Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hi! My name is Vadim and it's my LP Custom Lite 2013 story. I bought it new for $1500 (http://www2.gibson.c...ustom-Lite.aspx) ...and once again I saw Jimmy Page's black LP: it was a dream! Want it, need it. I begun to upgraded my LP: 1. Gibson '57 classic in middle; 2. 6-way "Free-way" switch; 3. 4 push/pull Gibson 500kOm pots: 3 volume + 1 master-tone. Also: bridge single coil, neck single coil, neck out-of-phaze, bridge dual-sound; 4. Bone nut; 5. Lock tuners Gotoh sg301-4 MGT; 6. Bigsby B7; 7. Roller bridge Shaller; 8. Shielding internal cavity; 9. Orange Drop 225K capacitor; 10. 10-46 gauge Gibson Bright Wires 11. Amber Toggle Switch Cap; 12. Truss Rod Cover "Les Paul Custom" 13. Top Hat Style knobs; 14. Dunlop Straplocks; 15. Polishing frets; 16. Blackout Rosewood fingerboard. Parts, delivery and work price is $1300. In total: $2800 for new guitar from my dream - it's great! I don't like "real" LP Custom because of its weight, thick and price (but it maybe sounds better). p.s. Sorry for my english - I'm from Russia. p.p.s. If you will be in Moscow - I will be glad to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hello Vadim, and welcome here to this nice place in the web. Congrats on your customized Les Paul Custom Lite. To me it reads like you had the definitive all-purpose guitar made out of it, surpassing most others in flexibility. To my experience and, as I have to admit, my surprise, the body depth makes not that big difference in Les Paul performance. I checked them Custom Lites then, and a Les Paul Axcess of mine is less deep, too. There's nothing missing except some weight. How about pot pull operations with Top Hat Knobs? I replaced them with Speed Knobs for easier grasping without the need of putting my fingernails under them. This would have marred the finish with time, and I ran the risk of dropping my flatpick. So except for looks, using Speed Knobs is a win-win situation for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Record & post a demo vid. I'd love to hear it! How are you satisfied after all that work? Does it meet your expectations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Video from the middle of upgrade: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzHbJ0qPuI&feature=youtu.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Add picture of final version in first post. How i can add more pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Get a Postimg or Photobucket library and post links mate ; no file scaling and it will allow big, rich imagery. Nice LP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Thank you, capmaster! Top Hat Knobs: I didn't have hardship to pull them. Yes, Speed Knobs more comfy to push/pull, but mine looks great. And yes, I satisfied very much: this guitar - from my dreams!) One year ago I want to have LP and strat. Now I don't need a strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Hey Vadim, great LP! Glad you got it the way you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Привет! (Hello) Замечательный инструмент! Tы вложил много труда в него. (Wonderful instrument! You've invested lot of work in it.) Добро пожаловать в нашeм психбольницe! :D (Welcome to our madhouse!) ;) Пока! Бенцe (See You... Bence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 to deeman: Thank you! to btoth76: Very nicely) Thank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 It looks like you did a great job..... Congrats..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Hero Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 1. I refused to use Vibramate V7 because of its looks less cool: V7 lift your Bigsby up. Holes from HardTail I patched - they are now not visible. V7 was forced to sell for a third the of price(( 2. Rosewood fretboard on my LP I made of black color by saturating with Dunlop lemon oil: I take off strings, clear fretboard and saturate it with o lot of oil 10 times. It takes 5 days. Fretboard became black. It's been 2 months ago: fretboard still black! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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