An Early and Unique Gibson L-2, with Mark Stutman
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2023
- Gibson's Gold Sparkle "Argentine Grey" L-2 is a rare flat top model that was produced for a little more than a year, at the outset of the Great Depression. There aren't very many of them left, and Folkway's Mark Stutman explains why that's the case. The subject of this video is an early L-2 built in late 1929 or early 1930.
Woodford was talking about Gibson factory retops and gave you a little shout-out. It was very nice.
Heard that! Thanks for mentioning it.
you walking Gibson encyclopediay, love you and your explainings of these wonderfull instruments!!
its christmas in july when a new stutman vid comes out
Too kind!
Very interesting , thank you !
great stuff! thanks
Sweet guitar. Thanks for the video Mark. 👍🙂
Thanks for the great video. Amazingly I just had a call from an elderly lady who has a 1931 L-2 tucked away at her home in a remote part of New Zealand. I’m off to view on Friday but pictures sent through today show it to be very well played but in great condition.
Lucky!
Great history- thanks for the video
Love these videos, always learn a lot - I didn't know Gibson used banjo tuners on acoustics!
So fascinating. Thank you for making this vid!
I am an acoustic guitar nerd and watch a lot of UA-cam guitar channels, I have to say that yours is my favorite, watching Mark talk about the ins and outs of old Gibsons is so fascinating, I just wish there were more vids!
That's great to hear, thanks, Abe! Working on getting more out there.
Great info thanks!
Dangit! Waited about 12 hours too long. 😂
Thanks Marc! I think you’re very generous to take your time to do this. You bring your sense of wonder to these videos. This is valuable to me. I’m going to remember your stories. They’re saved in the wonder neurons in my brain. (that’s the part of my brain right next to where the curiosity neurons are working)
JJZ…(°¿.°`)
Thanks, Justin! That very kind.
Mark, any idea how old Gibson's stockpile of lumber was before it was even used to make it's acoustics of the 30s and 40s?
An interesting question, but one I can't answer. I'm sure they had a lot of wood, but as the 'banner' guitars show, there wasn't enough of it to last much more than a year or two.
@@TheFolkwayMusic I didnt know that about the Banners. So, question kinda answered as far as im concerned! Thanks man, and for the exceptional work showcased here!
Hi Mark, in your estimation was any of the binding/purfling replaced in the re topping?
I suspect the top bindings and purflings would have been replaced. It's a lot more work to reuse bindings than it is to start fresh, and Gibson was a busy factory. That said, the bindings of the top are identical to those on the back, which would be original. I think they had a lot of that stock, though, and the replaced binding would look 'original' all these years on.
So, top over dovetail, was that ever done on new guitars are only on retops?
Pretty sure it was just on retops, but at this point we'll never know. It's near impossible to tell, really.