Gibson Console Grande Question

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 20 Sep 2006 10:09 pm

I'm really happy with this guitar. I took the tuners out and cleaned and lubed them then I cleaned and polished all the parts that I could take off. I put some new strings on it and fired it up and the tone was just fat and beautiful. I'm still experimenting with the tone controls and amp settings to get er dialed in some more. I've got A6 on the closest neck and C6 on the thicker neck, all though at some point I'm gonna want to try a E6 or E13 on the thicker neck.

[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 20 September 2006 at 11:11 PM.]

Harry Dietrich · Post by **Harry Dietrich** » 21 Sep 2006 5:41 am

Being a Gibson afictionado myself, I am sitting here drooling all over my keyboard.

Beautiful guitar, Andy.

Harry

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 21 Sep 2006 6:57 am

As you can see we did a little photo shoot yesterday

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 21 Sep 2006 9:01 am

Wow, gorgeous...with that nice wide Gibson string spacing and (looks like?) P-90 pickups. Is there a range of adjustment in those legs?

--Steve

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 21 Sep 2006 6:44 pm

Stephan, the legs on this one are not adjustable but the height is perfect for me when seated. I understand that four legs were introduced in about 53' with adjustable legs as an option.

[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 21 September 2006 at 09:43 PM.]

William Clark · Post by **William Clark** » 21 Sep 2006 8:29 pm

Andy, have you thrown an ohm meter on your guitar to find out what the impedence is on the pickups? The reason that I ask is because my far neck is definitely the higher output on mine. I have mine strung to C6 on the inner neck and A6 on the outer neck. I noticed a difference in the way the two necks sounded. I threw an ohm meter on mine and found out that the close neck measured 9 ohms and the outer neck measured 10.1 ohms. I wonder if Gibson intentionally overwound the pickups for the outer neck or if it was just an inconsistancy in manufacture at that time.

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 21 Sep 2006 8:31 pm

That sure is a beauty. I have thought about one since a discussion on the forum, around last winter I believe. It sounds like a heavy rig to lug around, but some of the Hawaiians have wheels on thier cases with a handle on the end to drag it around.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 21 Sep 2006 9:03 pm

William, no I haven't measured the output but both pickups sound pretty even to my ears. I put the lighter gauge C6 on the thicker neck and a slightly heavier gauge A6 on the thinner closer neck to balance out the two tunings. You might try swappin your tunings to see if that helps.

Bill, the shippin weight was 35 pounds in the case. I'm not plannin on luggin this one around too much so for me it's not a big problem. Even so, after luggin my Fender Twin around for so long this guitar is light in comparison.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 22 Sep 2006 1:10 pm

Does anyone know, is there a way to adjust these pickups?

Roger Shackelton · Post by **Roger Shackelton** » 22 Sep 2006 1:26 pm

Hi Andy, Have you considered trying this
B-11th tunning?

B-11th

1 E
2 C#
3 A
4 F#
5 D#
6 B
7 A
8 B

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 22 Sep 2006 2:01 pm

Hi Rodger, I've got this tuning on my Fender T-8
1.E
2.C#
3.A
4.F#
5.D#
6.C#
7.A
8.F#
I think Jerry Byrd used this one. I really like the sound of B11. On yours, what gauge do you use on that low B?[This message was edited by Andy Sandoval on 22 September 2006 at 03:04 PM.]

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 24 Sep 2006 10:19 pm

The way Jerry Byrd explained it to me in a letter several years ago the B11 he used on his Sho-Bud was like this:
B11 –––– Basic-C6/A7 –––– My Gauges
#1. E––––––––––E––––––––––.015p
#2. C#–––––––––C––––––––––.018p
#3. A––––––––––A––––––––––.022p
#4. F#–––––––––G––––––––––.024w
#5. D#–––––––––E––––––––––.030w
#6. C#–––––––––C#–––––––––.036w
#7. A––––––––––C––––––––––.038w
#8. Lo-B–––––––Lo-A–––––––.070w
------------------
“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
Current Equipment
[This message was edited by John Bechtel on 24 September 2006 at 11:28 PM.]

Steve Roth · Post by **Steve Roth** » 25 Nov 2025 12:37 pm

My 8/7 Console Grande has no serial number anywhere. It has oval shaped P90 pickups, and I did see a picture of what was claimed to be a 1948 with the same pickups. It's for sale on ebay and someone inquired about the year of mfr., but so far we haven't been able to determine this. Anyone know what years had these pickups?

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