Actual Pearly Gates

[greens]

When I do a google image search of Pearly Gates (and "Original Pearly Gates," and every related term I can think of) I mostly get pictures of reissues and replicas and so forth. Would love if people can point me to as many high quality images as possible of the genuine article. Thanks in advance!

 

[greens]

Here's a couple to get the ball rolling

 

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[greens]

Interesting that is has a kind of "dead spot" in the flame at the lower left hand corner. Would this even make the cut as an R9 lol?

 

[cmjohnson]

Interesting. I hadn't realized until now that Pearly has a slip matched top, apparently, and not a bookmatched top. Which should not surprise me, as MANY '58 and '59 Standards had slip matched tops. Bookmatching was only done SOME of the time. And there are even known examples where two different guitars each have the complementary halves of what would be a great bookmatch, except that the bookmatch is on two different guitars.

 

[TaterNuts]

 

[greens]

Is it "Quilt/Curly"? Or "Curly /Tiger Stripe" ?

 

[1allspub]

Is it "Quilt/Curly"? Or "Curly /Tiger Stripe" ? View attachment 677589

I think Pearly is more a fiddleback (which isn’t shown on your chart).

From BOTB:

 

[greens]

I think Pearly is more a fiddleback (which isn’t shown on your chart).

From BOTB:

Oh yeah, agreed!

 

[DBDM]

Is it "Quilt/Curly"? Or "Curly /Tiger Stripe" ? View attachment 677589

What people do not always consider is that trees are NOT perfectly cylindrical. Although it is possible to saw at a perfect (or near perfect) right angle to the rings, it is more likely that the trees have various twists and turns in the wood that leaves some of the cuts at near 90 degrees and some not at nearly 90 degrees.

Most quartersawn boards have at least some degree of rift since again the grain is almost never perfect.

If that does not make any sense, think of it like this. Draw what you think of as rings in a tree. Then go look at a tree in your yard (park?). Notice how a cut through the tree would not yield an actual circle. Now saw that irregular "circle" into a board with a perfect right angle to the rings. Not possible.

Also remember that most of these designations ("fiddle back", "Tiger stripe" etc) have no actual scientific or governement designations. Sawmills and individuals are free to call the grain whatever they wish. One person's "Tiger Stripe" is another persons "fiddle back".
The only 2 parts of the above diagram that I am fairly certain the wold would agree on is the flatsawn quilt and the burl. Every other one on the list is entirely subjective.

 

[Louie the Slug]

I built my amateur version of Greeny. What type of top do you think it is?

 

[DBDM]

What type of top do you think it is?

It is EXACTLY the type of top referrenced in my post above.

 

[LPaddicted]

 

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[J557]

Here's a couple to get the ball rolling View attachment 677578
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Why were the pickups pulled?

 

[greens]

Why were the pickups pulled?

No Idea, just a pic I found on the internet

 

[jimmyjames]

Why were the pickups pulled?

Billy went for EMGs?