Guitar of the Day: 1938 Gibson J-35 | Norman's Rare Guitars

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  • Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024

Комментарии • 208

  • @craigoskin5634
    @craigoskin5634 5 лет назад +23

    Mint guitars are great but there is something about a older guitar showing its wear that grabs my attention, the sound is great on this one. Nice pick Mark.

  • @samedgar2283
    @samedgar2283 5 лет назад +38

    Fingerpicking- country roads take me home, john denver
    Flat pick- gallows pole by led zeppelin

  • @davidcampbell4174
    @davidcampbell4174 5 лет назад +25

    1938 ... damn, that was built right to still be working. Nice playing sir.

  • @DanaLeeGibson
    @DanaLeeGibson 5 лет назад +9

    Had a bad day today - I really needed a Flat-top-Friday!
    Nothing like a pre-war Gibson to turn your day around.

    • @williammatthews2948
      @williammatthews2948 5 лет назад

      I hope today is much better for you. Take care:)

    • @slaughterbotsfan2552
      @slaughterbotsfan2552 5 лет назад

      I can relate... listening to this Gibson sure does take your mind off of your problems....

  • @markintexas9258
    @markintexas9258 5 лет назад +20

    Beautiful sounding guitar. Those round marks on the back look like plastic bubble wrap was used to store it.

  • @stevetrivago
    @stevetrivago 5 лет назад +10

    I’ve never had a Gibson, never had a Martin either,but I live 6 miles from The Martin Factory and museum. 😉someday.. Nice playing my friend ✊🏼🎸

  • @jeremyreed663
    @jeremyreed663 5 лет назад +3

    Man I sure love the fire stripe pickguard on 35’s! This guitar sounds phenomenal as well!

  • @gibby6904
    @gibby6904 2 года назад +1

    J35s are so awesome.....they're like a gift from gibson.....

  • @svelocity2001
    @svelocity2001 5 лет назад +3

    Always impressed with your guitar playing Mark!

  • @dr.buzzvonjellar8862
    @dr.buzzvonjellar8862 5 лет назад +4

    That Gibson has Massive Mojo! Thank you Mark

  • @gregbrown4136
    @gregbrown4136 5 лет назад +25

    That’s a great sounding guitar

  • @TheRockyhockey007
    @TheRockyhockey007 5 лет назад +1

    Boooom , now thats what I call epic sound , it just booms and chimes , amazing how an 80 year old guitar can sound so amazing , it's certainly nothing fancy , I mean probably Brazilian rosewood neck and bridge but no binding , simple mahogany , beat to crap , it's beautiful , and that sound , so sweet. Thats 3 for 3 epic winners in 19' , thanks guys , long live GOTD

  • @kacperkoscianek2840
    @kacperkoscianek2840 4 года назад

    cant wait for my couple years old j-45 to look like this, there is something special about those broken in guitars, every crack has something to tell you, every piece of wear has something unique, just like this guitar - its previous owner had his own plaing style - closer to the neck picking and you can clearly see it, i love it

  • @charlesferrell7755
    @charlesferrell7755 5 лет назад +1

    This kinda got to me as country roads was the first song I ever sang and played at the same time, it was kinda a milestone for me in playing guitar

  • @wayfaerer320
    @wayfaerer320 5 лет назад +3

    Love the kid in the background saying "Dah Dah" at :42 - reminds me of my 17 month old daughter doing the same.

  • @jimjohnson1655
    @jimjohnson1655 5 лет назад +1

    Love your ‘Flat Top’ Friday Mark, as I live in Melbourne Australia I get this on a Saturday morning. Always watch out for it. Also, loved your ‘Bloopers’ and ‘Outtakes’. P.S. wish I could bang out those tunes like you do! Cheers Jimmy Johnson (JJ). 👍🏻🎶

  • @MrStranger1944
    @MrStranger1944 5 лет назад +8

    I can dig it.

  • @ditto1958
    @ditto1958 5 лет назад +8

    As others have said, that Gibson sounds good!

  • @bsmith8943
    @bsmith8943 5 лет назад +1

    Great picking. That was beautiful

  • @MattyK-USA
    @MattyK-USA 5 лет назад +1

    First time I ever would consider taking a Gibson instead of a Martin. Love everything about this guitar. Those high strings sound almost banjo-like.

  • @russclewley6945
    @russclewley6945 5 лет назад +1

    Great sound!

  • @anthonynonya
    @anthonynonya 5 лет назад +4

    That was a damn beautiful rendition of country roads. I rarely sing along but just started without realizing it. Thanks to Me First I kinda remember the words..... Can't ever go wrong with Led Zeppelin either. Great episode!

