Nicole This is a real Gimme Gimme!

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:08 pm

I played this for hours on Sunday morning after a great party in Bristol hosted by a friend I have met on the Gibson forums called Roger. It is a 1963 Gibson Byrdland and I am getting butterflies thinking about how it sounded..that is how good it was!

Matt

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:10 pm

Jamming on the Byrdland

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:07 pm

Matt, here's a lesson for playing a Byrdland.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:44 pm

Cheers Paul!

My mate Roger (the owner of the Byrdland) loves Nugent Paul.

here is his thread mentioning him from the excellent Gibson forum
http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=9144

he is quite a character for sure

Matt

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:42 am

It is certainly a fine looking instrument .

Ritchie · Post by **Ritchie** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:43 am

ps .. Matt did it have round wound or flat wound strings on it ?

NicDots · Post by **NicDots** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:23 am

LOL, the first thing I thought when I saw that first picture was Ted! That is an awesome guitar as well.

Cpt Matt Sparrow · Post by **Cpt Matt Sparrow** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:11 am

Ted and his Byrdlands

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:20 am

Now that I've got the Gretsch, I am amazed at how Ted manages to control the feedback of his guitars... absolutely amazing!

rice_pudding · Post by **rice_pudding** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:26 pm

Paul Wolfe wrote:Now that I've got the Gretsch, I am amazed at how Ted manages to control the feedback of his guitars... absolutely amazing!

whats it like transfering from solidbody to hollow? I've only ever owned solidbody electrics, a nice gretsch is very tempting though...

Rob

Paul Wolfe · Post by **Paul Wolfe** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:44 pm

It's kind of nice actually. It's a bit bigger, depth-wise, but the action is still pretty low. It is tough to control feedback on a dirty setting though.