TattooedCarrot Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Started out as a cherry faded V. The jury is still out on the pickups, they are very nice as far as tone goes, but a little smoother than I've come to like lately. We'll see. Refinished natural with tung oil Shot a coat of clear over the peg face Black pickguard Duncan custom shop 78 (EVH) bridge pup Duncan Seth Lover neck pup with push/pull coil slpit CTS pots Hovland Musicap Sperzel tuners Gold tophat knobs
jojo68 Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 That's nice ! I want to get a black pick guard for mine.
Morten M Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 Extremely nice finish you've achieved. Hope the jury comes out and ask for black coils instead.
mildperv Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 Not too different from mine. I put '57s, an RS kit, mini grovers, ABR, and added another tone pot (while shuffling things around). Pretty sweet. Mine started as a cherry, too. I gave it the white washed look.
BLS Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Very nice! I have a 3 pick up faded V. I am looking for a Gibson 2 pick up pick guard. Can I get one direct (Gibson)? I replaced the chicken head knob for a toggle switch, replaced the bridge pick up with a SD JB, took out the middle pu and left the neck stock pick up in. Matt
mrktwn Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Thats very cool! What did you use to strip the finish?
ptc Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Good jobs on the V's, remodelling is the way to go. There's so many off the peg Gibsons out there now just now it's nice to see something different with the Gibson logo on it. I've just finished restoring an '84 JayDee (John Diggens, the bloke that made Tony Iommi's SG) '58 V copy. I stripped and bleached an ebony finished '76 Explorer Reissue from '92 and turned it into a '58 a few years back. I'll dig it out and get some pictures up. It kinda worked...
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