  • @SuperRandomName101
    @SuperRandomName101 5 лет назад +1

    Fire flattop Friday. Great job finger picking Mark! loved it.

  • @bobsimmons3466
    @bobsimmons3466 5 лет назад +1

    Episode 681 - 4th J-35, 3rd from '38, two natural, one sunburst. Very nice!

  • @aceoflame2816
    @aceoflame2816 5 лет назад +46

    "Sorry about the Thumpin' Thursday skip"
    Nobody is hurt, Mark. Don't worry xoxox

    • @sebastallard
      @sebastallard 5 лет назад +4

      Hey, I'm a bass player and I'm not hurt! Just keep the Thumpin' Thursdays for the "rare, iconic and weird."

  • @patrickols
    @patrickols 5 лет назад +1

    1938, would be so cool to learn the history of this guitar, who had it over the years? Where was it played? It's 80 years old, imagine all that it saw in those years.

  • @josephsmith5757
    @josephsmith5757 5 лет назад

    watch a lot of guitar videos... got to say I watch these more because of you and your camera manner, and the way you play guitar is just great.

  • @gusdupree2508
    @gusdupree2508 5 лет назад +4

    The oxblood leather is nice, and the guitar is beat up because it was well favored

  • @timlarson4769
    @timlarson4769 5 лет назад +1

    Way to go Mark. Nice job and choices on those songs

  • @RockHardRiffs
    @RockHardRiffs 5 лет назад +8

    Sounds amazing...age and condition notwithstanding!

    • @williamdarnstaedt3118
      @williamdarnstaedt3118 5 лет назад +1

      It's only my opinion but age and condition arenthe reason for such ansound

  • @donaldholman9070
    @donaldholman9070 5 лет назад +1

    Wonderful sound.

  • @churchbryan35
    @churchbryan35 5 лет назад +1

    Your a beast Mark..! Great attack on both songs 🔥

  • @m.a.s329
    @m.a.s329 5 лет назад +4

    how could anyone dislike any of these videos.
    must be just a couple of random people passing through. who like kickin the dog as they walk by. for no reason i might add

  • @curtishansen7270
    @curtishansen7270 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastic as always!!

  • @greensombrero3641
    @greensombrero3641 5 лет назад

    GREAT PLAYING MARK!

  • @MrTerrymccollough
    @MrTerrymccollough 5 лет назад

    A glass of scotch and Flattop Friday. Perfect. Thanks.

  • @darrinlawton2748
    @darrinlawton2748 5 лет назад +1

    beautiful sounding instrument Mark.....thank you for playing Country Roads.....you can play John Denver any time as far as I'm concerned......cheers mate.

  • @tonybrook7768
    @tonybrook7768 3 года назад

    I just want to thank the guy who advised me on restringing this superb guitar. Can't find his post, but I said that I was disappointed with this guitar with D.'Addorio 80/20 12's phosphor bronze strings. He said that if I try Elixir 80/20 bronze 11's it would totally transform the sound of this instrument.
    Well, after trying them, I can say that it's true. The superb bass response is complemented by the the bright tone of the strings, and there is no need to use a thumb pick to bring out the low frequencies.
    My J35 is just the best now, and will only get better as it nears the 10 year peak for Sitka spruce tops.
    Thanks for the tip guy, wherever you are.

  • @nopenadanowaynohow
    @nopenadanowaynohow 3 года назад

    Awesome sounding, had to pipe through stereo Thanks !

  • @sickb2200
    @sickb2200 5 лет назад

    I absolutely love hammered flat tops! My favorite hammered flat top belongs to Monte Montgomery - that poor Alvarez is the king of vibe. I've touched it, I've smelled it...it's downright scary...like some medieval weapon that slayed many living things.

  • @skullateon
    @skullateon 5 лет назад +4

    job well done, Sold.

  • @matthewpaluch777
    @matthewpaluch777 5 лет назад +1

    Happy Flat-Top Friday
    everyone. This pre- WW2
    beauty has more scars than
    Evel Knievel!

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks 5 лет назад +2

    Damn that thing sounds good.

  • @fernandoaguilera4418
    @fernandoaguilera4418 5 лет назад

    What an amazing sound amazing amazing

  • @davidkieltyka9
    @davidkieltyka9 5 лет назад +1

    Some of the plastic those tuner buttons are made of literally vaporizes (turns into gas) and dissipates away. Same reason why some pickguards shrink over time. Surprised the buttons on this guitar are still intact. Probably not for long, though!

  • @richfiryn
    @richfiryn 5 лет назад

    I remember when these first came out. Shpoing !!

