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    would you trade in a Usa standard for a Murphy custom ultra light aged ?

    in Gibson Custom

    Posted

    Hello there  American brothers   

    i need your advice  for a choice that i'm about to make  but i still don't know well  whether  it's worthwhile  as far as the construction quality   ,how the guitar gets the final check and who  assembled  the guitars , is there  so much  difference  to justify the money spent ? 

    https://ibb.co/n1yC81y

    https://ibb.co/Lt0kwVZ

     

    thanks to everybody 

    Firebird custom shop case refresh

    in Gibson Custom

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    i fear the baking soda could ruin the fabric of the case , at the moment i'm keeping the case wide open  into my room not out in the cold  and  brushing away  the dust,  and from time to time  spraying over it the FEBREZE , that light product which is used  to brush away odours from   dresses and outfits  shirts  and so on ,  It is very strange indeed  i have got a PRS custom  which i kept  in its case for 25 years   and it still tastes of new when you open  the case up  .

    Firebird custom shop case refresh

    in Gibson Custom

    Posted

    Just what i have done , i put the firebird in this gig bag  bass which in comparison  is smelling like a meadow in spring time  which in turn makes the guitar smelling like a rose 

    https://ibb.co/k5r33RC

    the problem of this  hard case is basically  this , the former owner of the guitar probably  has let the guitar closed  in the case with used strings  smelling of rust  impregnating  in turn  the upper side of the case where  the strings are in contact  with the fabric  of the case above , if  i change the strings and i close the guitar into it   the new strings  get up  the rusty odour  immediately  which in turn  get on my hands and stay there  no matter what , this  odour has in a way infested    all the case ,  well  i hope is not gonna be a situation beyond rapair .  😕

    Boveda 49% yes or........not inside the case

    in Gibson Repair and Restoration

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    Hello there mate ,

       Martin for his  acoustics  which i have one,   gives  the  range between 45-55% and temperature  between 72-77 fahrenheit  all right ?    with  the boveda pockets in  every guitar  acoustic  and electric  with   the hygrometer    into the cases   it gives me  a temperature of 73  and humidity at  57  % , my question is  whether  or not the 2 way humidity boveda  control  49% are  healthy  inside  or   i d rather  better to leave them out of the cases , well  i believe  that  a little  more of humidity  cannot be dangerous  for the wood  both for the electric and the acoustic guitars  even tho  when i take them out to play them  i find the tuning sharper , what do you make of that then  ?

    Stopbar height for dummies

    in Gibson USA

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Andrea Paesetti said:

    Ciao everyone and thank you in advance for any feedback.

    I'm trying to learn a bit my brand new LP (it's a Tribute model).

    I was finding super difficult to bend, super hard on the fingers and extra painful on the fingertips (like no calluses were there...same feeling as the first time with the fingers on the strings)

    I was coming from a Squire Strat with 9s and the LP comes with 10s. Ok the string gauge difference, but I felt the difference was too much. Then I've investigated a bit on the stopbar height and I've realized that it was so low that the strings were touching the back of the bridge.

    I've decided to raise it a bit, at least until the strings were not touching the back of the bridge anymore, reducing also the strings angle. 

    Now i feel much easier and les painfull to bend. But here my question: is it now the stopbar too high or is it fine? (see image attached)

     

    I also read about the top wrapping, but this baby is just few weeks old and I would prefer not to scratch stopbar finishing. 

     

    Just to anticipate potential question: neck already checked with Gibson specs, as well as the action.

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    Which area of Italy  do you live ?  if you are in Lombardy region i have a master luthier for you  to  set well your guitar 

     

    cheers 

    Boveda 49% yes or........not inside the case

    in Gibson Repair and Restoration

    Posted

    hello there American brothers 

    In all my gibson guitars  cases  i keep an envolpe of this product against humidity and dry  believing that  they are protected  by both  but despite of that, every time i do not play one for a while and i keep it out to play i found the intonation a little bit sharp , my luthier  told me  to  keep them out and leave the guitars alone , my question is whether or not keep them inside  is healthy or  not .

     

    thanks to all   and  FORZA AMERICA !   always 

    Di Marzio pick ups where do i put them ?

    in Gibson Repair and Restoration

    Posted · Edited by marco mancini

    Job done  mates  a little cheap  indonesian squier telecaster   with a couple of Dimarzio's   which screams like a lion 

    i put on the bridge the Dual Sound DP101  just because  it was the pick up of one of the greatest guitarist  America produced back in the days 

    his name ?  JEFF CARLISI of 38 Special , one  of the greatest  rock roll band  which had two guitarist able  to speak to one another with those screaming  guitars without mistakes  !

    CARLISI  and BARNES   great couple   who are still with  us thanks  God !   SKYNYRD UNIVERSITY 

     

    Forza America ! ........always  with you ! 

     

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    Affinity Telecaster with humbuckers

    in The Gibson Lounge

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    hello there  American  brothers , i d love to buy this  little tele  by Squier  because  i d love to have a tele with Humbuckers on it ,  i know  it is an entry level guitar  do you have any tips on upgraded  to be done to make  a near pro  Guitar .ps.  I already have   a di marzio  dual sound DP101BB+BK to put on the bridge   then what  i  can do  for the rest  of it ?

    thanks to everybody     and    keep on rocking  as the great Don Barnes of 38 special says ! 

     

    https://ibb.co/TPfttQ9

     

    Liutai autorizzati gibson

    in Gibson - Italy

    Posted

    Guarda di solito una standard dovrebbe tenere bene l accordatura  forse  sul SOL  puoi avere qualche problema ma non piu di tanto  io ti direi  ma penso che lo saprai  ,  prima di montare le corde di mettere un po di grafite sul capotasto dove passano le corde  e poi una volta montate di stirarle per bene .

     

    ciao 

    What the hell is going on at Gibson factory ?

    in Gibson USA

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    I think they send them out already snapped, so when you get it you are not disappointed, with a guitar that has headstock and neck that is still in one piece.

    All it takes is one UPS, FED EX, USPS, DHL ect, person to drop it, or to have thrown in the back of the truck and there you go.

    Dear Pepper , the problem  are  deliveries  , guitars  that the customer  pays up front   and it takes  ages  to  come on the other side of the pond 

    What the hell is going on at Gibson factory ?

    in Gibson USA

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Pinch said:

    You pronounce "tutti frutti" much cooler. 

    No, I hear you. It would appear they are overwhelmingly focusing on delivering to US retailers. It's likely both more convenient and a better market right now. 

    Well i think you are spot on mate ,USA market  is much profitable  than the belly of Europe no wonder about that  , but if you decide  to give a dealer in Italy the official  licence  to sell Gibson Guitars  they should be treated   as fairly  as you treat official gibson dealers in North America  and that is not the case  i'm afraid .

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