leoroberts
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My main instrument is: probably needing new strings
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Post by leoroberts on Jun 4, 2016 7:30:16 GMT
... a fascinating story of guitar manufacture at Kalamazoo during WWII The Gibson Gals
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Post by cottonopolis on Jun 4, 2016 12:51:16 GMT
Great story, John Thomas has a website johnthomasguitar.com which has plenty of info about the book and music from the CD which accompanies it. Lauren Sheehan plays old Gibson guitars on all the tracks. Such as;
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Post by andyhowell on Jun 6, 2016 9:41:12 GMT
There was a very good piece in this in a recent Acoustic Guitar. Apparently Gibson still won't officially comment on this. The suspicion is that they think it might effect the resale prices of instruments from that era. Weird.
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