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Lou_Ranko
Got Rhythm
Joined: 27 Apr 2007
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Location: Helsinki
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| Quote: | | I'd be happy to post a picture but, to be honest, I'm not quite sure how to do that with this site |
Post a link to it. Upload it to this site:
http://www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/upload/
and post the link.
you thicko |
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Bo Badly
Joined: 10 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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1bass:
At your suggestion and with your advice and that of others, I've uploaded a photo of my wine red Midnight Special onto the web. I hope I did it right. Anyway, following is the link to it. If this doesn't work I can try something else. (I imagine you'll have to cut and paste the link into your browser.) Let me know what you think.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh258/BoBoBadly/DSC01809.jpg
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 974
Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Link works fine, and I must say that is a very nice guitar!
When you view your image in Photobucket, there's a box bottom-right giving you 4 addresses, if you click on the one titled 'IMG Code' this will automatically copy the code to embed your pic straight into the forum. Just paste it into your message if you want your pic to appear on the board.
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3773
Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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That should do it, albeit a bit of a large pic. Nice looks although, did someone paint the ceiling while the guitar was on the floor? |
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Gearhead
Joined: 09 Apr 2008
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| Hey, watch out.... another exists !!! I have a cream colored one from the same era with the glitter in the finish. Very, very rare indeed. |
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Gearhead
Joined: 09 Apr 2008
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 3773
Location: "Hit The North"
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Wow, apols for my flip remark but there was no mention of any glitter finish when I searched the web for info. Thanks for taking the time to post another pic in and welcome to the forum  |
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Gearhead
Joined: 09 Apr 2008
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Oh, no worries. I thought you would like to see your guitar wasn't some sort of freak or something So I sent that out of left field !!
Actually these instruments are somehow tied to Paul Stanley of Kiss. In the mid 70's he played white ones and purple ones for a Kiss Alive tour. Destroyed a couple I hear as well. There are videos on YouTube of this. They of course played off of the Midnight Special theme at Gibson and came up with the name for this particular incarnation of the L6-S. These special colored guitars were very, very limited and they sold them at NAMM right off of the floor that winter. I cannot get anyone to confirm at Gibson how many actually exist but it is likely that there are less than 50 total given the extremely small number of Midnight Specials that DID get documented in Kalamazoo. I was told with the Kiss association and the rare finish this instrument can bring twice that of a regular L6. I have 4 other L6 and I paid the most for this one. About $900 10 yrs ago at a vintage dealer in Frederick MD. The story basically makes it worth more $$. Still not a super desirable instrument by Gibson enthusiast standards but still an interesting beast. Enjoy... |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| The other Gibson is Bo Badly's; not mine, unfortunately. I can bet he'll be interested to read of your story about the guitar and the association with Paul Stanley. I remember Bo was not wanting to sell, just looking for info. Always nice to think that any other owners that do a search will turn up this thread and find out something they didn't know. If anyone out there owns an L6S, please take the time to say hello! |
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