1972 Deluxe with Humbucker

[Aria]

May i introduce:

1972(pots say) Deluxe with Humbucker (original), cool working horse.

[Midnight Blues]

Very nice gear Aria!

[cmh6122]

Your Marshalls outnumber your LPs. Make a grand noise!

[Zixxxiz]

Wow. Man that is awesome

[Cookie-boy]

Originally Posted by Aria

May I say, by way of understatement, there are other guitars there worthy of discussion!

[Progrocker111]

Wonderful Les Paul.

[kmrumedy]

Wow! Love love love it! Very nice.

Great family shot. Could you walk us through what you have there in guitars and amps?

[HOT-BRIT]

Nice one!

[Aria]

Originally Posted by kmrumedy

Wow! Love love love it! Very nice.

Great family shot. Could you walk us through what you have there in guitars and amps?

Thank you. This is just a family shot of some of my Gibson guitars.
A 1994 SG Special is missing, was a special order from the german distributor at this time. Came with a ebony fretboard and a real fat neck. Then my Gibson Thunderbird Bass is missing, i just bought this because i´m a big fan of Wishbone Ash´s Martin Turner.

On the left side there is a 1967 SG Standard bought 4 years ago from Gregor Hilden

Gibson SG 1967 Polaris White Part 1 with Fender Vibrolux Reverb plus Okko Diablo Overdrive - YouTube

Gibson SG 1967 Polaris White Part 1 with Fender Vibrolux Reverb plus Okko Diablo Overdrive - YouTube

Then a 1968 SG Special, totally rocked piece of wood.

A 1955 TV Model, i hate this guitar, too powerful and i do not like the neck. (just me all my friends love it)

A case with with one of my mij guitars.

My old conersion Jimmy Bowskill - Conversion


in the case a SG Diablo

then the 72 Deluxe

a 1971 Gibson SG Standard

and a Collector´s Choice Nr. 1 Melvin Franks/Peter Green

Amps:
a Marshall Mosfet, my first amp, bloody horrible, but i keep it sentimental wise
a 1976 Marshall JMP 50W

two JCM900 2100 , very different sound, i kept the one which has a cool AC/DC tone !!! and sold the other one (very brutal amp)

a JCM800 Mod. 2205
a vintage modern 2466

the red one is a old Stramp Halfstack (Leslie West used them and Rory Gallagher´s Band)

[HOT-BRIT]

nice family

[Aria]

Originally Posted by cmh6122

Your Marshalls outnumber your LPs. Make a grand noise!

*haha*

I wrote once in an article for german Guitar&Bass magazine, that i do not like Les Pauls.

It changed completely during the last years and right now i do have 5 Gibson, 2 Tokai, 3 Greco, 3 Aria Pro II, 1 Orville by Gibson and one Epiphone Les Pauls.

..and sadly i had to sell some already because my business is running very bad now. )very sad because some them were really cool, Burny, Navigator, Edwards, Greco and many more)

Anyhow my collection says 100% rock´n´roll, loud & nasty :-)

[HOT-BRIT]

Originally Posted by Aria

*haha*

I wrote once in an article for german Guitar&Bass magazine, that i do not like Les Pauls.

It changed completely during the last years and right now i do have 5 Gibson, 2 Tokai, 3 Greco, 3 Aria Pro II, 1 Orville by Gibson and one Epiphone Les Pauls.

..and sadly i had to sell some already because my business is running very bad now. )very sad because some them were really cool, Burny, Navigator, Edwards, Greco and many more)

Anyhow my collection says 100% rock´n´roll, loud & nasty :-)

you always need more amps than guitars

[Aria]

Originally Posted by HOT-BRIT

you always need more amps than guitars

:-))

Once my wife came along and said very serious "ok, now you stop buying guitars, this is crazy what you are doing and i do not support you with my money"

I said "Ok darling, so when it is forbidden to buy guitars, then i´m gonna buy amps"

...and i did, not many, but nice.

Laney Supergroup 1969/1970
Laney AOR 50
Vampower MK 1b 1971
Stramp 2100 1971
Selmer Bassmaster 1962
2 Selmer Treble & Bass 1965
Orange GRO 100 1971
Orange Matamp 1969
5 Marshalls
VOX ADTV120
Bird Golden Eagle 4/25
+ 10 4x12 Cabs

:-))

So after 13 years of marriage i think i broke my wife !!!

