Weird pickups. I'm wondering if maybe they're custom jobs?
I'm looking at Gisbons & Gretschs online but haven't found anything close yet.
Maybe it's a different brand entirely. Dunno.
Can anyone ID this guitar?...
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PorkyPrimeCut
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Can anyone ID this guitar?...
Held by Stephen Stills (top) & David Crosby (bottom)...
Weird pickups. I'm wondering if maybe they're custom jobs?
I'm looking at Gisbons & Gretschs online but haven't found anything close yet.
Maybe it's a different brand entirely. Dunno.
Weird pickups. I'm wondering if maybe they're custom jobs?
I'm looking at Gisbons & Gretschs online but haven't found anything close yet.
Maybe it's a different brand entirely. Dunno.
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nanamour
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IIRC it's a Guild Starfire XII, heavily modified by those hippie types at Alembic.
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Alembic I think, going by that fingerboard detail.
Edit: he still has it
https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen ... OnS50DlkM:
Edit: he still has it
https://www.google.com/search?q=stephen ... OnS50DlkM:
"classic marked down to 20 pence bargain bin fodder'
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Ha! That didn't take long.
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From another forum...
"It started life out as a 1970 Gibson Crest. Luthier Mario Martello added the new neck and fingerboard and Ron and Rick did all of the other modifications. This is also the first guitar to feature LED's."
Cool.
*I added the link as I'd never even heard of a Gibson Crest.
"It started life out as a 1970 Gibson Crest. Luthier Mario Martello added the new neck and fingerboard and Ron and Rick did all of the other modifications. This is also the first guitar to feature LED's."
Cool.
*I added the link as I'd never even heard of a Gibson Crest.
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I stand corrected!
Interesting, I hadn’t heard of the Gibson Crest either...as 70s as a Weeble wearing bell bottoms!
Interesting, I hadn’t heard of the Gibson Crest either...as 70s as a Weeble wearing bell bottoms!
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Yeah, a CITES inspector's wet dream too. Apparently the whole body was Brazilian Rosewood.
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omg, I had forgotten the Crest, thanks for reminding me! Ew.
But obviously a good project guitar.
But obviously a good project guitar.
"classic marked down to 20 pence bargain bin fodder'