Les Paul, Zurich 1968
(via foreskin-rug)
The Electric Flag, 1968
Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop
Gibson RD Artist.
Brian Towell posted this beauty on the Guitar Porn Facebook page last week and we thought it would definitely benefit from a wider exposure. He says “Not every new guitar Gibson introduced in the 70s was a disaster. Check out the almost sensual lines of this seventies giant: Gibson RD Artist ‘77 in natural maple. Still playing like a dream, and sounding like a rainbow.”
Acoustic Guitars by the bed-load.
Chris Thomas (AKA jammy-git) sent in this beautiful selection of acoustic guitar porn reading from top left to right; Martin Eric Clapton Signature, Tanglewood, Gibson J-200 Emmy Lou Harris, LAG nylon string, Takamine Santa Fe (Ltd Edn) and a Fender Resonator.
Gibson Byrdland
1955-Present
Spruce, Maple, EbonyThe name Byrdland is a mashup of the names of Billy Bird and Hank Garland the two guitarists who participated in its design. They had requested a short scale archtop that would be less bulky than the traditional hollowbody, and this is basically what they got: A short-scale thinline L5CES.
P90s, PAF pickups, venetian or florentine cutaway, the Gibson Byrdland went through several phases, but was always seen as a remarkable and prized instrument. Some of Gibson’s finest. Hear it
Photo: Georgesmusic
