[Revolution Six]

Beautiful 2018 Gibson, congratulations

I like the humbuckers without rings

[drew365]

A Mohave Fade SG HP is what started this whole little adventure for me. It's funny how gas takes these twists and turns the longer we let it percolate.

[Megafrog]

Revolution Six, on 14 April 2018 - 05:42 AM, said:

Beautiful 2018 Gibson, congratulations

I like the humbuckers without rings

Awesome picture you found of someone else’s guitar to share!

[pippy]

Apologies for the drastic edidting of your post, Drew, but taking some points in order;

drew365, on 13 April 2018 - 04:30 PM, said:

...My new LP Standard HP arrived about an hour ago...
...It has locking grovers, Richlite fb, upgraded flame top...
...I get to take it to band practice on Tuesday...
...I'm still considering getting a Gforce tuner system to use with the band and make alt tuning a little easier...
...Does Gibson own Peavey?...

Beautiful Instrument! Congrats!
I've played several guitars with Richlite (and also Hagstrom's Richlite equivalent) and, although I'm a Luddite, I really liked it/them. VERY ebony-esque IMO.
Looking forward to reading about your verdict!
From the reports I've read over the years written by those who have used them the Min-E-Tune and G-Force systems would be perfect for your needs.
Good question! I just had a google and they still seem to be an independently owned business.

Pip.

[drew365]

Thank you pippy. I've managed to get in about an hours worth of play time. Here's a couple things I noticed:
The Grover tuners are very smooth and accurate.
The pups are pretty hot. They sound really good. Very full and no ice pick on the bridge, but they push my normal amp settings a little more than I like. My main rig is a Helix. I create a separate patch for each song we do in my band. So I'm hoping I don't need to have a separate patch for using the LP. I'll need more time to figure that out.
The wide nut is a non issue right now. I'm not a thumb over the top player. I can't say it has any advantage or disadvantage at this point.
The Richlite board feels great and the guitar has a very nice acoustic tone, so I don't see any disadvantage from that.
I would have preferred medium frets, but I can live with the low frets till I wear them out. Then she'll get SS mediums.
I haven't dug into the dip switch settings and I'm not sure what they are set on now. But the tones I got when popping up the tone knobs was very usable. More so than the majority of split or tap settings I've used.
I wasn't going to get another LP, because I'm a light weight and they normally aren't. I planned on getting a new SG until I strapped a new '18 on and the head dove for the floor. This LP weighs 8.5#, which is the same as my Am Dlx Strat, so I'm good with that.
Because I didn't really need another guitar, especially one this nice, it was a bit of a stretch buying this. My honey do list will be long for the foreseeable future. But right now I'm feeling like I'm glad I went for it.
Except for one thing. That aluminum case. Man that thing is over kill. It's huge, it weighs a ton. I doubt I'll ever take it out of the house. I'll probably use a nice padded gig bag I have. But what the H am I gonna do with this coffin they sent me?