Hi guys/gals. I found this forum while searching for info on a hard to track down Epiphone limited run Les Paul from the 90s. I bought one and seemed to have forgotten what happened to it.
I bought my first gibson in 1992 saving my from my first job at a grocery store when i was 16. I scored a killer mint condition Used 1991 Gibson Explorer from Zoo music in Dallas. I still have it, and it has a ton of sentimental value as the first guitar I bought with my own money. My second USA Gibson is a 1996 Les Paul Standard I bought used about 2 years ago. Have a few Epiphone les pauls as well, but I'm a sucker for 90s era Gibsons and always on the hunt for a 1975 Les Paul custom. I also am always looking for a great 90s V that will match the finish of my Explorer and Les Paul. The holy trinity of Gibsons for me.
Now days I own a small music shop, (too small to sell Gibson) and teach music lessons in a small town in East Texas. I have a love/hate with Gibson.... I love a lot of the guitars, but also kind of hate a lot of the corporate business decisions.... from various corporate overlords that have come and gone and may or may not currently steer the ship.
I do love my 90s Gibsons though. No one can deny the impact of Gibson guitars in music history, regardless of company politics.