Bonamassa Gibson tip

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Re: Bonamassa Gibson tip

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My Gibson tip is sell them and get a decent guitar. :moresarc:
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I top wrap my chibson. I'm not sure that I would if it was my only guitar, but as a second guitar it's darker and loose sounding and I like it a lot.

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Re: Bonamassa Gibson tip

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GrantB wrote:All the rage since 1956!

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Looks like its strung with 6 D strings off a bass

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sirvill wrote:
GrantB wrote:All the rage since 1956!

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Looks like its strung with 6 D strings off a bass
thats flatwound playing jazz players for ya
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We’re all wimps these days.
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12-56 from factory on those back in the day.
13-56 on fenders.
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Frey wrote:yeah, they used to throw away the bottom E and put the A where the E was, etc etc. Had to get a banjo string for the top E!
True. Used to do it when I first started playing. Then Rotosound brought out .007 gauge individual strings and we all jumped on those. Unsurprisingly they had a tendency to break rather easily. Ah the folly of youth.
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