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norcalpiper

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  1. I can tell you this. If you send that guitar to lapidary dreams (I think that's their name). They will disassemble the guitar, sand down the etching, restain with original dyes, gloss it, clean it up, put on new pick guard. Pot it correctly to speck, put proper knobs on it. It will cost you about 1000$. You could then sell it for a price that is worth while. In it's present state, its not worth much at all.
  2. I agree with the poster....Gibson Quality control is shite. I have bought 12 gibsons over the past 3 years, and the never come without the need of a setup, some small defect, etc. my Firebird fiasco almost put me off of Gibson for good. You can search my threads for that one. My music buddy is fantaical about PRS in the same way as I am about Gibson. I have seen time after time him pull another model out of the box setup and sounding perfect with no flaws. Fit and finish as well. But as a legacy Gibson player (4 generations including my son), I will always play Gibson. One thing I have Noticed is that while I have to spend some money getting my Gibson sounding and looking 100%, they always break in after some playing time and they just get sweeter as time goes by. I tend to notice my friend begins to tire of his PRS sounds and starts the pickup swaps, the string gauge change, etc.... A guitar that costs 4k should arrive with a flawless fit and finish. Even a $700. In that sense, Gibson gets low marks, but with your own initiative, you can coax the glorious beast out of it that you will never want to part with.
  3. Aw man...worn bourbon burst. Please......sitar@mac.com

  4. My 2017 Tribute Goldtop had the same problem!!!Took the guard off first thing, and boom, there it was. Been thinking about calling Gibson....
  5. Title says it all- I have now played all the 2017 Gibson SGs&Les Pauls at length now and have decided on my choice for best of 2017. For Les Pauls & SGs , 2017 is a pretty good year over all. Gibson has now secured its intent on offering 2 lines of guitar Traditional and HP repectively. This is a good thing and its scheme is a good one I believe....Something for everyone. The overall bad for Gibson is that quality control is flat out ansent now. I played LP Standard HPs (thats plural) that had blemishes, and it seemed all models i played had minor detail issues. I even played a classic that the rosewood fretboard was not place flush with the mahogany neck. It was not even and really a bad job...the HP line using "chrome" knobs, tuners, and pickup rings....looks cheap....like a guitar that belongs in the movie Logans Run.. OK, the good is that Gibson is still producing an instrument that soundwise has no equal. My choice is based on Sound, Fit, Feel, Cost, and Look. The runner up is the Les Paul Classic...Fantastic guitar, but aesthetically and weight wise it had issues to me. The winner this year by a mile is the Les Paul Tribute. I played 8 (I bought 1) and every o e of them was consistant in all categories and the price is incredible!!! The finish was perfect. The build supurb.....even the frets without binding was comfortable. Neck-great. Sound is fantastic...it just hits a homerun!!! Just my opinion, but if you are on the fence-GET ONE!!!
  6. Wow.......I am planning on buying a special next month. I was worried about the mini humbuckers though, but it sounds as if your beef was with initial set up. Are you happy with this model? I could buy a 2014 SG special with 490's instead. What do you recomend?
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