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David-N-87 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: Another new guitar

Got this one for my birthday. Nifty innit.

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Clawdy Buttoon-Kok · Guest

Hullo

.....back are you Question

David-N-87 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:48 am Post subject:

Indeed I am.
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ROGER HUMPHRIES · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:18 pm Post subject:

Can you play it?

lonesome on'ry & mean · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject:

Seeing as how it's probably in a Nashville museum (going by those tags on it) I guess the answer is "no".
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Anyone know what those silver things are?

lonesome on'ry & mean · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject:

I was puzzling over that myself. They look a bit like clutch plates or chain-drive sprockets but the teeth are way too big. Maybe film cans, they're the right shape and size, but I've never seen film cans with teeth.
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David-N-87 · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject:

That's a clock.
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lonesome on'ry & mean · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject:

A clock without numbers or hands ?
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brian ahern · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:14 pm Post subject:

What? Big Ben parts?
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Welcome back David.

gyro · Guest

They certainly have a lot of fine cog teeth but look like die-cast alloy which isn't that strong.
Fancy wheel trims maybe.

Ian Cal-Ford · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject:

Ah Your back I see. Listen, if you have Cash's 57 J200, then i have John Holmes's cod piece.
Having actually played or rather strummed that giutar, i can confirm it is some instrument. I had a long talk with the guy who restored it, there's a huge story behind this instrument as you may allready know, he actually had it stolen from backstage in the latter of 1959, it then reappeared years later.

I love acoustic guitars, have a fine collection of Martins myself and a 1952 Blonde Gibson J200 along with many others.
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lonesome on'ry & mean · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

The above guitar pics are probably of a Gibson J200 that Johnny had in the late 50's.
It disappeared in the early 60's, either stolen or given away. there are no replicas on sale (that I can find).

There is another, version of it that is now in the Rock 'n' Roll hall of fame. See the differences ?

All of Johnny's other guitars are Martins. This is the Martin D 35 Commemorative guitar.

It costs over £3000. Maybe a little too much even for Mrs Nisbet to lavish on her son.

This '65 Fender inscribed with the words 'I shot a man in reno just to watch him die' recently sold at auction for £46,131

Edit to say that while I was making this post Ian got in first.
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ROGER HUMPHRIES · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:58 pm Post subject:

The one in David's picture has plastic machine-head buttons whereas the other one you're showing LOM has metal buttons.