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AlanH

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AlanH last won the day on May 8 2012

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  1. I think the OP would call 10 pages and counting "a result".
  2. I own three Gibson's which I've had from new, all mail ordered unseen- an '07 SG Special Faded, an '11 LP '50s Tribute HB and a '14 LP Signature. All have been flawless, resonant and play fantastically well.
  3. Awesome post in the Brexit 2 thread!

  4. To recover the losses from the 2015s, 2014s etc????? I got my new 2014 Signature for about 70% of the advertised prices of these 2016 Studios. It's much higher spec'd with binding, AA top and '57 classics too. PS. I don't mind the min-eTune and the various limited edition appointments on my 2014 so I'm very much a winner...
  5. A bit like this SG.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFPOlVsSJbw&feature=youtu.be
  6. My concern doesn't necessarily relate to country of manufacture, although Quingdao will undoubtedly have improved areas such as fit, finish and quality control as it established itself. Instead I'm more interested in the quality of woods used in manufacture. It seems that with every commodity/goods item you buy that the quality has cheapened over the years in order to keep costs low while prices rise. I'm sure that guitars are not exempt from such practice so I worry about this whatever the brand. I think that, as consumers, we only have ourselves to blame sometimes because we often insist that we must have rosewood and mahogany, and will settle for nothing else. I have to say, I'd rather have a superb piece of alternative wood that does the same job than I would a cheap cut of rosewood. Gibson were forced down this route because of the federal seizures of rosewood blanks and players certainly seem satisfied with the alternatives on offer. I think that Epi should similarly investigate alternative woods as a way of maintaining quality and also assuring ecological sustainability. That, coupled with the QC in Quingdao, could make for a winning formula.
  7. 10:00 on this clip explains it all perfectly.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwsDJoMJJls "........if I could just reverse the polarity" They obviously have a super energy reverse polarizer in Nashville too!
  8. Does this mean that hell has frozen over, then?
  9. Hi,

    Just to let you know that forum members are posting pictures of their LP Tribute HB models in the thread below. It would be nice to see a black one on there.

    http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/80383-the-les-paul-studio-tribute-humbucker-model-club/

    Alan

  10. Aksak, stunning grain on that top and the honeyburst edge looks warm and deep! That dark back looks killer against the honeyburst too. Alan
  11. Nice top on your brown faded. Looks almost spalted. Give those pups time - experiment with amp/effects settings. All Gibson pickups are good.
  12. Looks cool with those mods!
  13. Here's my Studio 50's Tribute humbucker model:
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