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Recording Info Sheet:
Style/Series: Acoustic 12-String Guitar Format: Single Recording Date: 2009 Release Date: Various Track Notes (Bandcamp):
LATE NIGHTS IN THE LAB:
TRACK NOTES: The instrument is most likely a prototype Gibson B-45 (it's factory built with a legal inscribed 1961 serial number, but it doesn't fit official descriptions). Gibson made a lot of B-45's, from 1961 to 1979. Most were not playable at a recording level. A few great B-45's were somehow made, but they are incredibly rare. This is one of them. Two A level artists who made excellent recordings with B-45's were Leo Kottke (his legendary Armadillo album), and Gordon Lightfoot. Unfortunately, both of their playable B-45's were stolen and never recovered. Kottke searched far and wide, but never found another one. Lightfoot did find one. When touring, he never let the B-45 out of his sight. Lightfoot fans knew the last song at concerts would be a 12-string song, so Gordon could carry the B-45 off stage with him.
That's how incredibly difficult they are to find. After this recording,
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