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Hello all. I know you lose some volume from a pup when the tone control goes way down with 50's wiring, but not noticably with just a bit of tone roll-off, am I right?

My rule of thumb is, don't. If you have to, have a good luthier do it. But remember: you can always get it done... some other time.

Why the **** are you inserting spam links into my post, and then rephrasing what I wrote? Bot alert.

😄 Same! Kudos for getting him proper gear, though. It's easier to remain dedicated with a good guitar.

I wouldn't install Klusons right away. Or ever, probably. Grovers are fine. Here's a tip if you get the SG: have the store intonate it when you buy it. Reason: the design of the SG makes it susceptible to intonation issues on the G string. However, this is NO big deal. If the bridge runs out of space to intonate the G string, they can flip the G string bridge saddle in the store to give it the extra notch of space needed, and it's fine. You can do it yourself, but it's best to have the store/shop do it, so it's perfect from the get-go. Can't go wrong with either guitar, and your son will love you for it. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask on here!

I'm NO expert, but the "20" and the "SG61" would lead me to believe it's a fairly new SG '61. Could he have included the wrong papers, or sent the wrong guitar? Maybe he has several similar SGs? 🤔 Either way, so long as you like the guitar... My Spidey-sense doesn't go off here. But maybe contact him/her and ask nicely?

If they do, I can't imagine it's out before next Christmas.

Here's a thread on them: I dig 'em, but they're fickle and take a while to dial in. Helpful tip: if you decide to mess with the pickup height... Well first off don't if you like them now. But if you do (and we're guitar players, so we evntually do), write down the starting points, because they're super height sensitive.

"Correction": 3.5 mm on the bass side of the neck pickup is even better. And a touch of EQ at 250Hz will get a more bell-like sound.

No expert on serial numbers, but I've never heard of a guitar from Gibson made for the EU. Gibson makes USA instruments, period.

Is she the hot one in the "Get back" docu?

The plot sounds a bit like Wayne's World 2 (ugh), but I believe in it.

Cool.

It was good to be reminded with that pic though. So not a total loss. Cheers Rabs.

What Steve said.

It's not exclusive to the US, there are stupid people everywhere. Here's what happens: a herd of people stampede in, every one of them thinking they'll get that great deal. Someone beats them to it. But they're there, so they buy a bunch of other crap they don't even really want. I'm with you - Black Friday deals? I buy online or not at all.

Yikes. Ugh.

How did the bridge change the sound? Did it?

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Actually, Slash uses very little gain (3?) for his lead tone. Instead, he drives the amp. Also, his pickup height is quite low.

No, that was Rabs' guitar. Relic'd by Rabswood. Yeah, this is a good place for friendly guitar information.

Ah, but maybe he doesn't want to remove the tuners before getting new ones?

And I hear some guitars are susceptible and some aren't. Same nitro. Maybe different stands, I dunno.

Pricing gun?

Be careful about wiping and cleaning and such. The surface is nitro lacquer which is very sensitive to various products, especially when your guitar is new and it hasn't cured/hardened. Also, don't put it on a guitar stand with rubber holder-thingys... It will leave marks in the nitro!