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The Vixen/Goddess Club


GreenSparkleLPC

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This idea seems to have garnered enough interest, so let's begin The Vixen/Goddess Club. Post 'em if you got 'em.

 

My wife's Les Paul Goddess Skyburst:

 

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With my LPC '68RI:

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Thats a beautiful guitar, does that have locking tuners and coil tapping?

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Wow! Beautiful guitars! I have never seen one of these before. Are they still in production? Very clean with smooth finishes. I like how thew Gibson headstock logo matches the color scheme as well as the locking tuners. What kind of pups come on these? They look color matched as well. I really like the look of these guitars!

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I see in these pictures of 2007s (and on the discontinued page of the Gibson site) the Vixens have the Les Paul logo on the headstock. But I just picked up a 2006 and it's plain:

 

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Anyone know if all of the 2006s had plain headstocks? Maybe they added "Les Paul model" in 2007 in an effort to boost sales? If so, it obviously didn't work. ;)

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Just incase anyone wanted the specs

 

Special lightweight Mahogany body

Figured Maple top

Narrow nut, slim taper, 60s-style neck

Powerful, translucent 490R & 498T humbuckers

Reduced body size

 

Body Top Species: Maple

Back Species: Mahogany

Binding: Single-ply top

Neck Species: Mahogany

Profile: 1960 Slim taper

Neck Joint Location: 16

Fingerboard Species: Ebony

Scale Length: 24-3/4 in.

Number of Frets: 22

Nut Width: 1.625 in.

Inlays: White Trapezoid

Fingerboard Binding: White

Hardware Plating Finish: Chrome

Bridge: Wraparound

Knobs: Chrome Top Hat

Tuners: Auto Trim

Neck Pickup: 490R

Bridge Pickup: 498T

Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone, 3-way switch

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Maybe the Goddess had an ebony fingerboard, but the Vixen I have here is definitely Rosewood. And since it's painted, I would be surprised if it had a Figured Maple top. I think those are the Goddess specs...

 

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Yeah, here you go -- according to the Vixen page (http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20USA/Guitars/Discontinuted%20Models/Les%20Paul%20Vixen/):

 

Les Paul Vixen

 

FEATURES

Light-weight mahogany body

Narrow-nut, ‘60s-shaped neck

Rosewood fretboard with standard Les Paul frets

490R & 498T Gibson humbuckers for pure Les Paul tone

 

BODY

Top Species: Mahogany

 

NECK

Species: Mahogany

Profile: Classic

Nut Width: 1.695"

Neck Joint Location: 16

 

FINGERBOARD

Species: Rosewood

Scale Length: 24 3/4"

Number of Frets: 22

Inlays: Diamond

 

HARDWARE

Plating Finish: Chrome

Bridge: Wraparound

Knobs: Black Top Hat

Machine Heads (Tuners): Grover Kidney

 

ELECTRONICS

Neck Pickup: 490R

Bridge Pickup: 498T

Controls: One volume, one tone, three-way switch

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