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Gear Discussion Forums => Guitars Etc. => Topic started by: FrankieTbird on November 15, 2017, 10:05:59 AM

Title: Odd Gibson
Post by: FrankieTbird on November 15, 2017, 10:05:59 AM

Anyone ever seen one of these:

https://austin.craigslist.org/msg/d/new-gibson-electric-guitar/6367721169.html

What da heck is it?
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: Dave W on November 15, 2017, 11:36:14 AM
It's an N225. It was a limited run variant of the Nighthawk from a few years ago. Don't know if you can really call it a shredder, but it was pointy enough to be one.  ;D  New street price was something like $1300-$1500 so this one is probably a decent deal.
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: FrankieTbird on November 15, 2017, 11:38:08 AM
It's an N225. It was a limited run variant of the Nighthawk from a few years ago. Don't know if you can really call it a shredder, but it was pointy enough to be one.  ;D  New street price was something like $1300-$1500 so this one is probably a decent deal.

Cool, thank you, Dave.
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: FrankieTbird on November 15, 2017, 11:42:36 AM

Holy crap!  MF still has one, open box.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/open-box-gibson-2013-n-225-electric-guitar
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: Dave W on November 15, 2017, 11:54:57 AM
You'd think they would discount it a little more than that, considering that it's now the 2018 model year.
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: gearHed289 on November 16, 2017, 03:33:35 PM
Whew, nasty paint job on that MF one. This red one keeps popping up in my Gibson bass search on eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/282735198729?ul_noapp=true (https://www.ebay.com/itm/282735198729?ul_noapp=true)
Title: Re: Odd Gibson
Post by: Alanko on November 18, 2017, 03:35:46 PM
Those guitars had a bit of a 'spare parts' vibe to them. The weird black Vibrola didn't help. Imagine they had metal in the '50s...

That Ebay example looks pretty rough. The headstock is a lesson on orange peel that any amateur refinisher could learn from.