Thanks for the info. I've done quite a bit of research on acoustic guitars -- I produced the documentary "The American Acoustic Guitar", and have built a couple of guitars. Met a lot of great luthiers.
As for Gord's Gibson...Florian probably has press articles with info on it. I have a few also...Acoustic Guitar Magazine, Frets Magazine...He's been through several; in part I'm sure because of the nature of the beast and repairs needed. I've seen photos of him with the natural top 12 string, a sunburst with the backwards bridge (cover of Frets issue), and a sunburst with bridge pins (Sundown cover).
Also, and I'd love feedback here, I've heard two stories of stolen equipment...one from a U-haul at a hotel/eatery in Michigan, and another time at the Dallas airport.
He's played several 6 strings over the years...Martin D18, Martin D 28; custom guitars...saw a picture once that looked like a Martin D19, Martin D35, and once a picture of a twleve string other than his Gibson (partially shown in photo), perhaps an on-the-road sub after theft.
On the Martin note: Martin has a limited series program where they issue commenmorative models for artists. They've done Eric Clapton, Steven Stills, Woody Guthrie, Jim Croce, and Jimmy Buffet to name a few. For Lightfoot fans it might be worth checking Martin's website and asking about designing a Lightfoot issue.
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