[Aria]

... and because i´m a damn liar, in real i hate rock music, so i just buy the gear to use it for my photo sessions ;-))))

[John Vasco]

Originally Posted by Aria

May i introduce:

1972(pots say) Deluxe with Humbucker (original), cool working horse

Pot dates are not an accurate guide to the dating of a guitar... Allow me to explain further: my '76 Deluxe has pots in it dating to 1974. All the number on the pots tell you is the manufacturer, the week, and the year of the manufacture of the POT, not the guitar.

[Aria]

Originally Posted by John Vasco

Pot dates are not an accurate guide to the dating of a guitar... Allow me to explain further: my '76 Deluxe has pots in it dating to 1974. All the number on the pots tell you is the manufacturer, the week, and the year of the manufacture of the POT, not the guitar.

Of course, we all know that dating an early 70s Gibson is not so easy.
The serial number 1381xx says 1970 to 1975.
The Deluxe have been made with full size Humbucker 72/73/74. (76 with maple neck)
So it is one of those years, but as i think the volute is smaller than i think they were usual and the pots dating 72, i think it came in 1972.

So it can be, but of course it is not sure......and as i do not like the years 1973 and 1974 let me believe it is 72 ;-)

[acstorfer]

That's a beautiful Deluxe and you feel free to call it any year you want. Pretty smokin girl there, your wife? If so, just do whatever she says!

[Oranjeaap]

Didnt the cherryburst start in 73?

Anyway, you have the most awsome collection there! Love the Les Pauls, you have a very good taste. And the video where Jimmy Bowskill played your goldtop was incredible, exactly the kinda music I like.

[sangandongo]

Originally Posted by Aria

... and because i´m a damn liar, in real i hate rock music, so i just buy the gear to use it for my photo sessions ;-))))

My pants are soiled.

[Aria]

Originally Posted by Oranjeaap

Didnt the cherryburst start in 73?

I have no informations about that, just what i know from the shipping list

[budd]

Originally Posted by John Vasco

Pot dates are not an accurate guide to the dating of a guitar... Allow me to explain further: my '76 Deluxe has pots in it dating to 1974. All the number on the pots tell you is the manufacturer, the week, and the year of the manufacture of the POT, not the guitar.

I've got an LP with '76 pots. '77 serial number and '78 stamped P90's.

Pickups obviously changed later but it's a nice progression in any case

[Aria]

Originally Posted by budd

I've got an LP with '76 pots. '77 serial number and '78 stamped P90's.

Pickups obviously changed later but it's a nice progression in any case

So it is a rare one :-)

[Aria]

Originally Posted by acstorfer

That's a beautiful Deluxe and you feel free to call it any year you want. Pretty smokin girl there, your wife? If so, just do whatever she says!

No, my wife is a very bit older and less kind as Blondy, way more vicious :-)

I think i call her Petra Frampton :-)

[budd]

Awesome photography. Do you have a website?

[BuzzHaze]

Awesome photography, I also like the subtle "smokes and JD" in the 3rd shot. haha, talk about adding atmosphere.

The focus is so frigging sharp....my goodness how do you do that? ...ya ya, a $4500 lens. I need to stop spending all my money on guitars, race cars and women...and upgrade my lens.

[Aria]

Originally Posted by BuzzHaze

Awesome photography, I also like the subtle "smokes and JD" in the 3rd shot. haha, talk about adding atmosphere.

The focus is so frigging sharp....my goodness how do you do that? ...ya ya, a $4500 lens. I need to stop spending all my money on guitars, race cars and women...and upgrade my lens.

I´m not a pro, i just do know an expert who gives some advice. I still use the cheap kit lens you get with an eos 450.

To get this sharpness you have to use the right tools on photo shop.

Thanks to that you like the stuff.

[Aria]

Originally Posted by budd

Awesome photography. Do you have a website?

No, but of course i do make a lot of photos for several pages, but they need mass instead of class ;-)

Thanks by the way !

[Aria]

HELP/INFOS PLEASE

i went through my paypal payments today and found the transaction for this guitar.

They wrote custom finish - any infos about this colour/finish ?