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One wrap around the peg, tune up, stretch the strings liberally.

Some people live life, some live to complain. Sorry gramps.

Nice. I've had my Dual Rec for like 15 years and the whole time have played it through an old Ampeg stereo cab. I like the way it sounds but I still wonder how it would sound with a matching cab. Nothing like plugging in a Les Paul, cranking up 100 watts of rock and blowing out an ear drum. Never gets old :)

No need to call the feds, leave it to the Karma Police.

That's a bad a** guitar Sparky. Love the look!

Love me some guitar porn.

I go to Sport Clips, its about $20 bucks or so. 2 dollar tip for an 18 dollar haircut is a little light imho. I wouldn't stiff someone responsible with something as important as my hair!

It will always be the Min-Etune to me.

you mean photo flame?

I this the epiphone subforum?

You're free to do what you like, but if I were spending that much for a guitar, it better not need new pickups or anything. Hard no.

If I were to choose 4 guitars to own, they would be exactly what you have hanging in this picture! Anyways, someone on here recommended cutting the finger off of a white cotton glove and sliding it over the String Swing. Others have mentioned that the String Swing actually does not damage nitro, but I play it safe with the fingers....plus now I have a cool fingerless glove to wear.

Gibson and Fender have been producing relic guitars for many thousands of dollars for like a decade now. If there weren't a market for them they wouldn't continue to make them. I'm not sure who these people are that are buying them, but they must exist.

Squirer Strat and Crate 15W amp for Christmas when I was 16 or so. In 1999 or 2000. Still have both.

Ignore every post above. Here is the short answer :) This is normal for your guitar. It is a function for how it is wired. You could go through all the trouble or cost re-wire it, but if you are on the middle selector and zero out the volume of one pickup, why not just switch to the pickup you want to use.

Pictures would help. Gibson appeared on the TR covers in the 90's early 2000's

My G400 has some neck dive, but it's never really been much of a problem for me. I just use a regular strap.

The guitar turned out great. I'm not a fan of the cream on white combination that was on there before, definitely prefer the black and gold. Well done.

If you are leaning toward the 490/498 pups, you can probably find a set with the gold covers (that would have been originally on the guitar) being sold on ebay. You could probably get a pretty good deal. It seems people either love or hate that pairing of pickups so you can take advantage of someone who is not a fan and selling theirs. I happen to be a big fan of those pups.

If you are interested in trying out the new studios....you definitely should do so. If you find one that suits you more then that's great! You can trade in your old one...or if not, it seems like what you have is great for you already.

It seems like from your statements, this is a very good playing guitar and would not part with it. It looks like most the hardware, pups, pg and knobs have been replaced, but it seems like for the best in your case.

A guitar is not a good investment. I imagine these guitars would be worth just a little more than regular run of the mill mid 00's supreme would go for. I may be wrong and there may be a huge market out there, but I just don't think so. It is a nice looking guitar, but not $10,000 nice.

Did you read the post above you, or other similarly worded posts in this thread? If so you'd have your answer. [thumbup]

Sry, double post.

Welcome to the club! Nice rig.