SteveFord

Yes, I would say it's a real one. Looks beautiful.

You'd better send it to me for a closer inspection. Let's use FedEx or UPS, okay?

The USPS and the Canadian Post are doing their own investigations, I have a police officer coming over tomorrow to dust the plastic packing pillows for prints. Say that 3 times fast! All Federal Employees have to be finger printed so maybe I'll luck out. I may not get this particular guitar but I am more than willing to prosecute.

The box was taped up w/ clear packing tape. Waiting on the cops and the post office to get back in touch with me.

Holy crap, you're lucky to have lived through that one. Stop doing that. Today I am going to file a police report on that missing Les Paul and work all day. What fun.

Retired has retired from the forum? That's not allowed. Get back here!

I feel the same way. I didn't even get to play it (or even see if in person). What the f word? My new guitar strap really doesn't fit on the box very well.

That's a first and hopefully a last. This came Canadian Postal Express and everything the govt does is filmed. The only time it's not on camera is when it's actually on the road. It shouldn't be that difficult to track down the people who actually transported it. I can almost guarantee this happened when a truck pulled over somewhere. Either that or it's sitting in Customs and the empty box went down a conveyor belt. Yeah, it's insured but this is NOT the happy ending I was hoping for.

The box showed up but evidently someone, somewhere between Canada and Pennsyltucky, really wanted it as here is what was in the box. Luckily, my pretty mail lady said that box is awfully light so I chased her down on foot and we opened it up in the middle of the street. Sum*****.

Pappy, Keep us posted, please, and recover quickly!

From my limited experience, I think it'll sound a bit different due to more wood in the LP body. I say go for it.

My 07 Explorer had a sticky back of the neck. As I'm the 2nd owner I don't know what went on before I got it. Maybe a lot of wax, maybe peanut butter and jelly, maybe it just sat too long in the case. I tried buffing with water on a paper towel, buffing with Virutoso polishes, leaving it out of the case for a few weeks, it never got quite right. Last night I finally decided to hope for the best, put a little lighter fluid on an old towel, gently buffed the neck, gave it 30 seconds to evaporate and then water on a towel and then buffed dry. Success!

Glad to hear that it met your expectations. Just from the pictures I can't imagine your not being over the moon with it.

Dude, you get the guitar picks, too!!!

Why am I going to get the VII? I like the looks and the challenge of playing something difficult. I figure it makes me a better player if I have to struggle with something, it makes all of the other ones play like buttah. Take the Explorer: I have the GOTW one and a 2019. The GOTW one has a stout neck, a thicker, much heavier body and taller frets. It's a challenge to play, especially at the upper registers as you can't really get your hand in there very well due to the thicker body. I play that one all the time, the 2019 sits in the case. The 2019 plays really easily. You pick that one up and it plays like a normal guitar. I futz around with it a little bit and go back to the GOTW monster and struggle with that some more. Urf, I'll get it yet (maybe)... Go figure!

That's it, nuke 'em!

Who knows what these people are thinking but he'll have that one for quite some time. Here's my last Firebird VII Fun Fact: the neck pick up sounds great, flip to the middle and it's Hmmm let's try the bridge pick up and it's even wimpier than the middle position. Why have 3 pick ups when only the top one sounds good? Maybe they're just for looks. When I sold mine the buyer asked me, "So, that's your main axe, right?" Well, ummm, sure! All of the above might explain why they probably sell 1000 Firebird Vs to every VII they make.

If they turn out to be decent porn links I say grant them full access. We are in a lock down, more or less.

Arf! although the week is still young. The order is in, now just the wait for it to make its way from Canada to Pennsyltucky. I ordered a padded Levy's strap for it as there's no weigh relief so I expect it will weigh as much as an MG Midget. The people at Gibson are evil. Every so often they'll come out with something very similar to things I saw as a kid and then filed away. Still on the hunt for that Firebird VII, I'm pretty sure one will pop up by mid September at the latest. If you've never played one, they may look similar to a Firebird V but feel like a totally different instrument. The V is real easy to play, the VII is something you have to struggle with - they're heavy, they feel really long, the neck is kind of stout and they're just really weird. What the hell is this thing and why did I buy it?!?

They are good actresses when you are dating and the little head isn't very bright. This one hasn't been on a motorcycle in years. Whole different thing before the ring went on.

I'm not sure, I think it'll be 13 electrics, one nice acoustic and two low budget acoustics. When a Firebird VII I can afford finally pops up I will do a group shot. Probably be best when The Wife Monster isn't around to jaw away at me.

That's a 2018 Classic. The last one is going to be a Firebird VII. I did something really stupid (went to a stereo store) and put myself into a bind and had to sell mine years ago. I missed one for $1900 and then another one for $2200 in the last two weeks. One will turn up sooner or later. If anyone stumbles across one, please let me know.

I told my wife. Also told her about my next (and final) electric guitar purchase. I think I'll start giving portions of my dinner to the dog and see what happens to it before I dig in.

Back in High School Guitar Player magazine had just been launched and I started reading all of Tom Wheeler's articles about Gibsons from days gone by and my drug addled teen-aged mind was permanently warped by the pictures I saw there. I saw an early black Les Paul with P90s and my eyeballs popped out of my head with an audible BOING! noise. Holy Iconic Guitars, Batman!!! I've wanted one ever since. A little over 40 years later here comes a modern day facsimile of sorts. I'm really excited about this one. (don't tell the wife)

Use imgur or similar and forget the attachment stuff.