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Gibson Kalamazoo???
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:33 am
by Haze
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:01 am
by Sloan
it';s like a shittier maeldoay makkkr
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:51 am
by Will
I had one - it sucked.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:20 am
by Jagermeister
Weren't they made of recycled clipboards...
They look cool, though.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:44 am
by Will
Jagermeister wrote:Weren't they made of recycled clipboards...
They look cool, though.
It's compressed sawdust and glue. LITERALLY. The bodies were made at the harmony factory in Chicago IIRC.
The best thing I can say about it is that it convinced me to buy a Duo-Sonic II.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:04 am
by Lucamo
Sorry to dig up such an old thread...
But I wanted to see if you guys thought 199 is a good deal on one of these? They seem to be shitty, but also seem to have boatloads of character.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:52 am
by robroe
NO
HORRIBLE
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:26 pm
by dezb1
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:48 pm
by Richard
Great looking pieces of shit.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:34 pm
by dezb1
Richard wrote:Great looking pieces of shit.
that could be Gibsons new strap line... "Gibson: Great looking pieces of shit"
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:19 pm
by holyCATS1415
i played ONE that was amazing. all the other ones i have touched have been garbage.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:26 pm
by robroe
when the fucking neck is that far above the body red flags should go up with giant WTFs and FUCK THIS SHIT painted all over them
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:54 pm
by Billy3000
robroe wrote:when the fucking neck is that far above the body red flags should go up with giant WTFs and FUCK THIS SHIT painted all over them
Agreed. It looks like the strings are like a mile away from the body!
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:30 pm
by stewart
kalamazoo organs were great. some were branded gibson though:
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:57 pm
by Mages
I have a kalamazoo model one amp that's pretty cool like. they were also part of the gibson budget line. it's a little 5 watt tube amp like a fender champ or somefink.
mine is in much worse condition than this one. when I got it the speaker was deteriorating. I replaced the speaker (10") when I was at THD and it sounds pretty cool now. awesome trashy 60s garage rock tonez.
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:40 pm
by cooter
Lucamo wrote:Sorry to dig up such an old thread...
But I wanted to see if you guys thought 199 is a good deal on one of these? They seem to be shitty, but also seem to have boatloads of character.
Those have Gibson melody maker pickups in them. The pickups would probably bring $75 bucks each. The necks are pretty well made. Really, the body and the tuners are the only things that are crappy. I've had two of them (had being the key word here) but $199 doesn't sound like a bad price.
