Gibson Sparrow?

stickyfiddle

Bit in love with the look of this. Has anyone played one? Adirondack top and rosewood back & sides so I assume it's a big more Martin-flavoured, sound wise, compared with the other Gibson dreads?

richardhomer

Are they doing a parlour called the 'Robin' now?

thermionic

That pickguard looks like a GCSE art project.

Srsly, it would be a classy looking instrument with a tortie teardrop guard.

RandallFlagg

I hate the pickguard. Gibson really do make some flouncy acoustics.

The bird looks like a cross between a blackbird and a housemartin and it's flying almost upside down when you play the guitar.

ICBM

I'm not keen on that either - the Dove I have is the same, it's meant to be looked at on a stand or a hanger rather than when being played.

stickyfiddle

I don't mind the pickguard at all, but, as much as I really like the idea of it, I can't help feeling I'd rather have a D28 for a bit less money.

earwighoney

stickyfiddle said:

I don't mind the pickguard at all, but, as much as I really like the idea of it, I can't help feeling I'd rather have a D28 for a bit less money.

It depends what kind of bracing the Sparrow has.  If it has rear/forward shifted/scalloped etc bracing it will be a different sounding instrument to a D-28. 

It also has a Red Spruce soundboard, whilst the D-28 has a Sitka soundboard.  The Martin Marquis D-28 has a Red Spruce soundboard and it's USA street price I can find is $4,500. 

richardhomer

Is there any truth that the J200 is to be renamed the 'Turkey'?

Presumably the Mark Series is now the 'Dodo Series'....

xSkarloey

I like sparrows as birds, but that guitar doesn't have the look of a sparrow about it. Blackbird would be more appropriate. 

To me a sparrow brings to mind something smaller, tough and woody like a Guild M20. 

richardhomer

Skarloey said:

I like sparrows as birds, but that guitar doesn't have the look of a sparrow about it. Blackbird would be more appropriate. 

To me a sparrow brings to mind something smaller, tough and woody like a Guild M20. 

They could do a baritone with an extra-long neck, called the Swan....

xSkarloey

Or an acoustic with a but in drum machine called the Woodpecker. 

richardhomer

Skarloey said:

Or an acoustic with a but in drum machine called the Woodpecker. 

Or one that allows the player to accurately mimic a very limited range of players and their guitar work - called the Parrot...

xSkarloey

What about the Vulture? A one string resonator that's been specially aged and reliced by being left in the Mojave dsesert for five years.


The Seagull? An ungainly thing with a white finish that is so hard to play things end up in a terrible mess.

olafgarten

You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 

xSkarloey

olafgarten said:

You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 

Pah. It'll never fly. 

richardhomer

Skarloey said:

olafgarten said:

You guys are all crazy, next you're going to suggest someone makes a white and gold Archtop called the Falcon. 

Pah. It'll never fly. 

Why limit ourselves to birds? What about inlaying a highly ornate dragon into the body and fingerboard, calling it 'The Dragon' and charging more than the price of a semi-detached house in Newcastle for it?