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"She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes"
When Lord Byron penned this verse in 1832, I am almost positive he was referring to my 1993 Gibson Nighthawk Custom.
I have been really bad at posting on tumblr lately so here is every guitar pic I have posted to insta since the beginning of 2024
1962 Jag & 1966 Mustang from Fender historian and author Terry Foster's collection
2020 Gibson USA Les Paul Special with 1969 Sunn and 1968 Fender amps. I sold this guitar in the closing days of December...but not to worry I used the money to buy something new and fun! See below...
Chris Bear with 1983 Electro ES-16
Chris Bear with 1968 ES-335
Made a trip to Gear Music in Oakville Canada and saw this lovely Limited Edition Fender Custom Shop Twisted Tele Custom Journeyman Relic in Aged Ocean Turquoise
See #5
See #6
1983 ES-16 Macro
More from Gear Music, Oakville: brand new Fender Custom Shop '69 Strat Heavy Relic
See #9
I'm seein' double here! Four Krustys! Here's what I bought with the money form selling the Cherry Les Paul Special (see #2): 1993 Gibson Nighthawk CS-2 (with the 1998 Nighthawk ST-2, right, that I already owned)
1993 Gibson Nighthawk CS-2, top, with the 1998 Nighthawk ST-2
1993 Gibson Nighthawk CS-2, top, with the 1998 Nighthawk ST-2...note the ebony board and bound headstock on the Custom.
1965 Traynor YBA2 Bass Mate & 1957 Fender Duo Sonic
1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline, macro.
No one: I REALLY want to see a Gibson Nighthawk. Me: You're welcome.
The absolute pride of the current retinue here at Casa DeeBeeUs™, my 1993 Nighthawk Custom CS-2. I picked it up just over a week ago, thanks to my buddy @timallard and @gearmusicoakville, and I have never enjoyed playing any guitar as much as I enjoy this one. It's perfect for me in every way.
Also making an appearance here, for the first time in well over a month: my 1970 Marshall Model 2022 Lead 20!
If you follow my amp tech, @marshalllespaulfan, you'll have seen this amp on his feed recently, as it was with him for servicing. Well not the amp per se...the amp was fine. It was the cabinet that needed servicing. I was foolishly carrying it down the stairs with the cable plugged into the back, and it hit the wall. *SNAP*, I broke the 1/4" jack right off inside the cabinet. Note to self: unplug cables before carrying cabs through tight spaces. 😭
Anyhoo: MLPF fixed it right up and it's good as new. And let me tell you, these two make a fearsome pair! 🤘😂
1993 Gibson Nighthawk CS2 macro.
1998 #GibsonNighthawk#ST2 (with 1963 #Fender#Princeton and 1965 Gibson #GA17 RVT Scout #amplifiers).
You didn't think I could go more than a day without posting the #Nighthawk did you? Not a chance...I love it! 😎
On a previous post @mikecenright made the hilarious comment that this model looks like the product of a marriage between first cousins (😂). Its design is an acquired taste no doubt, but I am convinced this is the perfect guitar for me! Of course I also have a soft spot for the oft-maligned ES-325, another #Gibson "floor sweep" model (a perfectly descriptive term that I also picked up from Mike's comment referenced above. It means a guitar put together from leftover parts around the shop lol), so maybe a pattern that speaks to the perhaps iconoclastic aspects of my inner psyche is developing here? Or maybe I just have bad taste.🤣
Oh sure, if I had designed the Nighthawk the neck pickup would be covered, and it wouldn't be slanted*, and that band of red in the sunburst wouldn't be so...erm...obvious (lol). In fact, if you made the bridge pickup more normal looking, and toned down the the clownish aspects of the burst, this guitar would look just...like...a regular guitar!
From a playing perspective though, it has absolutely everything I want in an instrument. It is compact, lightweight (7.26 lbs), resonant, comfortable to play, and can produce a wide variety of both Gibson & Fender-esque tones.
I think I will keep it...haters be damned!
*although I am finding the slant away from the bridge actually makes it sound warmer that a regular bridge pickup, so the funny looking design may actually have some merit!
Just testing something out.
1993 Gibson Nighthawk Custom
1965 Traynor Bass Mate amp
Gibson 20th Anniversary Nighthawk Standard - Antique Finish - with mahogany/maple body, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, mini-humbucker neck pickup, NSX Nighthawk Single Coil middle pickup and Nighthawk Lead Humbucker bridge pickup.
my dream guitar is on gumtree so freakin cheap. And like I kinda wanna sell everything I own for it because it's so fucking perfect. I hate how materialistic I am. We all are. It's pretty disgusting. Kudos to the media for being so good at their job... assholes.
(yeah I blame the media, not gonna blame myself am I?!)
