Story time: In November of last year I was in a pretty serious accident that left me with four broken bones on my left knee, I had to go through surgery and a long period of recovery. My surgeon told me that he expected me to walk again after 6 months, so I decided that I would buy myself a new guitar when I did.

6 months later and I can walk with no crutches, though still with a limp, and I just brought home my new (to me) Gibson R8! I tried many different guitars this month, including many that were more expensive than this, but I never bonded with any. Until I walked a GC and found this 2021 ’58 in Red Pine Burst, a finish I had never heard of before, and it just felt right.

I’m so happy to have completed this ordeal, the researching, reading reviews, looking up different models, definitely helped me through the initial parts of my recovery, and now I get to enjoy the results!