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Toby Walker Presents: Cool Guitars - 1948 Gibson LG2
Hi folks,
This is the first in a series of guitar reviews I'll be doing through the courtesy of a good friend of mine. He's got a TON of vintage guitars, amps and wanted to share them with everyone. He contacted me and away we went.
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.....cool stuff Toby....love them LG’s....
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Toby, I enjoyed your inaugural vid and look forward to future installments. But I do have a pressing question. Is your friend with the vintage collection looking to expand his circle of friends. If so, feel free to pm me. Or just start a sign up sheet.
Cheers, David
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Fantastic Toby!
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Nope. He prefers to remain anonymous. Sort of like the additional guitar player who was credited on the Cream song 'Badge' as L'Angelo Mysterioso.
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I am well past the expensive college years. And am house trained (mostly). David
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I did a restoration on a '43 LG2 a few months ago and it was one of the best sounding guitars I've ever played. IT was not like an open airy responsive sustainy so on guitar but just sounded so true and good note for note, strumming, finger picking, flat picking and so on.
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I also own a 1948 LG-2 and yes after a neck reset 3 years ago it sounds greater than before. I don’t find the neck to be chunky at all. Some dude on this forum had the opportunity to buy it a few months ago, and I am grateful he drastically lowballed my offer, because now I do not plan to sell it.
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I owned a '46 LG2 for many years but had a '47 in the house for a bit somebody was trying to sell me. They sounded so different you would not think they were made by the same company.
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Very nice Toby.
I've a '43, and a friend has a '47. Great guitars for blues, old time, and old Country, |
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I recently invested in a neck reset on my '48 LG-3, and it is now a beast of a guitar. Way louder than it has a right to be.
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Good job Toby. Beautiful guitar, great playing as usual!
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These will be nice, and appreciated! Thanks for posting. Hopefully it's a long series . . .
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Great video Toby, I watched it via your Facebook link yesterday. Very cool guitar and my late fathers birthday year too which makes it even more cool for me.
I’ve been hunting for a 30’s/40’s L00 or LG2 for a while now but they’re scarce in my part of the world. One will land one day though! |