I must admit to being a Gibson fan and I agree that the 70's Gibsons were mostly bow wows. Their QC went by the boards. But one of the major problems that they had and, I think, the reason so many bad Gibsons are now out there was their practice of selling their guitars that were not up to spec as seconds.The dealers had them marked as seconds and sold as such but there was no way to controll re-sale.

Right now I play a 70's D-18 that belongs to my wife because my main guitar - a Recording King built by Regal in the 30's is in the shop. But my backup is a 70's Yamaki that is a Martin clone. For electric I use a 50's Harmony Meteor wiht DeArmond pickups.

In Gibsons defense, they are now making some excellent guitars anaig. I just wish I could afford one.

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