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NighthawkChris

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  1. Glad you gained the courage to do a simple adjustment that makes big differences to playability of a guitar. I live in a region that becomes dry in winter and humid in summer, so minor adjustments are absolutely necessary during the transitory periods of climate. Either way, a little knowledge about this now empowers you to do one of the most important adjustments for your guitar. IMHO, once a neck goes bad, guitar becomes firewood - bolt one are exception to some extent. Reason being is most other things are easily rectified. Neck issues can be BIG issues. Regards!
  2. lol that duffle bag is indefensible. My wife likes purses that cost less than the duffle bag - and my wife likes expensive purses.
  3. Correction.... https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Product/LIFTON-DUF-BRN/LIFTON-DUF-BRN It's $800. I told Gibson to notify me when they become available again. Their expensive guitar cases cost less than this - which I could arguably fit more stuff into... I'm thinking that's the ticket. I'm actually mostly interested in that $180 wallet. Won't have money to put in it after I buy one, but I will have a wallet that costs $180.
  4. Nice video. I’m glad I don’t sell and trade my stuff. I take my time to make sure I will like and actually want what I get. I don’t worry too much about the used market in terms of selling generally. I like it when there is something I’ve been after and the prices go down. Well, the guitars the guy in the video was talking about aren’t the kinds of guitars I go after so I have yet to see the market go down in price for what I look at. Gibsons usually hold value very well it seems.
  5. I own 12 Gibson guitars currently - 6 or which come from the Custom Shop. I am vouching that this company that has gone bankrupt and done some questionable maneuvers has begun to lose its way - at least with me it has because… they are still around making ends meet apparently. There is absolutely nothing in recent years I have aspired to buy from this guitar company. Not saying they make crap, but these aren’t guitars. And the guitars they sell today have all had immense hikes that I can find other brands that sell same or better quality for considerably less. Well I will be able to before Gibson decides to sue them. Hopefully Mark will be directed to put out another threatening video beforehand. I own the following CS guitars: R7 Goldtop, R7 Black Beauty, 2 x R9s, 68 RI, and a “regular” Gibson Custom. Just wanted to add this because I have bought into this company and not badmouthing them by any means to be some kind of troll or whatever. I’ve spent some bucks with this company over the years. I like my guitars - I think they are great. I am just finding this company as of late continuing to head in directions that I don’t find palatable so to speak. They’ve always been a more expensive, higher end guitar place, but last few years they went bankrupt for questionable business ventures, had quality suffer immense hits, now they are some niche artsy guitar maker that charges tens of thousands for anything that comes out of their factories… and to boot, their guitars because of inflation and maybe just desired hikes have substantially gone up in price. I ask myself why do I want another Gibson fresh off the presses… YMMV, as always. Just sharing my perspective
  6. I’m confused. I thought Gibson was a guitar company…
  7. Haha the human race never ceases to amuse me. It’s sad when people go as low as to become thieves.
  8. I usually do 0.012" relief capoing the first fret and depressing the 17th fret or so - where the neck meet the body essentially. (Les Paul/Nighthawk for reference) I even have a difficult time getting 3/64" at the 12th fret to pan out too, so I usually go a little more (usually between 3 and 4 64ths) to avoid the fretting out/buzzing. Just is what it is... The world is not perfect and with these set necks Gibson passes out, the neck angles aren't perfect, setups are not all exact, etc. FYI, I have the $20 or $25 Stewmac tool to measure the action, so I am pretty confident that I am able to target a measurement. I understand this desire for spec action, but it sometimes doesn't work as intended. The thing to do to make this happen is to taper off the frets a bit near the body to get the action desired. This is what guitars for "shredders" usually do to get that low action for their legato smoothness... You may already know this and definitely do not want to entertain this at all. Just had to mention this as a brute force measure. Overall, you're probably just going to figure out what works and feels best on a unique guitar basis. Not all guitars/Gibson are created equally unfortunately as you probably know. Not trying to be dismissive at all, but I've seen some that can get pretty close to 3/64" at the treble side, and some that just won't do it no matter what I try to do with relief, etc. You seem knowledgeable enough to do a setup, so definitely questioning your abilities to perform this task. But short of doing that tapered fret business, personally not sure of any other avenue to take to get the 3/64" action with little to no interference. Best regards, hope things work out for you.
  9. Some Teles are made better than others. Although, for me, only a Gibson is good enough, haha! I like Strats more TBH. But then again, I am @NighthawkChris for a reason 😁
  10. I have a Simplicity riding mower. They make zero turns too. Simplicity is a great brand IMHO. My deck is a true floating one where I never scalp any landscape. My next machine is going to be Simplicity.
