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cs orange widow

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  1. Afew years late,, but my old man has a 82 les Paul custom with ebony fretboard,,, I have a 2012 and 2014 les paul customs with rosewood an richlite fretboard, if I close my eyes an play any of them you couldn't guess which is which!!!! They both have so much sustain an tone!!!! I don't think the quality is any better on a new les Paul an far as how long it'll last,, they have em made to last when you don't drop em an have to do a headstock repair,, look at yours it's 40 yrs old already... but I think they are just made far more accurate nowadays they can make 1000 exactly the same where 35 years ago Gibson you probably couldn't find 2 exactly the same if you were to go over them with a fine tooth comb!!! If you buy a new one an take care of it you'll have another that'll last you 40 years yet again!!! Just my C. 0.02
  2. I haven't heard this song in years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Came on the radio today an I'm glad it did, it's a good song to play!!
  3. HMMMM,, well now do I go an play with the saddles and try this theory out??? Like I said both my customs saddles run straight down the bridge...... Heres a little story about intonation.... My old man has a 82 silverburst custom and it comes outta the case maybe once a year... So for xmas one year about 10 years ago I took it to the local guitar shop for a nice poish job, set the intonation, new strings, file the a fret or two cause he didn't ever do that for his guitar,,, we got the guitar back and aside from the new strings it played terrible!!!! Strings were buzzing on frets, intonation was out by a mile.... it went back in the case till 2012 when I got my les paul custom, he pulled it outta the case, quick to notice his saddles were all over the bridge, and mine were straight in a line, so he eyeballed it an away he went!!!!! in minutes his saddles were in the same position as mine hahaha.... I took it to a friend to tune it up properly, fix the fret buzz an all that... he said the intonation was absolutely perfect hahaha..... an kindly offered my old man $3000 cash for his guitar..... My old man says hes crazy an its only worth $500 cause its an old 1982 and would never sell it to someone crazy enough to pay that amount for a 82 les paul custom.... it still sits in the case today under his bed with perfect intonation hahaha
  4. I understand what your saying with the step pattern, so my question to you is the factory set up on my 2012 and 2014 customs are exactly the same, the saddles run straight across the bridge in the middle.. Is that how they come from factory?? I'm not a big intonation buff, it's definitely close enough my tuner tells me it's right, so that's good enough for me!!!!
  5. I wouldn't brag about having a engineering background, although it works on paper, doesn't always work in the real world!! Just speaking from experience dealing with engineers haha.... All jokes aside, I believe there is valid points from everyone here, I'm exited to see where it goes!!
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