  • @fatherchrist8
    @fatherchrist8 5 лет назад

    Almost heaven......

  • @jjchopper02
    @jjchopper02 5 лет назад +1

    RIP Pegi Young. Long may you run.

  • @toddflowers8052
    @toddflowers8052 5 лет назад +3

    Love it !

  • @slaughterbotsfan2552
    @slaughterbotsfan2552 5 лет назад

    Sounds so good... Hi Jen

  • @adambloom3555
    @adambloom3555 5 лет назад +5

    what happened to the 300k subscriber giveaway? mark

  • @paulbaluch439
    @paulbaluch439 5 лет назад

    Yes siree nice-sounding in a nice job mark nice video Jen

  • @jamesjohnson5333
    @jamesjohnson5333 5 лет назад

    I got to say it Mark beautiful job on both tunes but dude Country Roads was off the hook great job young man .

  • @w13rdguy
    @w13rdguy 5 лет назад

    Glad you left all the noise in at the begining. Sounds kinda like a guitar shop. Or shoe store, but who cares? Love it.

  • @GuitarSafari1
    @GuitarSafari1 5 лет назад

    Dude you were wailing on that guitar big time, sounded awesome.

  • @maik1984
    @maik1984 5 лет назад

    I love that Sound! The Fingerpickin reminds me of a Banjo =)

  • @BlackRob7208
    @BlackRob7208 5 лет назад

    Where do you get those Jackets? Gimmie a link. I dig brown leather.

  • @snuffygrunt2842
    @snuffygrunt2842 5 лет назад +3

    If that thing could talk, man.
    I love those old guitars.
    Each one has its own distinctive "personality"...

  • @Smagledorf
    @Smagledorf 5 лет назад

    Great guitar of the day! One of my favourite days is always gonna be Flat Top Friday! However! Gotta do a Maton!

  • @albertomartinez2479
    @albertomartinez2479 5 лет назад

    Mark. How about road testing some of Norman's Classical Guitars?

  • @joemorrow8411
    @joemorrow8411 5 лет назад

    The sound jump right out👍🇺🇸

  • @michaeltraub2525
    @michaeltraub2525 5 лет назад

    I have one from 2015 Great Sound

  • @mattrogers1946
    @mattrogers1946 5 лет назад +3

    Country Roads & Gallows Pole

  • @tbeau6663
    @tbeau6663 Год назад

    Sublime tone

  • @adco
    @adco 5 лет назад +2

    Sounds good 👌

  • @davidbronicki5024
    @davidbronicki5024 5 лет назад +13

    Hey Mark, play some America and eagles songs on laptop Friday for a change.

  • @edwardsauve4836
    @edwardsauve4836 5 лет назад +6

    What's with the back of that guitar ? Did an octopus play it ? Nice guitar none the less .

  • @nateklug5933
    @nateklug5933 5 лет назад

    Love it man 😋

  • @waybackplayback1373
    @waybackplayback1373 5 лет назад +12

    a Gibson that sounds almost as good as a Martin...😇 Love it!

  • @merrivale.1229
    @merrivale.1229 5 лет назад

    Warmest, home-y feeling guitar😍🤙🏻

  • @alanscharrer5255
    @alanscharrer5255 5 лет назад +1

    My wife says she was hammered in all the right ways....love you D

    • @sixty2jeff
      @sixty2jeff 5 лет назад +1

      Alan Scharrer
      I’m glad she still thinks of me !
      Just kidding 😝

    • @alanscharrer5255
      @alanscharrer5255 5 лет назад

      @@sixty2jeff Thanks Jeff, you bastard

  • @douglaswalther8489
    @douglaswalther8489 5 лет назад

    The Oxblood Jacket!

  • @rockstarltu
    @rockstarltu 5 лет назад

    Amazing 🎸

  • @Zelomeisterdude
    @Zelomeisterdude 5 лет назад

    Love the sound of Gibson acoustics from the Banner Years and older....newer, nope, not so much, actually not at all.

  • @woodyhoggard7538
    @woodyhoggard7538 5 лет назад

    Love the JOHN DENVER!!!! Geez I bet that beauty has zipper scratches all over the back now with Mark's up and down groovin on gallows pole!!!

  • @plumiegirl47
    @plumiegirl47 5 лет назад

    it still sings nicely

  • @timswarts2615
    @timswarts2615 5 лет назад

    Heck yes

  • @venascerradas
    @venascerradas 5 лет назад

    That Zeppelin's tune sounds fucking marvelous!

  • @voodoodr
    @voodoodr 5 лет назад

    Banging!!!

