LWAG Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I love where I'm from, London, in England, because, we have a lot of high end American guitars in London, I love it. Guitars such as Gibson Custom Shop, Gibson VOS, can be found either pre owned/used or old new stock, and even in London today, I think Camden way at the moment, is a Gibson Dealer who could sell you a brand new high end Gibson Les Paul. Used guitars in 2015 Brand new/Dealership in 2015 Other great guitars as well as Gibson I have access to if I have the funds; I bought my Gibsons from this neighbourhood, but alas, I bought them used (from another place)... My 1996 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Standard Red Sparkle Top/Dark Back with a set of Seymour Duncan APH-1 Alnico II Pro Humbuckers, I got the guitar in 2011, my first Gibson, was love at first play. Chambered body, thinner/60's neck profile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5J-zFBVJPA & My 2005 Gibson USA R7 Les Paul Gold Top/Dark Back, that I had a set of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Slash Signature Humbuckers and a Tone Pros Bridge I got last November/November 2017. A former owner of my Gibson VOS/R7 modded it with MusiCap Capacitors; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc6p9OdNFRo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Welcome aboard, mate! Glad to have you with us. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hello LWAG, welcome to this board! You say your 1996 Les Paul is chambered - is this a verified fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWAG Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hello LWAG, welcome to this board! You say your 1996 Les Paul is chambered - is this a verified fact? It is. My 1996 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Standard has a chambered body and a thinner 60's neck profile - It's light/chambered and it has a thicker binding around the cutaway (a telltale sign of a chambered body). (you could see the thicker binding around the cutaway from this angle).The weight and binding give it away, besides, I know/use a luthier to maintain my guitars and everything, and he (my guitar guy) says it's chambered. My 2005 Gibson R7 has a solid body/1957 neck profile spec'. To be honest, my 2005 R7 with a solid body, to me, was an amazing find, because it has a solid body and I wanted one with a solid body, but thought I'd have to find one built before the 1980's change of production/ownership at Gibson. I tried an R9 shortly before finding my R7, and even that R9 was chambered. Reasons why I bought my R7 last November; I wanted a thicker neck profile than the one on my 1996 Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Standard; when I first played my VOS/R7 (unplugged) I knew I wanted it/it has my favourite finish; Gold Top/Dark Back 'the dark back one was the one I wanted, but is also the one harder the find)... and last but not least, it was in my guitar budget. I looked at it/played on it for all 5 minutes before buying it, since I was in the market for one and this checked off everything I was looking for in a finish I wanted that's rarer/harder to find.. It being a solid body was an added bonus since I found that factoid out just after paying for it; so this guitar even checked that need/want off my list for a solid bodied one - To be honest, both of my Gibsons were love at first play; otherwise I wouldn't have bought them. Also both have the things I like in a Gibson Les Paul aesthetically, like the head stock/machine heads and the 'belly'/body shape. Thank you all for the nice/warm welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LWAG Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 This is what I look like; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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