harvey Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 It needs a maple pickguard and a maple headstock-overlay... Gold knobs 'n' cream plastic-parts 'd be a plus, to. yep, or no plate Guitar Speak Podcast www.guitarspeakpodcast.libsyn.com https://www.facebook.com/guitarspeakpodcast www.itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/guitar-speak-podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 It needs a maple pickguard and a maple headstock-overlay... Gold knobs 'n' cream plastic-parts 'd be a plus, to. yep, or no plate Gold knobs, yes. No plate, okay. But cream p/up bezels would get lost with that finish. Maybe white... Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Guitars/gibsonrawpowerlpapr29.jpg Here's the actual item..... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Not sold yet!http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Smileys/MSN-Emoticon-036.gifhttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Smileys/bluesbros.gif Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Guitars/gibsonrawpowerlpapr29.jpg Here's the actual item..... Ya, the blond on blond look is a big part of what sold me on the guitar to the left... Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Guitars/gibsonrawpowerlpapr29.jpg Here's the actual item..... Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 wood. aka "furniture". definitely wood!! http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 You should actually get the actual item... you know there's a way... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 suggestions: sell first born sell girlfriend sell soul sell useless pedals you gas'd for in the past... http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Tough call - my LP and my V are just about sonically interchangeable. Not identical, but either one can more than cover the Gibson tone role at any gig, as can my other Gibsons. I don't need this axe, but I sure like it! If I somehow get it, it'll squash any other GASsy aspirations, like...oh...a T5.... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I've tried to avoid GAS by not looking... and the GAS now finds me! People call me offering to sell me stuff they think I'd like... I'm trying to be strong... I did glance at Craig's List here the other day... for some reason a guy was getting rid of an American strat (plus a guitar rig interface/pedal board) for $350 and an American Pbass deluxe or something for $300. Capitalism and the lure of the flip led me to call and someone had run over to get them the minute he posted them. I need to check, probably one of my friends who's making his living from reselling and flipping gear these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p90jr Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 and that is a sweet LP! I liked the LP Customs they made like that in the 70s with the black block inlays on the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Tough call - my LP and my V are just about sonically interchangeable. Not identical, but either one can more than cover the Gibson tone role at any gig, as can my other Gibsons. I don't need this axe, but I sure like it! If I somehow get it, it'll squash any other GASsy aspirations, like...oh...a T5.... Hmn; I'd advise a try-before-you-buy or at least a trial-period agreement where you can give it a good try-out to see- hear- just how much you like or don't like its tone and feel, especially as compared to your other axes, and possibly return it if it doesn't meet or exceed... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 good point, kev...les pauls are all over the place...from the sublime to the crappy. hard to tell til ya play it a while thru YOUR rig. http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 I played it through a Mesa identical to mine, and it sounds fine. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Cool axe, like my T5 but I think you'll like the blonde much much better...I've got SAG now (that's GAS Assbackwards meaning I'm starting to cull my stock)... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I played it through a Mesa identical to mine, and it sounds fine. Reif, they's jus' GOTTA be a ways... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 dude, i wish i could just buy ya the damn thing!! YOU GOTTA FIND A WAY!!! http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 "Ebony, an'... maaaple... " (Thinking of this and your ebony-fretboarded Les Paul together on-stage... ) Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 They'd prolly be at separate gigs..... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 OK, Reif, so how does it compare to your white Les Paul Studio with the ebony fretboard? Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreySeraph Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 A great gibby is definitely hard to find and a keeper for sure, especially nowadays My Gear: 82 Gibson Explorer Ibanez 03 JEM7VWH PRS McCarty Soapbar Diezel Herbert 2007 Peters '11 Brahms Guitar Byers '01 Classical Hippner 8-Str Classical Taylor 614ce Framus Texan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 OK, Reif, so how does it compare to your white Les Paul Studio with the ebony fretboard? Well, I've had the white one a while, and it's set up and strung to my taste. The neck on the maple one feels a shade bigger, but that could just be excessive(for me) string tension. I didn't have them there together for comparison. They both snort and growl purdy through Mesa amps. I have no doubts that I could make this into a great player. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Prolly a moot point. Our TV conked last night, and the microwave died a couple weeks ago. The money will have to go elsewhere. I know they can both be replaced cheap, but it's still an outlay.... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Guitars/818fc0b0-7d73-4ecc-b7f7-598724e033af.jpg OMG!!!! Nah I never liked a Les Paul, no easy upper fret access, the control pots are too far from the bridge, and they are heavy. I was a bricklayer by trade, and I don't lift anything heavy voluntarily..... dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Outlay vs inlays... Damn, that guitar's so "you" that I really wish I could snag it for ya, Reif! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/reifspano/Guitars/818fc0b0-7d73-4ecc-b7f7-598724e033af.jpg OMG!!!! Nah I never liked a Les Paul, no easy upper fret access, the control pots are too far from the bridge, and they are heavy. I was a bricklayer by trade, and I don't lift anything heavy voluntarily..... Both this one and mine are lighter than my ash Strat. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I gave my Les Paul away to my oldest kid. I never missed it. I have a Gibson SG but like the Paul the volume controls are too far away from the bridge. It is my very best playing guitar, and yet my least favorite. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkjimiphoton Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 aha! you must like your strat!! that's my only beef with most gibsons, and i'll admit it, i have routed a few of mine (including one les paul) to add a volume control where my pinky is happy. there's even one on my old firebird. sacrilege? sure. do i care? nope...it's for me, and not something i'd ever sell, anyways. to me, it makes it a more valuable/usable axe. http://www.sweetrelief.org/ https://www.wepay.com/donations/memorial-stone-for-juliane-pocius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I have a Faded SG special with the half moon inlays and ebony fingerboard. It is a collectors item although not that valuable yet so I am leaving it stock. I have a volume pedal in my pedal board just for that guitar. I never use that pedal with my strat clone, my homemade strat/tele hybrid, or Ibanez RG. I did move the volume control a bit away from the strings on my Strat clone half way between the stock volume and middle tone pot and made the thing with only one tone pot. The stock strat volume control is too close to where I lay my picking hand and it had to go. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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