I love the 2015 line of LPM Gibson guitars... They don't look like a traditional Les Paul, although I wouldn't mind having a Classic Les Paul I like that this one comes without a pickguard. So I do like the look, originally I bought one that was more brown , like the back of the translucent ebony model , it was all brown, like wood and smelled like chocolate.... Definitely the best guitar I've owned and is an entry leverl Gibson! But my strats feel like toys now, I love the chunky neck and the brass nut... All top notch... Now, the tuners.... When I got the first one the tuber worked flawlessly and even though I knew, just by feel that it's not a good idea to tube it manually I would still adjust it a lottle bit here and there evn though the tuner itself woul make the guitar sound as crisp and as in tune as I've ever heard... I returned that guitar because it chipped right in the middle of the body and in only a couple of days that chip was getting bigger and bigger, went back to the store and they told me they had to send it back to Gibson, it would be around a 3 to 6 week turnaround .... That was unacceptable for me at the time, so I said, hey, why don't I just return it? And get a new one in 2 to 3 days? Sure that works... I got a brand new LPM, but obviously, it happens to me everytime, I thibk I'm doing the best thing, the right thing at the moment and so I open the box, then the brand new case and surprise surprise.... This one is kinda black... Not the entire body but the front is a more purpleish black... Not a big deal, I did prefer the wood looking one, but ehatever with a few adjustments it played the same, sounded the same and tuned the same... But now after about a year of owning it I've noticed the tuner doesn't tune as accurate as before, hell , it doesn't tune it right at all... I don't know how the G Force tunning system actually works, someone here maybe could enlighten me on that... But is it similar to other tuners where they read the vibration of the guitar? Or are they calculating by tension and how many turns it takes, because I downloaded the manual and it says that if we change gauge we need to re calibrate the guitar, also, I've done custom tunings with my TC polytuner on strobe mode to be super exact... I save it, I recall that preset and poom, still out of tune... However slightly... All I have to do is re tune the g string and hi e , but still, what's the point in having electronic tuners if you are going to be tuning it yourself after the fact... When it works, it's awesome... You can tune accurately fast and change tunnings in a matter of a couple of seconds... But I do not know if it's the G Force itself or the fact that I messed around with the floydrose bridge and neck eelief as well as changed gauges ... In the manual it states that all those little tweaks might make the tuner not work properly, but like I said, I've done presets and it still doesn't tube it super accurately anymore... And I'm one of the ones that loves that system, so I really hope I can find what's wrong... If not I will be removing it... I read here that someone asked if they have succesfully replaced the g force tuners with a regular classic tuners? Please! Anybody? Is it hard ? Is it even possible? Seems like it... But this is my first Les Paul, everything is a little different than fenders... The way you swap electronics and the way you set up the guitar is comoletaly different... Hopefully changing hardware is not that hard.... Any help, tips, advice, links would be greatly appreciated... Thanks! And I saw now at GC they brought back the 2015's with the tuners removed... Don't need to say anything about that, obviously... Hahaha but I may or may not buy a 2016 Studio, since they dropped the price considerably... For 799 looks like a nice guitar made with better wood... The only thing is I'm now spoiled by the adjustable metal nut that makes the guitar brighter, more articulate and chords sustain eternally...
Ok, someone please help! Maybe I missed the answer somehow on this thread... Sorry if I'm asking for something that was already answered
