I appreciate the info, it does help...it's not always totally fun to
have a mystery guitar, rare or not :-)
The only other thing I can add, from the vintage blog site, is that it
was part of a group of accoustics that used Brazilian rosewood, in
this case, laminated (probably due to it being an acoustic'/electric
among other things).
It's a shape I see now in lots of nylon cutaway modern guitar, that
sort of soft curved type. I paid 800.00 for it, but was told that had
it not been refinished, had some "Willie Nelson" on it, and not had
Schallers installed (which was fine with me), it might have been up in
the 2000.00 range, or at least that's what they would have charged for
it.
It has binding, but all in all, its not an ornate guitar, although the
rosewood grain is very cool looking, has a standard wide classical
neck and a ebony fretboard (seems like it, but I could be wrong) that
has been scooped, with lower round very polished frets. It has a
deeper tone, being dreadnaught size, and it's a very good player. It's
a strong basic nylon, with the neck still being almost dead straight
even after all these years.
I guess it's worth what I paid for it :-) and it's a keeper anyway,
so I'm not worried about it's value. Hard to believe only 7 were
shipped, as it is a very nice guitar.
Thanks for the info Mike,
Post by Mike O.On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:22:05 -0800 (PST), deltasnake
Post by deltasnakeI recently got ahold of an old Gibson Bossa Nova Classical (says it on
the label inside), but have been having extreme difficulty finding any
references on the web other than a mention on the Gibson vintage site.
Does anyone have any information on this particular late 60s-early 60s
model, or can point me to a site that has info? Any help would be
appreciated,
I have it listed in Gruhn's Guide as being manufactured from '71 to
'73. It also shows up in the Blue Book with the same info. Both
claim that shipping records only show 7 being shipped. Neither offer
a price.
The descriptions report spruce top, single round cutaway, rosewood
back and sides, mahogany neck, flat rosewood finger board, ceramic
piezo bridge pickup, nickel tuners with plastic buttons and slotted
peg head with "wriggle-edge" top.
That's all I can find. It sounds pretty rare but value seems to be
anyone's guess.
Mike O.