[The Studio club]

This is my 1992 Studio.It looked a bit different back then and up to a couple of months ago.

 

Beautiful guitar. But a studio?

[The Studio club]

Awesome thread! So many great looking studios in here. This is my first Gibson - after years of being a strat guy I'm 100 percent converted. So, for my 1st post I present my 60's tribute:

 

 

Great guitar. Congratz on coming over to Gibson side. Now you've got to get one with humbuckers

[The Official What Are You Listening To Right Now Thread...]

"Jefferson Airplane paved the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for The Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft..."

 

Just purchased this song off Itunes

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BR6NJlk1_A

[The Official What Are You Listening To Right Now Thread...]

"Euro Trah Girl" by Cracker

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUTvh6Fd5es

[50s vs 60s necks]

Love them both. The '50's neck on my '68 RI plays great--fat neck and heavy body. Plus, the extra wood has the psychological effect of making the guitar feel more vintage to me (since I can't afford a real vintage LP!). The '60's neck on my LP DC is very fast and the body is quite light. Reminds me a bit of the Wizard neck on my old Ibanez (though the '60's neck is thicker). This gives the guitar a much different character than the '68 RI. I like having both options on two very different LP's.

 

I'm not trying to be a smart *ss, but why would a '68 RI have a 50s neck?

[50s vs 60s necks]

I'm a 50s neck guy too. I just like the way the rounded back fits my hand. My Studio has a 50s neck and my friends R7 has an even fatter baseball bat neck and I love playing that guitar. It's probably a little more difficult to play fast scales, but I can deal with that.

 

I find that if I play for any length of time on a real thin neck, (say like on some Strats) my hand tires out and I'm constantly "shaking out" my left hand at every opportunity.

[Imagine What Life Would Be Like If Homz Came Back]

Maybe he isn't gone

 

Just sayin'

 

Yeah, like maybe he's really DAS44

[The Studio club]

I have the exact same guitar as you

 

How does it play for you?

 

Yeah, I noted that in your thread about the B string.

 

Mine plays great. I love the fat neck, nice action, a little weight so I know I'm holding something and the pickups handle vintage stuff as well as balls-out rock.

[Cleaning gold hardware]

 

Hello everyone' date=' I'm new here in this forum (and German -- so excuse my English, please).

 

I had the same problem and I did use the original Gibson metal cleaner. First of all, DON'T APPLY IT TO GOLD HARDWARE.

After cleaning the golden tune-o-matic of my pretty Les Paul Studio (wine red, very nice thing), the following happened:

 

1. Although I precisely followed Gibson's instructions on the bottle (you know, this "apply small amount .... rub to shine" thing), the gold coating almost immediately disappeared, exposing the silver metal underneath it.

 

2. Meanwhile the exposed silver surface has become almost black (due to oxidation or whatever). Shame!

 

So Gibson's advice not to use it comes a bit too late for me but fortunately, it's a relatively small black spot (and invisible when I'm playing because it's then hidden under my palm).

 

Of course, my Les Paul was a bit more "flawless" before, but in my opinion, the sound is much more important than perfect looks.

 

By the way: So far, I've applied Gibson's metal cleaner to the chrome bridge of my SG two or three times with absolutely no problems, so for chrome hardware the Gibson stuff seems to be OK.

 

What about this Dr. Duck's Ax Wax? Has somebody tried it?

 

Kind regards to all of you!

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Yeah, I think the consensus is that a good dry cloth is the best thing for gold hardware. I've never heard of Dr. Duck's before, but Ipersonally would hesitate to put any kind of wax on my guitar.

 

BTW, welcome to the forum. Not many Germans around here.

[The Studio club]

OK, here we go again. Most people have already seen this before, but here's my 2004 Studio Plus.

I love it without an ounce of Standard envy :-

 

 

Notice the SG in the reflection?

 

[Song Association Game]

"Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin

 

"Magic Man" - Heart

[Cleaning gold hardware]

I'm not sure about the Gibson metal cleaner, but would be interested to know myself. One thing I can tell you NOT to use is Tarn-X.

 

My gold hardware is over 4 yrs old and I've managed to keep it looking pretty good by wiping it down with a good cloth.

[Paul Newman has passed away]

To honor his memory, I'm going to eat 50 eggs, like Cool Hand Luke!

 

On second thought, maybe not. But he will be missed.

[Les Paul Vintage Mahogany]

I've never heard one complaint about the VM. As a matter of fact, it seems to me like most people who complain about QC issues are refering to Custom Shop.

[EMG's (81, 85, 69 , 89 etc) IN A LES PAUL?]

I guess I'm a purist. I think Les Pauls should be vintage and classic. Just like Strats should not have humbuckers! I'm wierd like that. My opinion is that there are plenty of hot rod, shredder guitars out there(Ibanez, BC Rich, Jackson etc) that are great for metal and EMG's. Why spend all that extra money for a Gibson and then make it sound like a generic shredding guitar?