NighthawkChris

If we don’t like fees or rules, always Craigslist… no one is stopping anyone from starting up their own server and hosting a domain to list their used gear either. I wouldn’t want anyone to post their crap on my site for free either. I don’t advocate for any place, site, etc. just saying that it is what it is and what is one to do or one to go to for selling/buying used gear. Of course you could spend time scouring sites of shops that cater to used gear and see if they ship and the like. Just have to know what shops there are. I also have to think you make out better selling on say, Reverb than a trade in at any music store.

Sadly what options does one have to sell their gear and get as much exposure as say Reverb gives a seller? Maybe eBay at best but even then, I know that is not where a lot of people turn to firstly to find used gear. Just going to have to deal with Reverb any way it comes until the fees become too unbearable. Even consignment at a local music shop costs more than it does to sell on Reverb, but of course doing extra work to ship and the like. I’ve read so many threads that Reverb sucks, eBay, CL… its just beaten to death

I agree that it looks like a regular LP Custom. Serial numbers start with the CS would have me believe this as well as speed knobs and the like. Reissues have long neck tenons too, regular Custom does not. The bridge would also be ABR for reissue whereas I think I’m looking at a Nashville bridge in the pic. Nice guitar BTW

Let’s put this way why it’s important to understand how to maintain your neck relief. There are times when you pick up your guitar one day and you are getting buzzes, action differences, whatever. It ain’t right… if a guitar is set up properly at some point and this happens - one day - this means something changed. Wood is organic and it changes with the environment. No little elves are coming by in the middle of the night screwing with your bridge, saddles, etc so I don’t understand why people start screwing with this crap when the problem is because the neck moved. Fix the relief and all goes well. It takes a simple feeler gauge and capo with a little knowledge that can be picked up from tons of YouTube videos to make all well again. At least this is why I think all guitar players should learn how to adjust their neck relief. Either this or have someone on call… just want to make a point that it’s not a serious adjustment and it’s important to get this right.

Glad you gained the courage to do a simple adjustment that makes big differences to playability of a guitar. I live in a region that becomes dry in winter and humid in summer, so minor adjustments are absolutely necessary during the transitory periods of climate. Either way, a little knowledge about this now empowers you to do one of the most important adjustments for your guitar. IMHO, once a neck goes bad, guitar becomes firewood - bolt one are exception to some extent. Reason being is most other things are easily rectified. Neck issues can be BIG issues. Regards!

lol that duffle bag is indefensible. My wife likes purses that cost less than the duffle bag - and my wife likes expensive purses.

Correction.... https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Product/LIFTON-DUF-BRN/LIFTON-DUF-BRN It's $800. I told Gibson to notify me when they become available again. Their expensive guitar cases cost less than this - which I could arguably fit more stuff into... I'm thinking that's the ticket. I'm actually mostly interested in that $180 wallet. Won't have money to put in it after I buy one, but I will have a wallet that costs $180.

Nice video. I’m glad I don’t sell and trade my stuff. I take my time to make sure I will like and actually want what I get. I don’t worry too much about the used market in terms of selling generally. I like it when there is something I’ve been after and the prices go down. Well, the guitars the guy in the video was talking about aren’t the kinds of guitars I go after so I have yet to see the market go down in price for what I look at. Gibsons usually hold value very well it seems.

I own 12 Gibson guitars currently - 6 or which come from the Custom Shop. I am vouching that this company that has gone bankrupt and done some questionable maneuvers has begun to lose its way - at least with me it has because… they are still around making ends meet apparently. There is absolutely nothing in recent years I have aspired to buy from this guitar company. Not saying they make crap, but these aren’t guitars. And the guitars they sell today have all had immense hikes that I can find other brands that sell same or better quality for considerably less. Well I will be able to before Gibson decides to sue them. Hopefully Mark will be directed to put out another threatening video beforehand. I own the following CS guitars: R7 Goldtop, R7 Black Beauty, 2 x R9s, 68 RI, and a “regular” Gibson Custom. Just wanted to add this because I have bought into this company and not badmouthing them by any means to be some kind of troll or whatever. I’ve spent some bucks with this company over the years. I like my guitars - I think they are great. I am just finding this company as of late continuing to head in directions that I don’t find palatable so to speak. They’ve always been a more expensive, higher end guitar place, but last few years they went bankrupt for questionable business ventures, had quality suffer immense hits, now they are some niche artsy guitar maker that charges tens of thousands for anything that comes out of their factories… and to boot, their guitars because of inflation and maybe just desired hikes have substantially gone up in price. I ask myself why do I want another Gibson fresh off the presses… YMMV, as always. Just sharing my perspective

lol people don’t buy these to use them

I’m confused. I thought Gibson was a guitar company…

Haha the human race never ceases to amuse me. It’s sad when people go as low as to become thieves.

Hahaha! I feel the sentiment.

I usually do 0.012" relief capoing the first fret and depressing the 17th fret or so - where the neck meet the body essentially. (Les Paul/Nighthawk for reference) I even have a difficult time getting 3/64" at the 12th fret to pan out too, so I usually go a little more (usually between 3 and 4 64ths) to avoid the fretting out/buzzing. Just is what it is... The world is not perfect and with these set necks Gibson passes out, the neck angles aren't perfect, setups are not all exact, etc. FYI, I have the $20 or $25 Stewmac tool to measure the action, so I am pretty confident that I am able to target a measurement. I understand this desire for spec action, but it sometimes doesn't work as intended. The thing to do to make this happen is to taper off the frets a bit near the body to get the action desired. This is what guitars for "shredders" usually do to get that low action for their legato smoothness... You may already know this and definitely do not want to entertain this at all. Just had to mention this as a brute force measure. Overall, you're probably just going to figure out what works and feels best on a unique guitar basis. Not all guitars/Gibson are created equally unfortunately as you probably know. Not trying to be dismissive at all, but I've seen some that can get pretty close to 3/64" at the treble side, and some that just won't do it no matter what I try to do with relief, etc. You seem knowledgeable enough to do a setup, so definitely questioning your abilities to perform this task. But short of doing that tapered fret business, personally not sure of any other avenue to take to get the 3/64" action with little to no interference. Best regards, hope things work out for you.

Some Teles are made better than others. Although, for me, only a Gibson is good enough, haha! I like Strats more TBH. But then again, I am @NighthawkChris for a reason 😁