Sollophonic Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 I have just acquired an old Gibson Challenger which dates from 1983. It has had a tough life, it was played in a few punk bands back in the time, and arrived to me in a bit of a sorry state. Someone had scratched (a signature??) into the back of the headstock, over part of the serial number, so I had to sand that back and refinish, while still trying to preserve the number. The wiring needed attention, as did the action. I also had to deal with a couple of high frets up the top end of the neck, to get the action lower. The bridge is a solid Schaller one, which is stock apparently After a bit of work, it now plays and sounds great, the pickup is a real rocker, pretty high output. Sure it is a low end Gibson from probably the nadir of production, but it has a certain punk rock appeal, and has a nice playable neck too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sollophonic Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 It has an unusual non "open-book" headstock, which were on a few budget Gibby models at that time. Joins my other single pickup guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StijnV Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Cool! good to see it back up and running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 The whole Challenger/Sonex/Invader series was a departure for Gibson for sure, and angered many Gibson purists but I will defend it to the end because it was to fill a marketing need. Gibson wanted something under $500 and that was what worked for them at the time. And they sold a bunch. Nice save. Keep it funky as you can; it has history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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