  11. I'm betting if Taylor sported the guitar this thread is about, it would lift sales a bit, haha! Yes, it confuses me too if you fall in this camp.
  12. Yeah I agree with this method. I was told you aren’t marinating your fretboard haha! A little goes a long way after a string change or something like this regarding when to apply lemon “oil”. I too use Gibson brand solutions to keep up on maintaining my guitars.
  13. @ksdaddy yeah was going to say… what lemon has “oil”… silly name but seems to work for the masses.
  14. I could think of so many ways better to literally blow $400. Honestly could say the same about Gibson guitars too how people pay for the name, not actually needing to spend Gibson bucks on a perfectly playable guitar… people pay for the glitz and glam because we are enamored for some reason by flashy lights and blinky objects. Good thing about Gibsons is that if you turn them around and sell them you don’t take a bath on what you paid - if you know you got a good price. Why I buy used. I digress, not paying $400 for a 20’ cable. If I did, I would turn it in for the slightest perception I get of static in my amp if it were ever present. Hard pass.
  15. Yes all very nice stuff here - can personally attest to that.
  16. Best thing to come out of 90s were the Pantera albums. The worst thing was alternative rock - and grunge. I stand by my claim.
  17. Happy New Year's all! Hope 2023 was good to everyone and hope 2024 has everyone else fare well too. I unfortunately fell ill this year - COVID... I even had a brief moment where I lost my taste and smell like I did back in 2021 which was strange. Luckily, I have my smell and taste working , but after I experienced losing these senses back in 21, I was freaking out a bit there for a moment, because it SUCKS to not enjoy food/drink. Anyhow, doing OK right now, just a mild cold and no hospital stays required 🙂 This would be the 3rd time I had COVID too. Anyhow, after I get over this garbage, I am looking forward to another year of goodness with friends and family and enjoying playing some good music with my buds - that play music. Not interested in getting back into the band scene as I am not allotted the time to do so pretty much, but hope that one day or another I get back into doing some gigs around town. It is a lot of fun and worth it to share good music with good people. Happy 2024!
  18. The wisest thing I live by is don’t believe everything you see or hear. The world thanks to internet is flooded with grifters and all sorts of other walks of life. I’ll say it once - screw the reviews, put the GD guitar in your hands and see if you GD like it. End of story. I have years of life on this earth and never needed someone to “review” crap for me to help me decide if I like something or not. No magazines, commercials, and especially YouTubers. Don’t forget to click the like, subscribe, and leave a comment.
  19. Bad neck angles lead to having a raised bridge. So these help those guitars out. Nice. Also some believe that to get “maximum tone” the bridge needs to be decked. These bridges might help that too. Not here to profess any further, but just noting the market that would be interested in these quite possibly.
  20. I was going to say as far as I could throw my house, but if I lived in San Francisco that might be a tent. In that case I would have not made my point 😀
  21. So much of the food we get from the store, restaurants, etc… who knows what we are being fed. Again, my beef with corporations putting in the cheapest crap in food to save a buck not caring what happens to those that give patronage to their empires. If I had it my way, there’d be warning labels on food that is garbage like there are on cigarettes, etc. To me, what’s the difference if you die from smoking in X years or die from dietary issues in about the same amount of years from a debilitating condition - like smoking causing emphysema, cancer, COPD in general. Dying from obesity related diseases or colon cancer isn’t much better if at all. I trust the FDA about as much as I can throw a full sized pickup. Just me though… There's a reason we need colonoscopies more regularly today - because food out there is a lot of garbage and ironically not inexpensive. Hard to find a healthy meal when you have things like diabetes to deal with and other dietary issues. All I’m saying is that I have seen people die from these sorts of things and hope it isn’t the way I go out. No thank you.
  22. I’d like to think that a vast majority of electronics are made with semiconductors that are fabricated overseas. Sort of like how American are vehicles that use - and they all do - parts overseas? A lot of overseas corporations here in MI that work on building electronic modules for the Big 3… Maybe Americans put this stuff together, but couldn’t do it without international support apparently to make the stuff line workers assemble. Just curious on others’ thoughts in this regard.
  23. Happy Thanksgiving fellow forum participants. Hope all had someone to spend the day with they will never forget. I spent it with my wife, kids, and wife’s family. Only get these moments once. Blink your eyes and it’s all over. Savor the moment… and food haha!
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