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Exploring the myth about Gibson's Norlin era - were the '70s guitars as bad as people think?

Guitarist magazine's Neville Marten - who worked for Gibson during the 1970s - and Richard Barrett talk about the company's 1970s instruments and play some prime examples from that era.
00:00 Intro
00:51 A bit of history
03.34 Richard’s ’76 Les Paul Custom
04:25 Changes to construction
09:27 1974 Les Paul Custom
12:36 ’74 LP sounds
16:49 Nashville bridges
20:00 Swapping tuners
24:55 1976 Firebird Bicentennial
29:41 1972 SG Special
35:09 1978 ES-335
42:00 1979 Marauder
49:51 1979 LP Firebrand
53:12 1978 SG Standard
58:46 1983 Corvus
1:09:32 Outro

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