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Kazz
April 26th, 2008, 04:12 AM
I have this buddy who I met in St Louis at a Tesla concert and Station Family Fund benefit....he brought a bunch of guitars with him that night...in 2005 and that is right after I started playing guitar again...He has one Gibson in particular that is pretty rare it is an Explorer made of Korina. Apparently there were only 4 built and only 2 of those are still in existence...and of course he has one.

I sent him a note to come join us over here as he is a highly seasoned guitar player. In the meantime he sent me some pictures of his 3 Gibson Electrics...I will wait for him to post his Gibson Acoustic....I think it is an J185 or 200.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/rdtrash1/IMG_0408.jpg?t=1209161821

Some specs from the Gibson Custom Shop

7.8 LBS WITH A BEEFY 50'S NECK 57 CLASSIC PICK-UP'S 9+ CONDITION-ALL ORIGINAL AND IN UNPLAYED CONDITION...ONE PIECE MAHOGANY BODY ONLY 25 WERE MADE (21 were mahogany 4 were Korina . Only 2 of the four are still in existance)AND THEY NEVER COME UP FOR SALE-MADE IN THE GIBSON USA CUSTOM SHOP THIS WAS A LIMITED RUN CUSTOM SHOP MODEL THAT SOLD FOR $5500.00 MODELED AFTER ERIC CLAPTON'S CUT EXPLORER GIBSON CUSTOM SHOP CERTIFICATE AND CASE CANDY INCLUDED WITH ORIGINAL GIBSON BLACK HISTORIC CUSTOM SHOP CASE


he sent me some pictures of his Firebird and Les Paul too.
Burstbucker Pro at the neck and 498t at the bridge
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/rdtrash1/IMG_0416.jpg?t=1209161976

This one here just plain out has balls....I played this one in Steelville Missouri at a camping trip we all met up on down on the river.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o112/rdtrash1/IMG_0414.jpg?t=1208820656

sumitomo
April 26th, 2008, 08:43 AM
Wow,those are realllllly some sweet rides your friend has(you can tell I'm a car guy cause everything nice is a sweet ride)Sumi :D

Brian Krashpad
April 28th, 2008, 10:33 AM
Yikes! Who takes an LP on a camping trip?!

Those are nice though. Looking forward to meeting your bud.

Brian Krashpad
April 29th, 2008, 05:37 AM
It was a very upscale camping trip . I um... he actually brought 2 LP's with him . The other was a Goldtop ...

just sayin:D

I'm hoping they were kept somewhere climate-controlled or at least that you had mild weather. :D

Kazz
April 29th, 2008, 04:19 PM
It was August...so no the weather in Steeleville Missouri was no mild....and there were a bunch of inebriated fools playing around on those les pauls late at night :-) Myself included.

Thanks for joining us over here Rick....your talent will be muchly appreciated

peachhead
April 29th, 2008, 06:54 PM
Wow, I feel good when I have more than 1 case of beer to take camping.

Sweeeet. :drool:

Kazz
April 30th, 2008, 04:53 AM
We probably had 10 cases of beer....and I lost count of the bottles of Crown Royal and Absolute.

Kazz
May 1st, 2008, 04:29 AM
he he....