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Hans Ottsen: Photos

Tal Farlow's Guitar!!!

Hans, Lorenzo DeStefano, and Tal Falow's personasl Gibson "Tal Farlow" model guitar!
Hans playing Tal Farlow's Gibson "Tal Farlow" at the screening of Lorenzo DeStefano's documentary "Talmage Farlow"
Sunburnt Hans with Tal Farlow's actual sunBURST "Tal Farlow" model Gibson. I'm honored to have been asked by Lorenzo DeStefano (filmmaker & 20 year friend of Tal Farlow) to play a short set of music on Tal's guitar & talk a little about him.
It's got what's called a "volute", the little swirly by the cutaway, like a mandolin. This model is the only Gibson model guitar with a volute.
Check out the location of the pickup selector switch.
You might notice that the high E string is missing. I had just taken the guitar out of the box in these pics. I put fresh strings on the next day. The old ones were approx size 14! I put on 12s but the 14's sounded great.
It plays sweet, each note ring like a bell. It's a lovely guitar.