BillyGibson
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Congratulations. The Traditional once again shows, even with
crappy phone pictures, it looks amazing.
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Oh, by the way, in the local store, I asked what the differences are between the Dot and the Sheraton II. He told me the Sheraton has different pick-ups than the dot.. Is this true?
(In this comparison, I'm talking of a new Dot, and a new Sheraton, both china made)
I use to have a Dot Deluxe and never could bond with the neck. I thought I was getting something close to a Sheraton for $200 less. I believe the pups in all of these are the same. (Alnico Classics)Regular dot is chrome. Sheraton is gold. Some one else here will know for sure and correct me if I am wrong.
The Dot's neck is not bound and and doesn't feel the same as the Sheraton. Getting a 5 piece neck was important to me. So at the time, I went used to get a Korean one; because only Chinese ones were being made with the traditional scarf joint. Now apparantly, they are being made in both countries, so you have a choice of necks and even body shapes if that is important to you. But if you order one, sight unseen, you may not know which one you'll get until it shows up.
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The picture of the '88 is beautiful. Don't see that
color too often. That would be my first choice.
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My Trad. Plus is weight relieved. It weighs 9lbs 5oz. I believe the standards made now are chambered.
Pros and cons very general. Both are good and have different features and different prices.
Best to go play them side by side.
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Part of my purchase price of $625 included a professional setup by J. Gravity Strings off Broadway in Downtown St. Louis. The action and tone on this guitar is simply incredible since the setup. I do believe this is now my most prized guitar next to my Turqoise EPI Casino with custom pin stripes.
Definitely post pictures. I'm in St. Louis too and was on the search for a Sheraton, but found mine in CT, thanks to another member Bobouz. Never thought about checking Gravity. I'm extrememly happy with mine though. Congratulations on your find. White ones seem to be of big interest now with the Royale line up hitting the streets.
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It's common. The MLP forum has a thread or two about it as well.
Two of mine were cracked on my Trad. Plus. I didn't much care,
because I planned to replace them with refelctor top hats.
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Head over to the Gibson Forum and check out the USA made threads under Les Paul: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/forum/9-les-paul/
The first one: Les Paul Clubs will show you the varios models and what their owners say about them.
I bought a Traditional Plus exactly one year ago and love it. Big beefy neck and the 57's are outstanding.
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Added reflector knobs and pointers. Did the blank TRC too.
Here's the knobs. My wife actually responded on this change and
said they look good and makes it look more expensive.
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I went with a Std. Trad. because of the 50's neck. It just felt better.
The asymetrical was a close second on the Std. Of course, my casino has a
slim neck, so I get some variety that way. It's all good. Try them all
before you buy.
If you go to GC during the week in the middle of the day when school is
in session; you can relax and have the sales persson bring one of each into
the practice room. I did this a few times before deciding.
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This is a joke. Right?
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I want in.... THis beaut came home with me Saturday.
I'm the same... neck and pickups sealed the deal. Though the Iced Tea Finish kept me at the negotiation table.
Beautiful flame. I really like how the flame changes with your camera angle. We have the same color too. My flames come and go like a holograph too.
I couldn't decide among the Ice Tea, Honey Burst or Light Burst. Then the Ice Tea showed up at GC out of the blue. My sales person called me and asked if I was still interested in a Gibson and he would hold it for me. We figured it was destiny. Why mess with it? Ice Tea it was.
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Those Bursts are beautiful.
I'm thinking the Traditional may be the best value in a Gibson. Of course,
this being my first Gibson, I sort of have to say that. Seriously, with the
color choices, p/u's, binding, neck (losve the chunkyness), quality, what
else could anyone want?
How's that for appreciation?
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Here's mine:
It's an '09 Ice Tea made/stamped in December. Just got her 3 weeks ago.
I noticed you changed the knobs to top hats and added a blank TRC. I'm trying to figure out if I want
to make some minor chages like that too. Are those more in line with what a '59 style would look like?
And what about adding the metal pointers?
MHS Humbuckers
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I played a 58 ES335 recently with MHS's. Very Vintage and mellow sounding. Real smooth sounding. I want something with a little more bite though.
Of course, capacitors could have something to do with their sound too? I'm going a couple steps down and ordered a Satin 335 with Burstbuckers. I hear they are brighter and hope are more to my liking.