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Post by Stan on Jul 8, 2014 14:01:15 GMT -7
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Post by kustom250 on Jul 8, 2014 14:04:56 GMT -7
Nice.
Not to argue with Gibson themselves but until recently I think more ES models were fully hollow then semi-hollow.
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Post by markT on Jul 8, 2014 18:25:45 GMT -7
Very interesting Stan. I knew some of that, but not most of it. I'd love to get a new ES-345 for $345.00! Those were the days!
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Post by scottc on Jul 10, 2014 7:24:52 GMT -7
I believe it was Les Paul (the man) who had the original concept of Solid guitar with hollow wings, right? The attribute this to Ted McCarty...
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Jul 10, 2014 10:41:55 GMT -7
I believe it was Les Paul (the man) who had the original concept of Solid guitar with hollow wings, right? The attribute this to Ted McCarty... Indeed I seem to recall that, too--"the log," to which his jazz audience members freaked out, therefore he chopped the sides off a hollowbody guitar and glued them on there. (It seems, though, that McCarty was the guy inside Gibson who actually green-lighted these ideas?) But yeah, Les was definitely the tinkerer/inventor.
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Post by Pete aka shouldb on Jul 11, 2014 2:03:29 GMT -7
I cannot believe that in their Signature model bit at the bottom they didn't major on Larry Carlton! Mr 335? HE even wrote his most famous song about that guitar........... hmm. Bit of an omission there Gibson.
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Post by scottc on Jul 11, 2014 5:34:01 GMT -7
I believe it was Les Paul (the man) who had the original concept of Solid guitar with hollow wings, right? The attribute this to Ted McCarty... Indeed I seem to recall that, too--"the log," to which his jazz audience members freaked out, therefore he chopped the sides off a hollowbody guitar and glued them on there. (It seems, though, that McCarty was the guy inside Gibson who actually green-lighted these ideas?) But yeah, Les was definitely the tinkerer/inventor. That's the way I understand it too - Kudos to Mr. McCarty for the green-light (along with a ton of other big accomplishments) I just thought it was a bit odd that they didn't mention Les at all as at least the "inspiration" or something along those lines!
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Post by kustom250 on Jul 11, 2014 8:38:27 GMT -7
I believe it was Les Paul (the man) who had the original concept of Solid guitar with hollow wings, right? The attribute this to Ted McCarty... Like lot of stuff from that time period I don't think it's easy to say who got there first. The log was a solid body guitar with wings, but they were merely for looks and not for any acoustic property. So...yeah that's a solid body with hollow wings. McCarthy was looking for a hollowbody with feedback resistance and got to the same place. So same...but different. And as often is the case Paul Bigsby got there early on with a semi hollow design. And the Gretsch Duo Jet is also a semi hollow guitar. Neither the Bigsby or Gretsch is quite the same design as a 335 but they're in some ways the same idea. I'd give McCarty the 335. But lot's of folks worked on the semi hollow idea. And they all deserve credit. I'm sure Gibson wanted to keep it fairly simple and not wade into the murky waters of early electric guitar design too much. Heck, a drum company beat them all to offereing a solid body guiatr for sale. invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/electricguitar/pop-ups/03-12.htmI'm full on geek for this kind of stuff.
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