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11 hours ago, Coupe said:
They were willing to let me ship it to them so I might do that.
Do it.
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44 minutes ago, Coupe said:
OK...... Officially it is a Les Paul Studio. They simply call it a Studio. It's not an ES or SG
Took it to another shop. This one was recommended by the Gibson rep I spoke with. Bottom line, this guitar will always have a buzzy sound according the the shop. I believe him since I have tried everything possible, and I let 3 shops look at it. They won't acknowledge it has a bridge or fret buzz, just a high resonate body (as Pinch mentioned) that makes it sound similar to a bridge buzz. In my opinion that makes it a P.O.S. Probably make a good looking lamp.
Get it to a luthier. It might be high resonance, but the resonance is rattling SOMETHING. Wood vibrating doesn't buzz on its own.
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4 hours ago, Larsongs said:
tickets & the prices aren’t ridiculous
And good luck with that.
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59 minutes ago, sparquelito said:
Johnny Cash released American IV: The Man Comes Around in 2002, the year before he died at 71.
It was produced by Rick Rubin, and was considered some of his finest work.
The title track is a gem.
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11 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Do A’s get taken away after relic-ing?
Or are they replace with B's? Inquiring minds and all that...
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What TRC is in the baby picture? If there is one included with the Slash models, but I'm assuming there is. If the correct cover is on there, then something fishy is going on.
If the wrong cover is on there, a (ridiculous) mistake was made at the factory.
Oh man, I can understand your frustration. WTF indeed.
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Good job, looks great!
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10 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
All I get are emails from tranny hookers on meth. At least you got one from a prince.
It turned out he was lying 😃
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It's gotten to the point that I advice people to never buy used...
Remember back when you'd maybe get an e-mail from a Nigerian prince once every five years? These days you can't open anything, can't buy used, can't answer your phone, etc. etc.
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Coma is great.
Yeah, the two cover songs I could have done without too. Plus "Knockin'" had already been out for quite a while (I think it's on the "Days of thunder" soundtrack, if I remember correctly?)
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4 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
Like The Stones Exile On Main St., Use Your Illusion should have been one album not 2 single albums. So much filler IMHO. Civil War was a killer tune. Get In The Ring was silly, stupid diatribe about Bob Guccioni Jr. Dead Horse was good to. The sappy big hit power ballad was lame. Hey look its Slash in the middle of nowhere, playing a guitar solo outside a church.
I dunno man, I had a looksie and counted 18 songs I def think should be on the album(s), so I was happy. I heard a few really good songs from the demo sessions way back in the day that didn't make it onto UYI that I think maybe should have made it too, it'll be interesting to see if I recognize something on their likely upcoming album.
I'm not super hopeful about a possible new album though. As much as I like Slash's playing, I can't say his solo/Conspirators stuff does anything for me.
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This whole Greeny thing is starting to feel played out.
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As I remember it, they take MOP and do something with it. Google it if you're curious, I can't remember exactly how it went. I don't think it's regular pearloid.
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4 hours ago, Narwhal6 said:
I actually had to look this guy up, from Wikipedia; "Richard John Beato (/biˈɑːtoʊ/ bee-AH-toh; born April 24, 1962[2]) is an American YouTube personality, multi-instrumentalist, music producer and educator."
WTF Gibson? Who do you see as your customers nowadays?
To think that anyone that plays would be more likely to buy a guitar because it has some YouTube personality's signature on it is baffling to me. Seems to me it's people who identify as collectors that buy that crap more than people who play.
Hate to be blunt, but holy cow.
I thought that too. At least it didn't say "influencer".
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On 8/2/2023 at 12:26 PM, KonLigo said:
Hello to everyone,
So, I've got an Epiphone DC Pro (https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/EPIUHU51/Faded-Cherry)
On Friday I changed my strings from the stock ones, to Elixir Nanoweb, similar gauges as the stock strings
I installed the strings, tuned the guitar and started playing. Compared to the stock ones, the Nanowebs sounded horrible
I started searching online and got into the whole procedure of setting up the guitar, to accommodate for the new strings
I measured the action then and it was 3mm on the low e and 2mm on the high e
I didn't measure it before the changing of strings
So, since then I have tried to setup the guitar, learning by reading from various forums, reddit, watching youtube videos, and other sources
I tried 3 times in 3 different days to set it up, so I will only discuss about the last setup I did (the setup its in right now) . All 3 setups were pretty much the same, with the relief and the intonation getting a little better every time
Note: every time I write that i check for buzzing frets, I mean without an amp
I didn't use an amp through the whole procedure at all
Also: my tuner is a Peterson StroboClip HD
First I tune it and start setting up the relief: getting a straight neck first and then setting up the relief by checking for any buzzing frets. Depending on where its buzzing, I add or remove relief
Finally I am left with an upbow relief for which I have zero buzzing frets, and the tap test sounds exactly like in the youtube videos I have been watching
Then I move on to the action: Like I wrote previously, the action was at 3mm low e and 2mm high e before I made any adjustments to it
I really wanted an action of around 2mm on low e and 1.5mm on the high e
The moment I lowered the low e, even to 2.5 from 3, it started buzzing all over the place
So I had to leave it at 3mm. I set the high e to 2.5mm from the previous 2mm, so its closer in height to the low e
Then I move on to intonation: This was pretty tricky, I had to maximize the distance in 3 strings, going all the way to the right, but I got it either very good to good intonation
(note, some notes seemed to be "jumping" in one direction when tuning, like they were moving slowly at first for some time, then made a big jump to the right and then moved slowly again)
I guess the high action isn't allowing me to set intonation perfectly
So on to the questions : was the procedure done correctly? Did I miss anything?
