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MY FIRST GIBSON GUITAR – A BYRDLAND
MY FIRST GIBSON GUITAR – A BYRDLAND My first Gibson guitar was a Byrdland I bought in 1963. I bought this guitar because I was playing with the Royal Tones and needed a guitar that sounded great playing top forty tunes and jazz standards. I […]
ME AND MY GIBSON L4 GUITAR
ME AND MY GIBSON L4 GUITAR Early in my career I had a Gibson 400 but sold it and bought a Gibson Brydland. The Byrdland gave me a better sound for the top forty band I was working […]
ME AND MY GIBSON ES-335 GUITAR
ME AND MY GIBSON ES-335 GUITAR I first bought my Gibson ES- 335 guitar to use with my Condor Unit made by Hammond Organ. The Condor Unit made a guitar sound like a bassoon, oboe, Harpsichord, […]
ME AND MY GIBSON ES-345 GUITAR
ME AND MY GIBSON ES-345 GUITAR When I moved to LA and started doing sessions out there, I still had my Gibson Firebird guitar. I used my Firebird for a while and noticed that a lot of […]
ME AND MY GIBSON FIREBIRD GUITAR
ME AND MY GIBSON FIREBIRD GUITAR I first saw a Gibson Firebird guitar at a session I was on with Motown Funk Brother Eddie Willis. He was playing on this weird looking funky sounding guitar. I saw […]