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  • Birthday 10/11/1967

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  1. I think it's a manufacturing run. It will sink or swim with the fans of what it has to offer.. I think next year or the year after there'll be plenty of models and runs offered without G-force or auto-tuners of any kind on them. I suspect Gibson is investigating the market acceptance of such a guitar and will be taking notes after a full year's worth of sales history. Then after that they will have non-auto-tuner guitars selling like hotcakes to those that didn't like them or want them to compare to the sales numbers in order to have a complete market research report and will then know what percentage of manufacture of them to maintain... It's my suspicion that this is simply a longevity based endeavor that required the tooling of the plant be changed to accommodate so they could make an honest effort into getting to the bottom of true market response/acceptance. I can't see that this is what they will do forever, I just don't see it being possible... There will also likely be further period runs where they may do the same thing again if the acceptance and market desire warrants it in the future... It will probably come and go in cycles of manufacturing runs, likely based on production year runs... As for the woes of this thread author, I can only say that's too bad. It doesn't sound like the norm and it sounds like yours is/was defective in some manner. It might have been worth the attempt if you really liked the style, finish, and whatever else made you buy that model in the first place to see if a replacement by the same model from the seller did the same thing... I'd be moderately curious to know what percentage of new buyers of this product are experience the same or similar issues and what percentage are not having troubles with them and think they work flawlessly...
  2. Well, that was original in the 50's... To tell you the truth, since an SG didin't arrive on the scene until 1961 and I'm not sure what year the first 3 pickup Custom SG hit the market, so that original SG wiring could well have been different than the original Les Paul Cusom Black Beauty wiring configuration... I think you replied before I edited to add the link to the viddie... Also I'm rather certain that throughout the 70's 80's and 90's and into the 21st century 3-pickup Gibsons probably had all sorts of different wiring configurations. I'm also rather certain the famous players of those guitars often modified them to fit their own particular tastes... I would think if I was going to have a 3 pickup axe I'd want a switch position to get all 3 pickups on at once and if I just wanted the bridge and neck position only I'd have gotten a H/H configured axe instead, but I'm also curious how a middle position by itself would sound in comparison the the bridge and neck and I'm sure I'd want to try neck & middle and possible bride & middle. A 5-way switch would seem like a natural choice for a selector switch...
  3. I was going to mention this, but you beat me to it... I am curious about the original triple pickup Les Paul Custom Black Beauties that were wired this way and how much out-of-phase tone (ala Peter Green) you get out of them... I'd certainly like to try one out...
  4. I'm unsure what you mean by an 08 if it's a 2011 year. If made in August of 2011 it shouldn't be much different than most any 2011. Personally I think 2011 was a very good year for Les Pauls. I wanted to buy very badly that year but just didn't have the $$ to spend... I've still never bought a new Gibson guitar but I've bought 2 real Gibson Les Pauls since. One in 2012 and another in 2013. They were used; a 2000 and a 2004 respectively... 2011 was a very good year though from my recollection...
  5. I haven't made up my mind if I like them or not yet... I guess there's a certain symmetry and continuation of lies and they do have a certain aesthetic decorative value, but I don't like the "piontlessness" of it in some respects... I suppose it is much like pinstriping or decorative do-dads on a body, nothin' wrong with it if you like it... Sorry I've never seen one available yet separately yet... Have you tried eBay?
  6. Here's a spec chart that's helpful... Personally, my favorite pickups on a Les Paul are the 490R in the neck and possibly 498T in the bridge... '57 Classics are a close 2nd so far... I must also say I'm delightfully pleased with the mini humbuckers on my Deluxe LE reissue too!
  7. I wouldn't know the difference in feel, but I've heard side-by-side comparisons of Custom Les Paul type guitars made from different tone woods and you can hear a difference in the tone of the guitars. While I'm not sure just the neck being of a different wood will make nearly as big a difference as the whole guitar, I suspect there are some tonal difference & dynamics from the neck woods alone, but I'm not certain I can tell the difference... I've heard players; Joe Bonamassa comes to mind, that claim the thicker/stouter the neck and the bigger the head stock the better overall tone from a guitar... I certainly am prone to associate maple necks with Fenders more than Gibsons. I've never had a maple neck on a Gibson, although I guess I really don't know what the neck on my Peavey JF-1EX is made of, but even my '89 Torino Red Fender American Standard Strat I had back in the day had a rosewood fretboard so I wasn't playing on Maple like so many Fenders allow for... I did have a Fender Bullet dot-neck before that Strat, but I cannot remember the fretboard material, but I happen to think it was probably maple... I prefer anything that will stand the test of time with consistency and stability and not require constant chasing w/truss-rod adjustment or fret lift/separation... I do prefer Ebony and then Rosewood for my fretboard materials so far, but I've had so many tell me the Baked Maple fretboards from Gibson are awesome that I'm considering trying one if the right opportunity comes along...
  8. I gotta say, while I own one of these Limited Editions in Manhattan Midnight Blue, the Black Cherry color makes me weak in the knees... This one is both on Reverb and eBay... 2004 Gibson Les Paul Standard Limited Edition w/Ebony Fretboard & BB-1 & BB-2 pickups... only 275 of each color in the series produced... I have no idea if these are considered AA, AAA, or better flame-tops... I'm not up on my flame-top grading...
  9. So many Gibsons, so little time!!!

  10. That's a fine looking axe there! I'll bet they make great slide axes too!!! I'll have to keep that in mind!
  11. Those pickups are intriguing for sure... If they're not original, I suppose there's even a chance it originally had P90's in it and it was routed for humbuckers... That was a semi-popular modification once humbuckers hit the marketplace, but it's just pure speculation on my part about the possibility on this axe... I also suspect that possibly the comment on the shape of the pickguard might reject that possibility too... I think it's still worth a pretty penny if it were in original configuration, with either original pickups or an era correct set of replacements... Play it, love it!
  12. Ah, that makes sense... I had seen one or two somewhere listed as TV Yellow that were actually whitish in color; like an antique white. They must have been misidentified... Is there much of a difference between the '59 & '54? Did the early Juniors also sport the wrap-tail?
  13. There is always the simple chance that your Grandpa was simply mistaken in his retelling of the history of that guitar. He could also have, by prototype, simply meant the original release; the first line of Les Paul guitars publicly marketed... That simple and innocent potential would explain alot... But if it's a Junior, with a flat body, it would be a later model anyway. It sounds like maybe it was an original TV yellow Les Paul Junior... If my memory serves correct, I thought some early TV Yellow models were more cream-like in hue... " The Les Paul Junior was originally introduced in 1954 as a single cutaway model, with its double cutaway counterpart arriving to the market in early 1958. Color schemes most commonly placed on Juniors were vintage sunburst, cherry red, and TV yellow. " Having said/posted that from Wikipedia, I suspect there are plenty of guys in here that are way more knowledgeable and accurate historians than Wiki... Still would like to see pics!
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