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  • redbluesredblues ✭✭
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    ha enjoyed that article Ben,

    Is this the axe he went mad over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Mwyvil0QQ
  • klaatuklaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia
    Posts: 1,665
    redblues wrote:
    ha enjoyed that article Ben,

    Is this the axe he went mad over?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Mwyvil0QQ
    I don't think so. I've never seen a Super 400 with that style of cutaway. They usually have the Venetian (rounded) cutaway, like this 1969 model:

    It also doesn't look big enough. The Super 400 had an 18" lower bout, which is just huge.
    Benny

    "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
    -- Orson Welles
  • pa_tpa_t ✭✭
    Posts: 15
    redblues wrote:
    ha enjoyed that article Ben,
    Is this the axe he went mad over?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Mwyvil0QQ
    No way, this one looks like a ES-175 Gibson.
  • redbluesredblues ✭✭
    Posts: 456
    18" lower bout, feck me that is a big guitar

    must admit, immediately thought of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amhOYTY5DIw
  • pa_tpa_t ✭✭
    edited July 2011 Posts: 15
    klaatu wrote:
    Quite surprising, indeed! It is easy to find vintage Gibsons (even Super 400, if you have enough money), but more difficult to find old Castelluccias sounding like Dorado's one.
    Moreover, it is quite difficult to split up with a guitar you've been playing 30 years long; but, apparently, temptation was too strong...
    Looks like what sometimes happens with some women (or men) :wink:
  • klaatuklaatu Nova ScotiaProdigy Rodrigo Shopis D'Artagnan, 1950s Jacques Castelluccia
    Posts: 1,665
    redblues wrote:
    18" lower bout, feck me that is a big guitar
    Gibson and Epiphone were engaged in a size war in the 30s and 40s. Even bigger than the 400 was the monster Epiphone Emperor, at 18.5":


    The current Epiphone Company (Gibson owned) uses the name Emperor for one of their Asian made electric archtops, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with the original NY-built Emperor. They've also reused the Broadway name.

    And then there was the Stromberg Master 400, at 19"!
    These are extremely rare. Gruhn had one listed a while back for $47,500.
    Benny

    "It's a great feeling to be dealing with material which is better than yourself, that you know you can never live up to."
    -- Orson Welles
  • redbluesredblues ✭✭
    Posts: 456
    Great post Ben thanks for the info.

    I know these are different brands and that, but does the larger bout have affect on the sound noticeably on these guitars?
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