Saturday, September 09, 2006

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Fortunate to have been able to work doing what I love.  I've made my sole living for over four decades playing a guitar.  Everything I've earned has been from playing one of these...every cent.  I've never had another job.  Over 6000 one-nighters working as a sideman for 41 straight years. A lot of hard work, a lot of long nights, long drives, but still the same enthusiasm as the day I started.   What do I do with my time off?...spend time with my incredible family and play my guitars.  The photos here are from my collection as it was in 2006 before I decided to sell due to what I felt was a very inflated vintage guitar market.  I hope to update this site to include more photos with hundreds more instruments from years before this time as well as include many more from builders other than just Gibson and Fender shown here.  It is my ultimate goal to catalog and post the many internal photos detailing the finer nuances of construction of each model, the transitions and variations, as well as detailed database of the parts.   Stay tuned and enjoy the pics.

Les Paul TV Juniors and Specials










1956 Les Paul TV Junior






1958 Les Paul TV Special






1959 Les Paul TV Junior






1960 Les Paul Special






1959 Melody Maker 3/4

ES-335's, ES345's, ES-350

1958 ES-350TN








1956 ES-350T











1961 ES-330TDC









1959 ES-350T









1959 ES-335







1959 ES-345








1961 ES-345






1963 ES-335






1964 ES-335








1967 ES-345






1968 ES-335 w/Stop Conversion
1964 ES-355












1968 ES-345
















1968 ES-345




Les Paul Juniors

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1957 Junior






1958 Junior






1955 Junior









1956 Junior










1954 Junior




1958 Les Paul Junior

Les Pauls

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1952 Les Paul








1953 All Gold w/Bigsby






1953/57 PAF Conversion








1956 Custom








1959 Les Paul "Burst"












1959 Les Paul Jr. 3/4






1969 Les Paul Custom









1969 Les Paul Deluxe

ES-330's, ES-175's

1957 ES225TDN





1959 PAF ES-175 Factory Cherry









1965 ES175-TDN








1965 L4-C factory Cherry w/McCarty Pickup









Gibson Acoustics
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1928 Nick Lucas Special







1923 L-3









1934 L-75







1943 J-45 Banner Headstock Mahogany Top

Mint 1959 ES-330TDN




Basses

1955 Precision bass
















1965 Thunderbird Cherry










1965 Thunderbird Factory Cherry







EB-3's and EB-O's










1969 EB-1








1967 EB2-D










1967 EB2-D Cherry







1964 Jazz Bass Lake Placid Blue






1962 Precision






1964 Precision






1965 Precision







1966 Precision