoustic with a but in drum machine called the Woodpecker. 
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    edited November 2016
    Skarloey said:
    Or an acoustic with a but in drum machine called the Woodpecker. 
    Or one that allows the player to accurately mimic a very limited range of players and their guitar work - called the Parrot...
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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    What about the Vulture? A one string resonator that's been specially aged and reliced by being left in the Mojave dsesert for five years.


    The Seagull? An ungainly thing with a white finish that is so hard to play things end up in a terrible mess.
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  • olafgartenolafgarten Frets: 1648
    You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 
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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    olafgarten said:
    You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 
    Pah. It'll never fly. 
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    Skarloey said:
    olafgarten said:
    You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 
    Pah. It'll never fly. 
    Why limit ourselves to birds? What about inlaying a highly ornate dragon into the body and fingerboard, calling it 'The Dragon' and charging more than the price of a semi-detached house in Newcastle for it?
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