01GT eibach
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Wow, fancy ... super good looking guitar. I would suggest that since the guitar market is hot, price at the high end of whatever band you were thinking.
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On 7/5/2021 at 5:57 PM, Inside The Grave said:
Just uploaded a picture of the guitar.
Yes, thank you. Wow ... unless there was something really hideous in person that is not readily seen in the pic, uh, that guitar looks great to me.
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12 hours ago, Pinch said:
R = ridiculously expensive.
Yes, but the R's are very good about holding their value.
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8 hours ago, Erik V said:
I have a 1996 "The Hawk" and I absolutely love it! It has great tone and playability and holds tune well. That's about all I'm interested in when it comes to a guitar. You can't go wrong with many selling below $1000.
You resurrected this 6-yearl-old thread, bro. So you gotta post a pic of your guitar. Rules are rules ... Let's see it! And welcome!!!
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3 hours ago, Larsthwchipp said:
Does this Gibson SG Standard model have binding on the neck? (I know it doesn't on body). I'm new to Gibson and I'm unsure. 🙂 Help appreciated.
"New to Gibson" or "new to guitars"? Not a snarky comment ... I only ask as the neck binding is clearly visible in pic you posted, and neck binding is not a "only Gibson" thing.
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13 hours ago, sparquelito said:
It's not costume ... meant to type 'Custom'.
LOL ... yes, good call. Went down the completely wrong path. I shouldn't have posted anything ... LOL
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18 hours ago, Eric Ronson said:
In late 1974 Gibson began using 3-piece Maple Necks on Les Pauls, by January 1976, every neck was Maple. I have a 1972 Deluxe with a 3-piece Mahogany Neck and a RARE 2-piece curly maple top. I also have a 1976 Custom with a 3-piece Maple Neck / Maple Fingerboard but I have a 1994 Les Paul Classic which has a 1-piece Mahogany Neck. I don’t recall if the Heritage Elite Les Paul (1980-81) had a Maple Neck, though? The 25/50 Anniversary Les Paul definitely had a Maple Neck though.
Eric -- Thanks for the detailed info. Maybe at some point you can post some pics of your killer guitars in these forums. Welcome!!!
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4 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said:
I don’t understand the question
I think it was originally the natural finish. But someone since has painted it white, so it is now going to be used for a "costume guitar" by the OP. And the OP is asking us if that is a good idea. At least, that is what I understood ... maybe not correctly, though ...
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Can we see pics of the "flamed maple red" of the 'before' finish, please? I get that it has some used mojo, but that sounds nice.
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4 hours ago, Whitefang said:
Beer AND fireworks! What could possibly go wrong?
We had no problems -- There were no sparks getting into any of the beers, and no beers were spilled. We were very careful, you know. 🤪
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The local big fireworks was in our neighborhood, plus lots of illegal (Wyoming-procured) huge stuff going on around us ... plus we had our own fireworks too. Oh, and beers. Fun stuff. Great country!
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7 minutes ago, Rabs said:
Here.. I just found the legacy page for this guitar... They are all really nice colours.
Yes, and it includes the OP's "Glacier Burst" (second from right). So, my guess is that GB was not provided the whole platte of colors, with Glacier Blue excluded but provided in "limited" numbers. But because that finish was not "limited" for the USA consumption, there will likely be a lot of them out there. So ... you got a beautiful blue guitar. Just enjoy playing it, and don't be concerned over it being particularly rare. I am sure it is awesome!
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Agreed w/ Rabs, the "normal" 2019 ES335 Blueberry Burst had purple in it. Your guitar looks better IMO.
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1 hour ago, Whitefang said:
... Eddie Van Halen, a guitar player EVERYone seems to gush about. To me, his playing comes off as a lot of pointless, directionless self absorbed wanking. Same with Malmsteen ...
EVH and Malmsteen are two totally different animals. It is okay to not like either of them, but they are universes apart in terms of music and guitar playing.
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39 minutes ago, jdgm said:
... The guy can play. If he's 2nd rate then I am really in trouble.
Fair enough, and very well said. What can I say?? I am Sicilian and still harboring deep personal grudges. It's in my DNA ... (LOL)
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6 hours ago, Whitefang said:
Well, he was(is) good enough to be taken into Carlos Santana's band at age 17, so there must be something there. And his work with Journey, before the advent of Steve Perry and the band became a commercially salient AOR band was pretty remarkable.
