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Never hurts to try, I know that Sweetwater can do a little bit of wiggling if not using any of the credit promos they run.

sweetwater shows same price as gibson's store. 4,700 I guess you can assume for a new one street price, thats what you're looking at

I've never seen that product, but after watching the video, hard no. While others may have a different opinion, but I'd not be doing that to any of my necks. I'd also not be pouring Naphtha on the fret board as he did. It's a great cleaner, but moderation! Wet a rag or paper towel then apply it. You don't want that stuff seeping in between the frets and interfering with any glue that is in those fret slots. over all tho, for darkening a FB, I'd go with something a little less invasive, like some fret board conditioner. just my 2 cents

I think it looks fine in that photo. Hydrating with a fret board conditioner (Nomad F1 Oil or anything made for this purpose) will give a darker appearance. Honestly thats about as far as I'd take it. Do that maybe twice a year?

I'm digging D'Addario XS strings now too. They are pretty the gold standard for me. I used to like Masterbuilts PBs Found a few sets at the local store. So I bought two packs. ya know what? I released I didn't like them. A bit of the dull side. Perhaps it was because they were more or less "new old stock" They LOOKED ok, no corrosion that I could see but,, they did nothing for me kept them on my j200 for about a bit, then just put a new set of XS on. Wondering, do strings expire? maybe? They were sealed but who knows. Time wise, I usually change them after 5 months, (I chose 6 cuz 5 wasn't an option) but I bet I could get 6 months out of them

I think both of my les paul PGs are beveled, not sure as I don't have pickguards attached In my flea bitten opinion, they sound 10 times better without them!!

If you play it like it was meant to be played, a year from now, it wont matter

yea but its the farts we treasure most...

Some nice clean work there. How are you liking the tone stack change

I'm with ya.

Cool! We've had a pool in the backyard since like 92.. replaced it once, so we're on our 2nd one. you're going to love it!

I can always "find" the seams on my Gibson's , the finish hasn't seperated along the seam in any of them (6) that one in the picture seems (ha! see what I did there) a bit of an extreme case.

Gibson headstock contours (the curved edges) are actually small pieces of wood glued on to the edges on either side of the head stock to give it that curved shape. I think you are seeing the seam where those sides are attached. Check the back, that seam may be more visible through the clear coat on the back

!!LOL!! yep that for sure was different.

I've had mine since last August. Came with Nickel 12 gauge, I eventually settled on D'Addario Chromes 10 gauge. These work for my small hands. Neck is a soft D profile Stock Machine heads work just fine. IIRC the ratio on the bass strings is different from the trebles. I think they mention that on the spec sheet. the P90s do have a pretty authentic "old school" sound,, they are underwound, so they are not as aggressive as normal say, Gibson P90. The rosewood bridge is not pinned, intonation is actually pretty much right on. I believe it's solid Cherry wood. The finish is a satin, and I usually don't like Satin finishes but on this guitar, it's just right I mostly use this for chord melody kind of stuff. Neck and middle position is what I generally use with the tone rolled back a bit. It doesn't' come with a case. The stock Godin case is one of those semi-soft/hard bag style cases, I bought this instead Gator Deluxe ABS Molded Case - Acoustic Dreadnought Guitar | Sweetwater fits pretty good, but not exact. I have 1inch foam piece tucked in along the bottom, that keeps the guitar from moving when it's in the case I like the guitar, and it does have an old school look and sound to it. It is the one guitar I will leave out most often.

I guess you can't trust google, as that setting is most common on acoustic guitars. 4/64s, 3/64s is a reasonable ball park for electrics, but on a neck where all frets are properly leveled, somewhere in the ballpark 3/64s, 2/64s is quite achievable

I can dig why!!!

Here in Central Mass, you could actually smell the smoke here on Tuesday as well

pictures don't really give this one a lot of credibility. then again the only way to be 100% sure anyway is look at whats under the truss rod cover. the wrong answer is an allen wrench socket.

Larry, I have one of the Godin kingpin II w/p90s. I play it quite frequently. I had some of the larger bodied Epis, (like a Regent and Broadway) they were pretty cool for the money, but they were kind of on the wieldy side. for the money, these are pretty nice

ever had a chance to play a 70s era Artist or Musician? I had a Musician MC400, it was a beast. Wish I still had it.. back in the day as they say thing weighed about a ton,

I was in a band with the co-owner of a store that used to sell Gibson's back in the late 90s. One fine day the Gibson rep shows up with a whole bunch of new rules. Essentially, they upped the bar to retain the dealer status and the store could not even come close to abiding by the new limits. This is when Guitar Center and places like MARS Music were just getting a foot hold, it was clear who Gibson was in cahoots with,, now, they may be rethinking.

AFIAK if the dealer agrees to the terms, they can sell them the problem was most local stores - at least some time back - couldn't abide by the standards Gibson wanted dealers to sign up for to sell USA Gibson products. maybe they've lower the bar a bit?

excellent

the two words that springs to my mind are Sell and Out