ILIED4U
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Very nice.
Tell us what she sounds like.
Congrats. B)
Wow man!!! i just can't stop playing it!! it sounds so F**** awesome! to describe it in two words: it sounds VINTAGE & CRISPY!
Veeeeeery crispy. The only guitar I own that gives me that response in clean.
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Nice guitar, the sunburst does look very well on it (better than the finish of mine, I must admit). The pickups do look like the classic Dirty Finger pickups.
Congratulations!
Santiago
Cheers mate!
BTW,Does anyone know wether these guitars are nitro finished?
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Here's my new axe:
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I have a new baby!!! The invader is at home now. I promise to post my impressions and try to throw some light on this guitars.
I haven't connected it to my amp yet but even playing unplugged seems to be a very special guitar, and that's awesome.
Thanks so much!
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Hi, I have a Gibson Invader from 1983, with ebony fretboard and Sonex Deluxe 180 pickups (also zebra pattern but not Dirty Fingers), which I believe were also called "Velvet Brick" pickups. I have also heard that the body is mahogany, but I have not checked, and you cannot see it through the finish. Perhaps I should unscrew the neck to have a look at the colour of the wood...
I cannot talk about your BC Rich MIJ (it sounds nice, though), but I like my Invader a lot. The action is really low without buzzes, with low frets that make playing really easy. I bought it from a heavy metal shredder, so he may have set it up like that himself, but on the other hand I played a friend's Gibson Challenger II (that is fairly similar and from the same era) and the action and playability was the same, so it may be a feature of these types of guitars.
I personally like the Sonex Deluxe 180 "Velvet brick" pickups very much, they have a good trebley bite for humbuckers which to my mind makes them very versatile for clean or distorted styles. I do not have experience with Dirty Fingers, but I've heard great things about them.
So if you can get it at a good price it can be a very good buy. The fact that it is bolt-on may make them less collectable than other Gibson's, but for those with an open mind these guitars can be a real bargain. The Challenger II from the same era is another under-rated but in practice great guitar from the same era (although with a very different sound - extremely dark Bill Lawrence pickups on that one).
Good luck in any case...
Agur
Santiago
Aupa Santiago!
Cheers for your comments on the guitar.
As I told you before to get the Invader the B.C Rich St_III must go, I have no other choice. So tacking this into account, would you guys change one for the other?
Thanks guys!! you are helping me a lot.
P.S: BTW, This is the B.C Rich St.III :
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Hi IlieD4U,
Not necessarily mahogany, please see files specs from our archive attached which specify 'selected tone woods" and "high output humbucking pickups"- not specified that they are Dirty Finger pickups.
Specs from the Gruhns Guide to Vintage Guitars are as follows:
Invader: Les Paul-type single cutaway, mahogany body, beveled bass-side edge, 2 ceramic magnet humbucking pickups with exposed zebra coils, 4 knobs, 3-way selector switch mounted with control knobs, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, bolt-on maple neck, ebony fingerboard, dot inlay, standard Gibson peghead shape, decal logo, chrome-plated hardware
Introduced: 1983
Alpine white, ebony or Ferrari red finish: by 1986
Discontinued: 1988
Thanks very much for that info!!
So what kind of wood can be apart from Mohagony? I suppose Gibson back in the 80's used quite nice woods even in their lower guitars, I mean this is a Gibson USA from the 80's so a minimum quality should be expected ,right?
I think I'm finally getting one. But would you buy one of these?
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Welcome.
My recollection =
Manufactured 1983 - 1989
Mahogany body
Bolt-on neck - some maple with rosewood F/B, some mahogany with ebony F/B (I think yours looks like ebony F/B)
Grover tuners.
There's some different finishes, including solid color and burst.
Some with Sonex Deluxe 180 pickups, some with Dirty Fingers pups.
Yours looks like the nice version - ebony F/B and dirty fingers.
Should be a very decent guitar for the money - if you like bolt-on necks (not a knock).
Thanks for the answer. I still got some doubts. I know that the body wood should be mohagony but in the pictures does not seem like mohagony, does it?
And about the pickups, dirty fingers? Is the first time I've heard so!
It seems a rare and nice guitar.
Any other opinions?
Thanks!
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Hello Forum,
This is my very first topic in this great forum, so Hello Everyone!
I live in Bilbao, in Northern Spain I study at uni and I love guitars. I like almost every kinds of rock music but I especially like bands like Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam...
Well, after this brief presentation...
I own six guitars (Fender cntemporary strat, fender MIM strat very upgraded, Gibson LP Studio w/PRS Dragon II pickups, B.c Rich StIII, California Ce-204, Stagg r-500) and I am thinking of selling my B.C rich St-III MIJ to buy a Gibson Invader.
But the fact is that there's no much reliable information out there about this model, so I have many doubts about its features and quality. For example:
1. What wood is the body of the invaders made of? is it walnut?
2. Is there just one model of the invader? The specs among these guitars are pretty different.
3. What tone should I expect out of these guitars?
4. Is it a good guitar?
Here's a pic of the one I've been offered:
Thanks in advance.
GIBSON INVADER
in Gibson USA
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Well, some time has passed and my impressions about the invader have improved.
The ceramic pickups (dirty fingers I think) are impressive, the neck pickup lacks a bit of definition but with this pickups the guitar sounds tight! I mean, whatever you play it has great dynamics, it's like a vintage sounding guitar with ceramic magnets, awesome.
One more doubt, Is it the finish on the invaders nitro? I guess so but... not sure.
Take care dudes!