"These are for the true collector," Voltz says of the standard True Vintage range. The fingerboards and bridges on all the models are made from solid AAA Madagascar rosewood, and each employs historically accurate construction methods, such as hand-scalloped top bracing, thin back braces on the SJ-200, and plenty more. The SJ-200 sports AAA-grade flame maple back and sides. According to Mike Voltz, Production Manager of Gibson's Acoustic Division, all have period-correct details such as binding that is applied over the fret ends, traditional tuners, genuine bone nut and saddle, extra dark vintage-look amber toner, and a traditional orange label. Of course, keep in mind that these Limited Edition upgrades are being applied to guitars that are already the most accurate vintage reproductions that Gibson's Bozeman luthiers can create. Each is also be labeled inside the body as a limited run of 167.
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Each comes with a custom-made, period-correct case (recreated from meticulous study of the original cases), and a Certificate of Authenticity. Each Limited Edition True Vintage SJ-200 is built with a top made from solid Red Spruce, a rare and highly prized tone wood, and is constructed with hot hide glue, just like back in the day. Now Gibson is releasing an extremely limited edition of just 167 pieces each of three selected True Vintage models, the J-45, SJ-200, and Hummingbird, all of which will receive deluxe upgrades worth as much as -ú750.Ī Gibson True Vintage acoustic is already the closest thing to hopping into a time capsule and traveling back to the era when your favorite classic flat-top was born, but add these limited deluxe treatments to the brew and each model offers a rare opportunity for both players and collectors.
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It is not known for certain whether or not Cash ever completely extricated himself from drug abuse.Gibson Acoustic's guitar workshop in Bozeman, Montana, is known for crafting some of the finest instruments ever produced in the 120-plus-year history of this storied company, and for fans of great vintage-spec flat-tops the True Vintage series is the cream of the crop. According to John Carter Cash, his mother never confronted her addiction. The younger Cash cleaned up shortly before the deaths of his parents in 2003. After another battle with drugs in the early 1990s, he discovered that his wife, June Carter Cash, and his son, John Carter Cash, were both addicted to narcotics. His next relapse put him into Nashville's Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center in 1989. He entered the Betty Ford Clinic in 1983 and stayed clean for a short time. A 1983 attack by an ostrich (the animal was part of Cash's menagerie near Nashville) required hospitalization, where it was discovered that he was sneaking more painkillers than he'd been prescribed.
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He was drug-free from 1970-77, when he started taking amphetamines again. He did not completely stop using drugs after his well-documented withdrawal in 1967. He confessed much of this in "Johnny Cash: The Autobiography", published in 1997 by Harper Collins. Tara Cash Rosanne Cash Cindy Cash Kathy Cash John Carter CashĪccording to the tell-all books "Anchored In Love" by Cash's son John Carter Cash, and "I Was There When It Happened", by longtime friend and band member Marshall Grant, Cash was addicted to drugs for most of his adult life. After several years of ill health, he died of complications from diabetes on 12 September 2003, only a few months after the death of his beloved wife.
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Amongst his biggest hit records were "I Walk the Line", "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue". In the late 1980s he moved from Columbia Records to Mercury, then in the next decade moved again to American Recordings. In 1975 Cash wrote his autobiography, "Man In Black", which is now out of print. Cash made only a few films, but quite a few appearances on television, both in series and made-for-TV films, and was especially effective as a rural Southern sheriff in the 1930s determined to bring to justice a wealthy landowner who committed murder because he believed he was above the law in Murder in Coweta County (1983), a drama based on a true story. In 1971 he appeared in the western A Gunfight (1971) with 'Kirk Douglas (I)'. He had long periods of drug abuse during the 1960s, but later that decade he successfully fought his addiction with the help of singer June Carter Cash, whom he married in 1968. He made his first single, "Hey Porter", for Sun Records in 1955. Johnny Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Carrie Cash (Rivers) and Raymond Cash.