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  1. Never heard of that before. I will check into it. Yes on the bass side they feel normal. Then it seems as though there is some slack before the gears feel like they mesh. Now I have only had this a week and a half and I purchased it brand new. I was told I was one of the first guys to pick it up off of the rack as well. It does stay in tune very well and I have been playing the heck out of it.
  2. Was just curious if any of you keep your reissue all stock or by chance do you swap out parts. I recently purchased a new 57 reissue gold top. I like everything about it but it seems as though the tuners on the Treble Side seem to have some slack in the gearing. So with this being said....is this something that is kind if normal and will break in over time? Or have any of you had a similar experience and if so which way did you go on replacing them? Drop in fit without any modification is my goal.
  3. Well of Gruhns is too far go check out Carters. I live in Dickson about 40 miles west of Nashville going toward Memphis. I am sure you will enjoy the hall of fame....I did. Enjoy!!
  4. Thanks for the pics. It seems as though your fretboard is darker as well. I really like that. Mine seems to be similar and the back of mine is like yours. I called gibson today. Since the color is double gold and is a high gloss model it turns out mine is a made to measure pre ordered to gibson in a small run of high gloss and bright nickle hardware. The only difference between what I have compared to a VOS is the gloss finish and polished hardware.....go figure!!! It is funny because the dull hardware and not polishing the finish raises the msrp 500 bucks!! They wanted a run of reissues to look exactly like a brand new one would have in a store back in 57 I am very pleased with mine and yours looks great too!!
  5. It looks great! I never had a p90 guitar but thise puppies sound awesome. Back in 1992 I went to a guitar store in Houston TX. There was a les paul Jr double cut on the wall. Single p90. I think it was a 1960 or 1961. It was only 450.00. I wish I bought it because I did not know what the market was going to do. I played it though and it sounded great. I am still kicking myself in the butt for not taking it
  6. Oh and if anyone else feels like posting their reissue please do so....or any guitar that inspires you to play more or has a story behind it. Go ahead and share away!!
  7. That cicada is awesome!! We go through that here in TN as well. And a great tribute trc idea!!! It seems like the fretboard on yours may be a darker Rosewood as well. Looking forward to the pics.
  8. Man i am so sorry about your friend. That is terrible ..I hate to hear that. But you know....the same thing was happening yesterday...in that room.....there was a kick a$$ player in there up here on vacation...really killer licks.....so I asked him to play it so I could get another perspective.....then we jammed swapping licks on it back and forth between a fat neck 61 sg reissue and this gold top....the gold top won hands down. I wasn't even going to make a purchase.....no kidding!! But I am extremely glad I did. I sold off my 81 custom 20 years ago...it was a mistake...a big mistake too. But this new R7 has put that missing part of me back in place. That other player and I exchanged numbers and we have been in contact with each other....dang he has some great licks and is a super nice fellow. Another cool cat that was in there as well used to play for Eddie Raven....real nice guy too. It was probably the best time I ever had inside of a guitar store. And as far as your 57 reissue goes....I know it will always be especially special to you because you were with your friend when he bought it and very nice of his wife to offer his stuff. I bought a pre owned 2003 taylor 810ce last week. My heart went out to this man. He had some kind of autoimmune disease and has some kind of blood cancer. He is slowly selling off if his gear. He could not be near me due to his condition...but he was kind and hospitable to me and set up a stool and acoustic amp for me to try out the taylor in his garage. He told me his wife recently said when he passes away...what am I going to do with all of his guitars......when I heard that, I got to admit, I got all tore up...it got to me...my heart went out to him.....but he was all cool and like...hey I am still here and I do not feel that bad......I hope he is OK. I thought about reaching out to him to say hello.....and he is a super nice fellow too. If it were possible, could you post a pic on here of the back of your R7 and a few pics of your fretboard? I would appreciate it.
  9. Thank you and please share what happened And why did they part with it??
  10. Thanks Buddy!!! I appreciate that!! Good to hear from you too!! I replied to your email earlier. Talk Soon!!
  11. Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I have been around this forum. I hope all of you are doing well. I do not know where to begin on this other than, I went by guitar center in Nashville to see if they happened to have a particular Ibanez bass. They didn't have one so we, my wife and I, walked around a bit and it was the first time I saw the room set aside for the custom series guitars and amps. It has been a long time since I have been to this particular guitar center and I must say...even though a guitar center store can be hit or miss..this one has got their stuff together....great staff and customer service....and if you go to this store, the guys name who was working inside of the Platinum Room name is Cole. Cole could not have been a more polite and helpful person to deal with. Just a great person.....period. Anyways, I cannot say anything other than.....this guitar sounds and plays BETTER than any other guitar I have owned, better than any other guitar I have played and better than any other Gibson custom guitar I have owned or played. Not gonna go into all of what this thing did to me other than....it was like opening up a door to a part of my life I did not know had existed....almost spiritual......I have no other words to express about it....so I bought it. When I plugged it in....this guitars sound was exactly like Clapton in Cream, The Original Fleetwood Mac when Peter Green was with them along with Billy Gibbon's Brown Sugar. I played it through a couple of Friedman amps....not sure of the models.....but it was more of the guitar than the amp that had the sound as it sounded the same when I got home and plugged it into my own Mesa Boogie. This guitar will definitely be my main squeeze period. Anyways, I hope the pic link works correctly!! 2023 Gibson Custom Shop 1957 M2M Les Paul Standard Reissue Double Gold https://imgur.com/a/NfyRgf6
  12. I have had both. Still have a couple of pedals. I use about 5 pedals when I gig. But I also have a few multi effect things. One in particular I really like is the Headrush MX5. Yeah it has a touch screen but in reality it kicks some butt and sounds fantastic. If you can use a modern smartphone you can figure it out.
  13. When they play Back in Black on the oldies station
  14. Was using protools 9 for years. Got to the point to where I was seeing what the limits of the older tech was compared to the newer DAWs available. Everything is downloaded now, not the old style ilok with hard disk for installation. Went with the new Cubase Artist 12 from sweetwater. Had to get my tech guy to install it for me. Anyway, it is completely different in some ways and easier than other. Has a ton of stuff on it.......I will probably only use like 10% of it when I get going good with it. Any of you use cubase?
  15. They still make it. I have saw it on eBay not long ago.
  16. That reel to reel is awesome!!!! I had one of those one time. Looks like it will do the job too!!!
  17. Some of you may have heard this before but here is one of my tunes.
  18. I have some kind of FL studio but it is a sample type of format. I really do not understand it. I cannot get a regular grid up to record like I am familiar with. I think it is like FL studio 2 or something. It is mind boggling to me and I just cannot wrap my head around it.
  19. Thanks will look into it. Not looked at them much ever.
  20. Very impressive!! Great quality videos too and the audio sounds great. I just subed to your channel. Here is one of mine if you would like to take a listen. https://youtu.be/A4JIWTL6nDQ
  21. Yes the plug ins are what my problem is.....cannot get a decent drum set set up for me. Everything that I like doesn't work on protools. That's why I am looking at cubase currently
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