duane v
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Stay - Post Malone
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My wife loves American Idol and I'll sometimes sit with her and watch.... I'll have to admit this performance caught me off guard when this 18 year old kid dedicated a song to his recently passed dad.
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How topics so often go off topic around here
![[rolleyes]](//content.invisioncic.com/p286412/emoticons/default_msp_rolleyes.gif "[rolleyes]")
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It's a Les Paul Custom neck..... I don't think a 335 neck could fit on a Les Paul Standard..... I mean it could with a ton of modification.
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Definitely looks like a Norlin 70's headstock
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I was ready to retire in December 2021 (30th year).... I turned in all my paper work and was ready to go on a 6 week vacation to empty out my vacation hours, and low and behold two days before going on vacation I get an email from the CEO and my direct report to get on a plane to Kenosha WI (General Headquarters).
I was totally ambushed and they made me an offer my wife wouldn't let me refuse. I thought for sure I was getting a cool going away present..... Anywhoo I made a gentlemen's agreement I would stick around another 5 years.
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Wow
The cheapest one listed is going for $9600
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See link below
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Too bad it doesn't have an effects loop
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Looks good for sure.
I like the grain on the neck
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22 hours ago, Notes_Norton said:
All my instruments are tools. I use them to make my living.
Currently, we are playing 3 days a week, outdoors, a few hundred feet from the ocean, and the salt air is relicing everything. I'd rather they stayed nice looking, but I'm happier that they are providing me with my income.
I don't understand why you would buy a pre-beat-up instrument. But then, I don't understand why females cover their beautiful skin with tattoos, or why anyone would eat at a fast food joint, or why anyone still smokes cigarettes, or why anyone would buy new jeans with holes in them, or why anyone would grow a lawn around their house, or why anyone would come to Florida and then live their lives in Air Conditioning, or why anyone would be a vegan by choice, and so on.
But as long as their likes don't directly hurt me, I'm OK with it.
Notes ♫
Man Notes.... That's a lot of wondering... lol
I don't look my guitars as a tool but more of an extension of musical creativity. To me a guitar is kind of a living thing as the wood is always changing, (sometimes not always for the good). And I can understand why some of the good folks in Florida live in their AC's.... The weather can get pretty damn nasty.
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This little dude that I made works absolutely like a charm and is easy make.
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13 minutes ago, badbluesplayer said:
😁. I've already drilled out the body some to accommodate a different bridge, so it's already been kind of messed up.
No worries.... Its got personality...... At first I thought it was a reflection then I saw the bare wood.
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Rabs
Looking forward to following this build along the way.
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To me it looks like checking..... I don't think it's a stress crack in the wood.
Pretty guitar nevertheless
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That was cool Rabs
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On 4/1/2023 at 9:25 AM, gibsonles paul said:
Hey guys. Just wanted to know what's the best way to age the pickup covers on mu 2016 Les Paul traditional. I heard of a paper towel and vinegar method but I'm not sure how that works. Please leave you tips below. Thanks!
Color buff it and it will dull in a few days after. But this only works on chromium3.... if it's chromium6 forget it.
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I had a Ric and it was the worse sounding and playing instrument I laid my hands one
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The ll coats of clear is on and all the blue tape removed.... (thank god for naphtha).
now it's time for the 14 day curing process
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I'm good either way... some are done with taste and others look like a kid got a hold of it to use as a baseball bat
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It's definitely a clownburst for sure... lol
The refinish and repairs to Pauls 61 bass was performed somewhere in London. My guess they were trying to do a Fender burst but kinda missed the mark on that one...
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Finished laying the Revolution Burst... Did some blending and cleanup work, then added two coats of clear then hit the whole bass with a thin coat of vintage amber.
Today I will start doing the final clear coats ... A total of 10.
I gotta give props to those that can freehand this type of work.... I had to use multiple templates with rattle can nitro paints... not easy..... And scraping the binding was a complete PIA... Someone needs to design a tool....
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So over the last week I was able to get quite a bit done. I really wasn't happy with the butterscotch lacquer as it was hiding the grain and the bass started to look like a banana. So I completely sanded the bass to bare wood and go with a vintage amber. To me it looks much better even though the trade off will be is the patch will be more visible but I'm willing to live with that .
I will be laying two coats of clear today then I will shoot the red on Sunday
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FINALLY A VACATION!!!
I hadn't taken one in 1.25 years..... Two weeks of relaxing and I will still have 340 hours of vacation left on the books.
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Relics - what's YOUR take on this "feature"?
in The Gibson Lounge
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I'm pretty open to relicing....
I have seen some pretty convincing relicing jobs that I wouldn't be able tell apart from a guitar that went through years of aging. I have also notice this trend with furniture, but I think they call it "distressed."
But I just don't like the additional price tag that's added to an instrument that has been relic'd. I can see a few hundred dollars more for the option, but thousands of dollars is just ridiculous IMO.