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Reinventing this Blonde (L4CES), Help Me Pick Knobs


kent04

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1988 Blonde Gibson L4CES

 

bought this beauty for 1,700 bucks, she sounds great, but i've never liked the factory

pallet Gibson used for the blonde L4CES. The headstock had serious clear coat issues,

no pickguard and ugly grover imperials

 

ive scraped the clearcoat, resanded the headstock and will be applying new nitro tonight.

 

bought gold grover deluxes and put new black screws in the pickguard mounts (beauty mark).

i really like the idea of turning her into a black and gold yellow jacket

 

 

which knobs would be best? im leaning toward the gold tops

 

 

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... im leaning toward the gold tops

 

Yep, that would be my choice.

 

Reflector tops with the gold insert is what I put on my L-5 (although gold on gold). The reflector tops have always been my favorite Gibson knob, not only for form, but also for function (feel). As my first two Gibsons "back in the day" had them, it's also what I'm used to reaching for.

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BTW, what are you going to do with those "ugly" Imperials. You know, beauty IS in the eye of the beholder!

 

 

Happy to sell them, I can send you a picture tonight

 

Make me an offer

 

I'll pay shipping because of the "ugly" remark

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