big bob Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_det...bjectID=5273079 discuss...
Kuz Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Well no one will ever wonder who's guitar it is?!!
Dick Seacup Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 That is the first guitar I've ever heard/read about the factory giving away for free.
big bob Posted November 22, 2009 Author Posted November 22, 2009 hard rock gunther had a 335 like that..
JeffB Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Theres some real nice stuff amongst the lots. I liked this paragraph Quote Lot Notes After damage to his 1957 Gibson Super 400 Hank Thompson approached The Heritage Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan to undertake the restoration of the neck. Declining to work on another manufacture's guitar the craftsmen at the Heritage shop offered to make Thompson a guitar using his specifications on a gratis basis. The ensuing instrument, based on the outline of a Super 400, became a prominent guitar Thompson would use while performing at the end of his career.
High Flying Bird Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 That's an odd duck. I think the bigsby arm is a Mel Travis.
barrymclark Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 ...and there is that inverted bell TRC again. Someone on here posted a guitar that was for sale (eBay I think) and it had that.
FredZepp Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Quote What is with that trem bar? It's huge No Kidding ...wow.Too bad they don't have more pics... It seems really cool.
big bob Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 FredZepp said: No Kidding ...wow.Too bad they don't have more pics... It seems really cool. would go well with the centurion..
FredZepp Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 big bob said: would go well with the centurion.. yeah? .... So who is Hank Thompson?... And what ... he played the whammy bar with his nose or something...?
big bob Posted November 23, 2009 Author Posted November 23, 2009 tulk1 said: And what's that bolted into the top F-hole? thats what I thought!
FredZepp Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Check out the Bigsby guitars ... a wild 12 string (with a Gibby body.) Bigsby 12 string... This guy had some cool guitars...
Poelbaum Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 FredZepp said: yeah? .... So who is Hank Thompson?... And what ... he played the whammy bar with his nose or something...? Well, according to his website, the deceased Hank Thompson was the "King of Western Swing" but as I understand it, he played both kinds of music : Country and Western.
FredZepp Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Poelbaum said: Well, according to his website, the deceased Hank Thompson was the "King of Western Swing" but as I understand it, he played both kinds of music : Country and Western.
totonka Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 If my name was HANK THOMPSON, I'd be on that like a chicken on a june bug.
FredZepp Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 totonka said: If my name was HANK THOMPSON, I'd be on that like a chicken on a june bug. LOL Even just Hank or Thompson would be cool..
DC Ron Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Poelbaum said: Well, according to his website, the deceased Hank Thompson was the "King of Western Swing" but as I understand it, he played both kinds of music : Country and Western. Here is some info on Hank and a picture of him playing this guitar. Way too cool...
DC Ron Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 DC Ron said: Here is some info on Hank and a picture of him playing this guitar. Way too cool... ...and here is a video of him with this same guitar...
smurph1 Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 DC Ron said: ...and here is a video of him with this same guitar... Cool video..Sounds great..I heard Arlo Guthrie cover that song at a "Mountain Stage" concert in West Virginia..Those P-90s sound sweet!
tyguy Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 big bob said: http://www.christies.com/Lotfinder/lot_det...bjectID=5273079 discuss...I remember Hank from the 50's and 60's.Saw him once in New York state.What a beautiful guitar.God bless,Hank.Maybe,He's now back in those Oklahoma hills where He was born.
bolero Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 here it is in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sphU5dmGWE&NR=1
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