Most importantly: how can I get a lower action than 3mm on the low e, when I hear buzzing even at 2.5?
For the intonation I assume the only fix is to setup the action lower... but like I just said, I am stuck at 3mm if I want to hear no buzzing without an amp
Finally, I feel like I am stuck in a situation with very high action and not very good intonation from which I have no idea how to escape
Any suggestions?
Sounds good to me.
Keep in mind that just by fretting the 12th fret differently, you can go flat or sharp, so good enough is often, well, good enough.
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On 8/18/2023 at 7:50 AM, Guido_59 said:
Thank you pinch.
Fortunately I have found a local luthier despite during this period of holiday in Italy most of activities are closed.
I ‘ll bring my guitar to him for check setup to see what work can be done.
I shouldn’t spend a lot of money cause my guitar is not a great value guitar
excuse me for my language and bye from Italy
No problem, hope it all works out and welcome back whenever you feel like it.
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On 8/22/2023 at 2:06 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:
Here is why. Let's say The Rolling Stones announce today they are playing MSG. Tickets go in 2 hours. Mick Jagger announces he's going to play MSG and he sells 2000 tickets. Same with Guns. Who wants an Axl Rose album, but call it G & R with who gives a toss who's on it an it sells a lot more that Axl Pose and A-sshats.
That's a good point.
Oh man, Geffen spent ten million on the studio. I remember thinking waiting for Illusion was a long wait...
They were worth it though, IMHO. Have stood the test of time, I think. The Use your illusion albums I mean.
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On 8/18/2023 at 2:32 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:
I don't like their music or see their appeal. It just grates on you.
Same here. If he hadn't been in the Pistols, would they have "made it"?
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I think it's something in between MOP and pearloid. I think I read that somewhere. I think pearloid is the super cheap plastic imitation. I could be wrong.
That was for production models tho, I dunno about CS.
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19 hours ago, 'Scales said:
Indeed. I've seen videos of Richard playing outside of GnR and I really liked his style. GnR actually had some awesome guitarists over the years but relatively few people noticed them amongst all the bs that went with the band.
Really good player, both on lead and rhythm. I've watched a few rig-rundown type things with him, and he seems like a very cool guy, too.
Remains to be seen if they can put something good together. This business of releasing table scraps from the Chinese Democracy sessions is not doing them any good. It's not like they need the money either, so why sully the brand.
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16 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
C D was a poo burrito smothered in diarrhea sauce. Just stop you guys, your last century’s news. Who cares about them anymore? Slash needs another LP sig model though. 14 aren’t enough.
I would say the album's... fair. "There was a time" and "This I love" are pretty good songs. I just don't understand why he'd release it under the GNR monicker, but that's just me.
And a couple billion more people.
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It's an old song that didn't make the cut on "Chinese democracy". "Meh" about sums it up.
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On 8/9/2023 at 2:57 PM, merciful-evans said:
but he'd be 30 miles away by then
3 miles
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All I know is Epiphone bridges have slightly different dimensions from their Gibson counterparts, so you can't drop a Gibson bridge on an Epiphone, and vice versa.
Gibson Les Paul Studio '50s Tribute T 2016 Or Gibson Les Paul Studio
in Gibson USA
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The Tributes are cheaper. From what I can see both guitars (if the Studio is the current model) come with 490 / 496 humbuckers, but the Studio apparently comes with "ultra modern" weight relief, which would make it more weight-relieved than the Tribute which I believe has 9-hole weight relief. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
I've never played one that was chambered (ultra-modern weight relief), so I don't really know what they're like. Personally I would hold out for a Standard.