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294
Best Hollow Body Out There!
I love this guitar. It's loud, resonant and just sounds awesome and of course looks great. I don't know how they made the goldfoils back then but in my opinion they are one of the best sounding pickups you can come across (if you find the right ones). If you find one of these, give it a try and you get blown away.
41034
OMG! I borrowed one of these in the early 90s from a highschool girlfriend's stepdad.... what a weird axe!!!!!!!!!
294
Looks good, but sounds better
Built in the early 60s, the Gibson Mercury Series delivers Fender like clean tones up to smooth overdrive with it's two 6L6 power tubes that bring about 40-50 Watts. Original they came with matching closed back 2x12 Speaker cabinets with a pair of vintage Utah 12" ceramic speakers, but not many are left and fewer can be found.
41034
this is one of those amps that is just okay and has all the right parts in the wrong order.... many of the alrger, post-tweed gibsons (and some alrge tweeds) fall into this category. Like any tube amp its good at 10, but next to a blackface fender both set clean its just anemic. I don't knw what Gibson was thinking after the crestline series.