Yes, and Eric Clapton wanted him too. ALTHOUGH, neither wanted Neal to play lead for them, Hmmm. Also, even the clip you provided was "okay". Neal Schon gets mentioned with some rarified air that I don't feel he deserves at all. Compared to -- just for example -- Buck Dharma, Pat Travers, or Scott Gorham, Neal Schon is at best an "also ran" ... i.e., not that great. And here is the real RUB on Neal Schon ... When I was a young 18-year-old guitar player about to graduate high school in the SF Bay Area, I went to an air-show with my (ahem, very attractive) 16-year old girlfriend. And who is there?? Neal f-n Schon and Jonathon Cain. So, ol' smooth Neal starts trying to pick up my girlfriend right in front of me. Really, Neal??? You are friggin' rock star, and you are trying to steal my 16-year-old girlfriend??? And, no, if you were wondering, she did not leave with him or take his number. Neal Schon is a straight up ******bag as a human being ... and his guitar playing has always been technically good, but second rate, at best. Oh, and I am soooooo glad that Steve Perry ignores his incessant requests to "come back into Journey, and we will fire our existing lead singer because I feel no loyalty to him at all ..." (ummm, now would you like to know how I really feel?? LOL)
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17 hours ago, RBSinTo said:
Much ado about nothing.
Referring to Neal Schon's guitar playing?? Agreed!!!!!
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On 7/1/2021 at 12:09 PM, Pinch said:
Blissfully ignorant of what that even means 🙂
Agreed -- I could google it, but don't want to know. Dee-dee-dah-dee-dee ...
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On 6/30/2021 at 12:29 AM, merciful-evans said:
I don't know why, but it reminds me of the flag at Iwa jima pic
Eddie's greatness was so extensive that it would just flow into people that were in his presence. This picture exemplifies that. Lord knows Michael Anthony's bass playing sure needed it (he kept that job because of his stellar background vocals that Dave absolutely needed and depended on). The only reason he was allowed a bass solo during a VH concert was because the rest of the band just wanted the 10-minute break, and nothing related to competent bass playing. Eddie used to refer to him as his "Disneyland" bass player ... pretty funny.
Back to the guitar, though ...
I had a buddy with a mahogany-body Explorer no-name copy from the early 1980s that looked just like that. His was from Japan, I believe, and was a great guitar. For all the crap copies that existed at that time, this was not one of those. His was a VERY good well-made guitar. My buddy and and his brother were both stellar lead guitar players (his brother was flown out from California by Gene Simmons to audition for KISS after the firing/leaving of Ace Frehley as a minor related anecdote, which was a big deal in our little circle of high-school musicians.). This guitar looks like one of those. If so, this is a nice little find. Even the fake-alligator flimsy chipboard case looks the same.
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1 hour ago, sparquelito said:
I apologize to anyone I offended with my opinions on gold hardware.
Point definitely taken -- The thing is that it was the guy's first post in this forum about a pretty unique Les Paul that he was getting. This forum could use people like GuitaRalph. I, for one, am pretty interested in whether he gets that guitar, and how well he likes it considering the guitar's uniqueness.
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4 hours ago, sparquelito said:
Grumpy old guys hate blingy guitars with gold trim?
I am not a fan of gold hardware either. However, the gold hardware seems to meld well with the finish color. And the quilt top is no more ostentatious than the heavy striped tops that are so common now, and the abalone is not that crazy looking compared to MoP. A little blingy? Yeah, but not crazily so. ... not to me. While definitely not for me, I think it is a nice looking Les Paul. Just my opinion, though ...
As for the lawn thing, I just REMOVED my lawn to put in xeriscape. Because yelling at all the rabbits defecating everywhere on it 24/7 was getting me absolutely nowhere. Boy, I showed them, though ...
Guitaralph: Did you end up getting the guitar??
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On 6/30/2021 at 7:32 PM, sparquelito said:
Not my thing, that guitar.
So much bling per square inch.
And the gold-plated bits are a non-starter for me.
Yikes.
😬Does poor Guitaralph have to get off your lawn too? Yikes ...
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Canada's number one export:
(sorry, I could not pass it up ...)
The Gibson Lounge Appreciation Thread
in The Gibson Lounge
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It's funny ... The thread's title is exactly how I don't feel about the Gibson forums anymore ... "appreciation" or the lack thereof. So making a post like this only seems so mostly appropriate in this thread, in particular. There is a decidedly lack of interesting new threads, and some very questionable posts for the viable new threads that do come into being. As such, I am announcing my departure from the forums for at least a good while. I am a huge fan of Gibson guitars, so I am sure it will probably be only temporary ... or not. Don't worry ... you won't miss me. : )