  • @WriterMikeMonson
    @WriterMikeMonson 5 лет назад

    that's the one i want

  • @nickandthecrisis
    @nickandthecrisis 5 лет назад

    All eq's at noon, just a little bit of reverb?

  • @giorgiodichiara
    @giorgiodichiara 5 лет назад

    this is such a rare guitar

  • @corvus5782
    @corvus5782 5 лет назад +1

    What's with all the sucker marks on the back? What this on the Black Pearl?

    • @Tim.Pierce
      @Tim.Pierce 5 лет назад +2

      the guitar was rescued from death grip of Davey Jones's tentacles ;)

    • @markintexas9258
      @markintexas9258 5 лет назад +3

      Plastic bubble wrap, for a long time in storage probably.

    • @williammatthews2948
      @williammatthews2948 5 лет назад

      @@markintexas9258 Or a large octopus. Lol.

    • @guitarocd9984
      @guitarocd9984 5 лет назад

      That's the funny thing about lacquer I don't think it ever dries. LOL

  • @gerrys4593
    @gerrys4593 5 лет назад +3

    🤘 Zeppelin 🤘 sweet 35

  • @Backcountryhunter
    @Backcountryhunter 5 лет назад

    NEW SHIRT DESIGN.. “”TICKLE IT WITH THE FINGERS; BANG ON IT WITH THE FLATPICK””... PS- HAPPY NEW YEAR MR.CARLOS GUITARLOS,90042. AND GET THE FUNNY GUY STALLONE BACK ON HERE. LIKE A ZIT, HE GROWS ON YA.... ML93455

  • @MrRoach-yo3mz
    @MrRoach-yo3mz 5 лет назад +14

    1) John Denver's Country Roads.......... Still, the prettiest state in America
    2) Gallows Pole

    • @GasserGlass
      @GasserGlass 5 лет назад +3

      No doubt, the most beautiful place i've ever seen, with Western Maryland and Northern VA a close second

    • @Mike-1965
      @Mike-1965 5 лет назад +2

      GasserGlass.... The funny thing is that the writers thought they were in Western Maryland when they composed the tune.

    • @figgiesmalls1760
      @figgiesmalls1760 5 лет назад +1

      California is pretty darn pretty too

    • @timothyblack213
      @timothyblack213 5 лет назад +1

      Figgie Smalls Sonoma Counties’ Coast and the surrounding backroads during the spring? One of the most beautiful views in the world.

    • @GasserGlass
      @GasserGlass 5 лет назад

      @@figgiesmalls1760 yup, been there a few times

  • @colebarlow345
    @colebarlow345 5 лет назад +1

    You can’t go wrong with a pre war Gibson!

  • @danterosales6985
    @danterosales6985 5 лет назад +7

    COUNTRY ROAAADS TAKE ME HOOOMEE, MOUNTAIN MOMMAAAA

  • @RevelFishing
    @RevelFishing 5 лет назад

    I like guitars

  • @josephsmith5757
    @josephsmith5757 5 лет назад +3

    Country Roads John Denver Gallows Pole Leadbelly

  • @corygoff9996
    @corygoff9996 5 лет назад

    I've got a suggestion, I lou of Thumping Thursday, how about Thrashing Thursday? Metal guitars onece a week?

  • @SpiritualFingers
    @SpiritualFingers 5 лет назад +3

    "Come on back" [ Turns around and bends down ] lol.

  • @pcbif
    @pcbif 4 года назад

    Gotta admit it. I miss you Mark.

  • @gusdupree2508
    @gusdupree2508 5 лет назад +4

    Hangman hold it a little while , i think i see my sister coming

  • @allencalica1223
    @allencalica1223 5 лет назад

    Country roadsss

  • @kpnutz52
    @kpnutz52 5 лет назад

    Id like to find some repo tuners for my 44 LG-2. Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

  • @James.D
    @James.D 5 лет назад +3

    Little more right hand and it splits down the middle.

  • @donaldholman9070
    @donaldholman9070 5 лет назад

    What is the round patterns on the back?

  • @jamesanderson6905
    @jamesanderson6905 5 лет назад

    Nice

  • @edoardovergerio5168
    @edoardovergerio5168 5 лет назад +2

    Can someone tell me where I can buy Mark's leather jacket ?

    • @gusdupree2508
      @gusdupree2508 5 лет назад +1

      All saints is the brand

    • @grwood15
      @grwood15 5 лет назад +2

      Hipsters R us

    • @anthonyc1883
      @anthonyc1883 5 лет назад +1

      You can probably find a guy at Midnight Mission willing to just give you one.