CR76001
Owned by Dan in MO (Chambered-Reissue admin) .
This is a very special custom ordered 57 Chambered-Reissue.
It has a rare one-piece top in natural finish and a medium dark back (walnut colored)
Made to resemble all the 57 Gold tops out there that had the top stripped and a clear coat applied.
It is getting pretty hard to find a nice piece of maple wide enough to do a one piece top.
The idea behind the one piece top is that the Chambered-Reissue is hollow like an acoustic and gets it's tone properties from the chamber and the vibration of the top. The other Chambered-Reissue's have a 2 piece top where the wood is glued in a center seam. Without the seam, there is natural wood fibers that run from edge to edge unbroken by a glue seam. This tends to make the top more similar to an acoustic than the other Chambered-Reissue's. The acoustic sound from this Chambered-Reissue is very loud but retains all the qualities of the other Chambered-Reissue's.
Thank you to everyone at Wildwood and Rick, Phillip, Edwin, Steve, and all the others at the Gibson Custom Shop for extra effort in this fine instrument.
A special thanks to Steve Domenico for the photographs.
Everyone that has played it says the same first word...."WOW!"
Purchased from:
804 Main Street
Louisville, CO 80027
303-665-7733
303-665-7744 (fax)