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fuzztone
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1965 Gibson Melody Maker

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‎01-24-2013 01:45 AM

I posted a picture before but my thread got lost in the transition.

 

Melody Maker

"One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it.
Three chords and you're into jazz."
- Lou Reed
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‎01-24-2013 08:26 AM

Sweet!  Closest I have to that is a 68-ish Kalamazoo KG 2-A, and this Series 10, which is a really nice guitar for a cheapie! I also had an 86 RI MM that was red. -Adam

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‎01-24-2013 12:44 PM

Very cool,thanks for posting a picture,I never saw one before.

I am a big fan of Melody Makers. The last one I had was a 2003

 

Les Paul Melody Maker

 

 

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‎01-24-2013 12:56 PM - edited ‎01-24-2013 12:57 PM

I could never determine if mine is '64 or '65.  I was born in 12/64 so I lean toward 64. :smileytongue:

It's missing the maestro tailpiece and the original tuners are gone (iirc), but I do have the original pg assembly and bridge.  This was my brother's guitar before he passed away in 1979.

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‎01-24-2013 01:00 PM

Both of your guys' look to be strung up with an unwound 3rd.  I recall swapping in a modern adjustable bridge specifically because I couldn't tune that fixed bridge without a wound 3rd.

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‎01-24-2013 01:46 PM

Yeah,I gotta change the strings.Then I can play like The Melody Makers.

 

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‎01-24-2013 01:58 PM

Nice one! I remember being like, the only one to say HNGD and remind you that your thread was gonna be deleted lol...
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‎01-24-2013 03:56 PM - edited ‎01-24-2013 03:57 PM

axegrinder wrote:

Both of your guys' look to be strung up with an unwound 3rd.  I recall swapping in a modern adjustable bridge specifically because I couldn't tune that fixed bridge without a wound 3rd.

The irony (I just now remembered) is I now have mine strung up with flat wounds including, you guessed it, a wound 3rd.  *facepalm*

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‎01-25-2013 07:29 AM

Very nice.
I have a 61 3/4 scale Singlecut. If I knew how to post photos I would post one of mine.
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‎03-03-2013 12:00 AM

Just click the picture icon(the little tree) and you can up load from your computer or another website.


Melody Maker

melody maker

 

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‎03-03-2013 08:30 AM

HNGD! Yes!

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‎03-03-2013 09:19 AM

I think Pat Travers every time I see a MM it was his main Guitar with Humbuckers for most of his early Lps and Live.

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‎03-04-2013 09:40 AM - edited ‎03-04-2013 09:47 AM

Makes me think of Cheetah Chrome.

 

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‎03-04-2013 04:39 PM

I had a 1980 Melody Maker from 1980-86 (traded it for an '83 Stratocaster). It was a nice guitar:

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Hubert Stumblin
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‎03-05-2013 12:41 PM

fuzztone wrote:

I posted a picture before but my thread got lost in the transition.

 

Melody Maker

Sweet. From the few clips I've heard they're sorta the most Tele of Gibsons. Or Esquire in this case. Would you agree?

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Epiphone Sheraton II, Austin strat copy, mid-1930s Martin R-18

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‎03-06-2013 04:02 AM

Great guitar! Here's my '65:

65 Melody Maker

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