ROBERT JOHNSON, padre del blues 1938

Robert Johnson
Greenwood, Mississippi




Complete Recordings
1938

Una figura mítica en la historia del blues del Mississippi y de la guitarra. Sus misteriosas afinaciones todavía están por descifrar. Un catálogo de composiciones muy corto pero con una influencia masiva en el rock y el blues de todos los tiempos.


Similares: Mississippi John Hurt, Louisiana Red, Willie Dixon, Nick Drake, BBKing, Angus Young, Jimmy Page.



Robert Johnson L-1
Gibson
2.793 dólares.





Gibson Acoustic’s Robert Johnson L-1 guitar captures the haunting, timeless sound of the man whose legacy and contributions to the blues are unmatched. Though he died tragically in 1938 at the age of 27, Johnson’s historic blues recordings have inspired countless generations of blues artists and guitarists. The Robert Johnson L-1 guitar is tribute to his instrument of choice. It features Gibson’s traditional L-1 body design, exactly as it was on the first L-1 in 1926.



Gibson L-1’s will forever be associated with bluesman Robert Johnson, who was holding a circa 1929 L-1 in his famed Hooks Brothers studio portrait. The 1928 L-1 pictured here is identical to Johnson’s guitar, except that by 1929, Gibson moved the guitar slightly down market by eliminating the binding on the fingerboard and soundhole.



In several ways, this guitar sits at a Gibson guitar-development crossroads. Gibson’s earliest flattops were built with ladder bracing, and the company didn’t fully embrace X-bracing until around 1930. This L-1 has what Gibson connoisseurs call “A-bracing”—just the lower half of the X (see X-ray photo). The result produces the bark of a ladder-braced guitar tempered with some of the warmth of an X-braced guitar. The flattop L-1 was built with the same body molds that Gibson used in its small L-1, L-2, and L-3 archtops of the 1920s. These early Gibson flattops also have dramatically radiused tops and backs, making them resemble their archtop cousins. This L-1 is constructed with an Adirondack spruce top, Honduras mahogany back and sides, and Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Like many Gibsons of this era, it bears tiny, mandolin-size frets. With its comfortable 13.5-inch-wide body, this guitar is the perfect blues box. Bending strings is a breeze due to the very short 24.25-inch scale, and the 13/4-inch nut width and 23/8-inch string spacing make it a fingerpicking delight.

This Gibson is the sort of guitar you’ll want to take to the intersection of highways 61 and 49 in the Mississippi Delta when you follow in the footsteps of Johnson. You’ll attain instant blues prowess, but the price, of course, will be your soul