Gil Southworth...a criminally underappreciated vintage guitar treasure!!!

[Otto 57]

Hey Gil, if we all chip in, say $xx.xx will you show us recent pics of Beano?

 

[Banker]

Rhyming slang..pot of glue = clue

To quote the man himself..........fail.

 

[Cogswell]

Don't you mean "rusty nail"?

 

[landminelenny]

When Gil posts he makes more sense to me than some. :rofl

 

[Banker]

Don't you mean "rusty nail"?

Having just had my son's second birthday, I could do with one of those.....:salude

 

[ourmaninthenorth]

To quote the man himself..........fail.

You're getting more cryptic by the day John....just like Gil, I haven't got a scooby what you're on about, but unlike Gil only half the time...:laugh2:

 

[garywright]

Gilvis is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. :salude

and the true Bill Brasky of the guitar world :salude

 

[Kris Ford]

My fave Gil moment was the STACK of Juniors eBay listing..I almost wish I could have a framed picture of that..or had the bread to pick one..:dang

 

[bigsby'd]

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[Tom Wittrock]

My fave Gil moment was the STACK of Juniors eBay listing..I almost wish I could have a framed picture of that..or had the bread to pick one..:dang

Here you go:

 

[Kris Ford]

Here you go:

That's the one! Thanks Tom.I'd love to have even one of those! Someday...til then, my 'early '65 SG Junior will do.
:salude

 

[dragonfire]

Now that's a PILE of Jr's!

 

[bigsby'd]

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[hoss]

Now that's a PILE of Jr's!

+1

Thanks for the pic, Tom :jim

 

[E.M.]

Old thread but reminiscing on this Saturday morning about growing up in D.C. during the 80s and going into Southworth Guitars in Bethesda as a teenager. I vividly remember racks of what I remember as pre-CBS strats and a multitude of vintage Gibsons. It was a formative experience for me. Now pushing 50 yrs old, I look back on those early days learning how to play guitar and those vintage instruments at Southworth were a window into a whole bunch of guitar magic and nostalgia. Oh to be 15 yrs old again and ogling over the vintage instruments at Southworth. It changed my life, literally.

 

[DutchRay]

I used to lust over the shop picture in the Southworth adds in Vintage Guitar and Guitar World, the dog was never for sale yet it was always a centre point of the shot!

 

[seafood]

this takes me back to the good old days of the forum......i sold some stuff to Gil,,,,,a million years ago.....he"s the best..and funny too.

 

[F-Hole]

.....he"s the best..and funny too.

….unless he’s calling a guitar owner, uninvited, at 3AM, stupid drunk and rambling, to try and take a ‘burst from underneath someone.

 

[garywright]

the ole ….”I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butta“ crown

 

[garywright]

Old thread but reminiscing on this Saturday morning about growing up in D.C. during the 80s and going into Southworth Guitars in Bethesda as a teenager. I vividly remember racks of what I remember as pre-CBS strats and a multitude of vintage Gibsons. It was a formative experience for me. Now pushing 50 yrs old, I look back on those early days learning how to play guitar and those vintage instruments at Southworth were a window into a whole bunch of guitar magic and nostalgia. Oh to be 15 yrs old again and ogling over the vintage instruments at Southworth. It changed my life, literally.

+1 I was very fortunate to have lived within driving distance back then ..it was always a pleasure to see him and Barbara