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Old 03-18-2007, 02:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Rare Gibson Historic 2003 R8's with Highly Flamed Tops




Only other one I know of and it's Beautiful !
( Sadly someone built it Backwards ! )

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Old 03-18-2007, 07:16 AM   #2 (permalink)
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WOW!! That is the nicest one I have seen to date!
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Old 03-18-2007, 09:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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sort of has the flame as my 7 string top






Is that the money shot or what
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Old 03-18-2007, 12:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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WOW!! That is the nicest one I have seen to date!
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Great to see you Johnny !
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sort of has the flame as my 7 string top

Beautiful Top Bud ! Can't wait to see it finished !






Is that the money shot or what
Idea ~ mercilessly Stolen from the Brock Burst . ( Money Shot , that is )
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Re: Rare Gibson Historic 2003 R8's with Highly Flamed Tops
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My best friend has one. I'll see if I can get him to sign up and post the pics.
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My best friend has one. I'll see if I can get him to sign up and post the pics.
Love to see it .
That would be a highly flame 03 R8 ?

I've seen some that are lightly flamed .
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Re: Rare Gibson Historic 2003 R8's with Highly Flamed Tops
I would consider it highly flamed, along the lines of the pics you posted. Of course... now that I think about it, it might be an '02. I don't recall.

Of course... I play plaintops, so what the hell do I know about flame?
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This is the best I can do
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Nice ! Looks like at least an 03 to me .
I wonder how many more escaped ?????
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03 R9 Brazillian.

Sorry, I just noticed this was about R8s.
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03 R9 Brazillian.

Sorry, I just noticed this was about R8s.
Ahhhhh OK !

Start a Brasilian R9 Thread ! We can never see too many of those either !
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On the Bay?
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Grail, is that Brazilian?
Browneyes ~ by the sn# No, and no one at Gibson will say it is, but there is more to the story of this guitar.
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Unfortunately, I also have 2 R9s from 2002 for the Snakebite Music store 1 is a Murphy. Both were ordered with brazilian however since it's not documented, I'm not able to sell them as Brazilian. They were definately ordered with brazilian and have brazilian characteristics.
Yep there BRW!!! that's how i got them
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