MarvBird sightings.

[Heritage1970]

Love this! Looking great Marv!! 

[skydog52]

I talked to Marv last night. He sounds good and said he is feeling well.  He told me he will be turning 86 this year.

He is enjoying life and his offspring that is getting extensive. 

We were talking about H-357s and the one he is holding. That is one of the Korina models he did. Came from California.

He brought up Ron Warren and he hadn't heard he passed. He loved the picture Ron did for him. 

[rockabilly69]

That is really a cool pic of him holding one of his creations!

[hopkinwfg]

On 4/21/2025 at 5:45 AM, skydog52 said:

Marv's granddaughter posted this on Facebook.

Rare Bird Sighting!

A few weeks ago, I posted looking for leads on a MarvBird—a special guitar made by luthier Marvin Lamb, who also happens to be my grandfather.

 

My husband became obsessed with the hunt and started digging everywhere. And thanks to one of YOU, we were blessed with the opportunity to bring one home to the family!

 

Thank you for all the love you continue to show for Marvin’s craft and legacy—it means the world to us.

Wow so Marvim lamb is your grandpa? Amazing !!!

[TalismanRich]

Actually, the post was made by Taylor Lawrence, who is Marv's grandaughter.

Edited 21 hours ago by TalismanRich

[skydog52]

Staying on the history of Marv at Gibson and Heritage. 

Marv sent me this picture last night. He made this one off when Gibson was still at Parsons St.

He called it his Bo Diddley guitar. There is a lot more story behind it. 

He told me it has the original strings on it from around 1980. I told him it's time for a string change. We had a chuckle about that.

[DavesNotHere]

 

This is a photo taken for a story by a local paper in 2013.

It just so happens that Marv was working on a couple of 357s. The one on the bench is mine and the one Marv is holding is Bolero's.

I know mine is the one on the bench as it was running a few weeks behind waiting on my custom fret board, "From them boys down in Tennessee".

Marv sent me several in process shots of the build, but it's nice to have an action shot of the build.

 

https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2013/02/love_where_you_live_photos_by.html