chuntis Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Hello there, I recently purchased a 2020 Les Paul Slash Model and I noticed that the height of one of the tone knobs is slightly higher than the other knobs. The higher tone knob works fine. It would be nice if they were all the same height. I was just wondering if this would be an easy fix to lower it and if it would be covered under warranty since I purchased the guitar just over a month ago. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have attached some pics showing the higher knob. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I dug my old Melody Maker out of it's case as it has what look like more or less the same knobs, and looked closely and ....hey, one knob is slightly higher of the deck than the other! ...So maybe it's a sign that they are taking the concept of 'historically accurate' to a new level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I very much doubt it would be covered under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Try pushing it down a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Or if you have to, there is the height adjustment nut on the underside of that in the control cavity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Maybe it's Slash's preference. Or maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 34 minutes ago, Pinch said: Maybe it's Slash's preference. Or maybe not. He played a fake LP, he probably likes fake knobs too. Gibson just throws him cash and knows he made them boat loads of money for playing a fake. And then made a sig model of a fake. Makes me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 To be fair (Asparagus Rex is the most fair of all dinosaurs), that was just for a while. There were plenty of Gibsons on "Illusion" and onward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Jimmy Page sold a lot of Les Pauls while using a Telecaster. I happen to know how high to set all four kn0bs for Jimmy's tone secret. rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Pinch said: To be fair (Asparagus Rex is the most fair of all dinosaurs), that was just for a while. There were plenty of Gibsons on "Illusion" and onward. How many albums after Illusion are there with Slash. The one with the woosy ballad Patience and a junk covers album that 4 people bought. A Triceratops is a bad mother, and the Pterodactyl could fly. None of us were there so we have to take smart dinosaur scientist word on that. Edited August 15, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 I'm fairly certain the Patience album was out years before Illusion...but Factotum Rex's memory is unreliable. the mighty Spaghetti Incident album came out later though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Patience was on "GnR Lies", which came out pretty soon after "Appetite", I think in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadfoot Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 16 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said: He played a fake LP, he probably likes fake knobs too. Gibson just throws him cash and knows he made them boat loads of money for playing a fake. And then made a sig model of a fake. Makes me laugh. I didn't know that! Never been a fan. That's hilarious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Leadfoot said: I didn't know that! Never been a fan. That's hilarious!! The AFD Les Paul was made by Kris Derrig. He passed away a while back. Look it up it's all over net and well known for ages. Edited August 16, 2020 by Sgt. Pepper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 @Leadfoot long since known Kris Derrig built the first guitar LP clone Slash used https://www.slashsworld.com/equipment/guitars/59-les-paul-replica-built-by-kris-derrig/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Push/pull knobs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuntis Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thanks for all the responses everyone. To answer a few of the users' questions: 1. I tried pushing the knob down but it will not push down any further. 2. The knobs are not push/pull knobs. 3. Not sure if I'm confident enough to adjust the height by going through the control cavity but I appreciate the info. It looks like lowering the tone knob might entail a bit more work than I feel comfortable doing on my own. I'm not that OCD about the tone knob being slightly higher, so I'll leave it as is. Who knows, maybe it is "historically accurate"? Thanks once again for everyone's input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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