FS:2016 Gibson Roy Smeck Radio Grande Ltd. Ed. TRADED - Page 2

roberts · #16 02-23-2018, 11:49 AM

Support bump for this beauty....

Silly Moustache · #17 02-23-2018, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by gibsonfan

Just picked up this stunner last month and the guitar is mint. Just need to stay with smaller guitars for ergonomic reasons. Not interested in trades, thanks. Price is $4000.00 plus shipping to CONUS and PayPal fees. Please reach out to me at [email protected] if interested. Thanks for looking.

The Roy Smeck Radio Grande is considered a sacred model among Gibson experts and aficionados. This power-house model first appeared in the mid-1930s and then once during our Gibson centennial year celebration in 1994. These newly enhanced Limited Edition models feature a MOP Roy Smeck Radio Grande headstock inlay, a 1.805’’ nut width, Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top, and traditional Nick Lucas fretboard markers, making these “grand-piano-sounding acoustics a joy for a player who may also be a vintage collector. Limited to only 30 instruments worldwide! Ships with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Other features include:

Electronics: None
Strings: Gibson light gauge .012 - .053
Tuning Machines: Nickel Grover open back
Pickguard: 0.30” Firestripe
Bridge: Traditional rectangular, open slot, rosewood, bone saddle
Scale: Short
Fingerboard: 12” radius, rosewood, MOP Nick Lucas inlay
Bracing: Traditional scalloped x-bracing
Neck-to-body: Compound dovetail secured with hide glue at the 12th fret
Neck: Mahogany, with 1.805” bone nut
Finish: Vintage Sunburst, Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Binding: Multi-ply top, single-ply back, with multi-ply single-ring rosette
Wood: Thermally Aged Adirondack red spruce top, rosewood back & sides
Hardcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpadZrO4DI

Hi, a complex guitar is the Roy Smeck design. Never made with a "Spanish" neck like this beauty, only made as a Hawaiian.

This would have been a dream come true for me some years ago, actually about ten years ago when I ordered something similar from Huss & Dalton, which was a dramatic failure, and then in 2012 I managed to get a Santa Cruz version.

These guitars are fractionally deeper than normal Jumbos or Dreadnoughts and that is a problem for some.

Also with that soundhole projecting Just a tad further away from the player, it is less easy for the player to enjoy the great tonality that these can produce.

This Gibson is finished beautifully and with cooked adi and EIR B&S - that would be a dream.

I'd even possibly be tempted but shipping costs 20% tax and the aggravation of importing any rosewood cuts me out.

People who appreciate a wider nut, and a shorter scale combined with fine woods and a great booming body - should grab this rarity as quickly as possible!

Surely that will become as much a collector's item as the originals.

roberts · #18 02-23-2018, 02:27 PM

The Musician's Friend soundclip sounds great but from look of pickguard I don't think it's the guitar you're offering. Can you describe this one's tone....Thanks

gibsonfan · #19 02-23-2018, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by roberts

The Musician's Friend soundclip sounds great but from look of pickguard I don't think it's the guitar you're offering. Can you describe this one's tone....Thanks

It's not me in the video and it's not the exact guitar but one of the run of 30. I had a Jackson Browne version of this in rosewood as well. These guitars sound like pianos to me. Huge, lush, deeply resonant. I'm not articulate enough to do it justice. The guitar is set up perfectly and plays effortlessly.

gibsonfan · #20 02-23-2018, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

Hi, a complex guitar is the Roy Smeck design. Never made with a "Spanish" neck like this beauty, only made as a Hawaiian.

This would have been a dream come true for me some years ago, actually about ten years ago when I ordered something similar from Huss & Dalton, which was a dramatic failure, and then in 2012 I managed to get a Santa Cruz version.

These guitars are fractionally deeper than normal Jumbos or Dreadnoughts and that is a problem for some.

Also with that soundhole projecting Just a tad further away from the player, it is less easy for the player to enjoy the great tonality that these can produce.

This Gibson is finished beautifully and with cooked adi and EIR B&S - that would be a dream.

I'd even possibly be tempted but shipping costs 20% tax and the aggravation of importing any rosewood cuts me out.

People who appreciate a wider nut, and a shorter scale combined with fine woods and a great booming body - should grab this rarity as quickly as possible!

Surely that will become as much a collector's item as the originals.

Every time I look at this ad to bump it I think to myself, "What the hell am I doing?" I don't need to sell it, and I love it even if it is a bit on the deep side. Somebody grab it before I change my mind!