wootbetogod Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum so I'm reluctant to post right away. However, I've done a couple of days worth of searching the interwebs to find information about my guitar. I received it as a gift about 10 years ago and have been gigging it for getting close to a year now. I believe it is an 84 model if I am reading the serial correctly. I've noticed a couple of things about it that I thought was different when comparing it to other studios. 1) The tremelo. I don't think the previous owner had it installed, and I've heard that Gibson may have installed these trems from the factory around the mid-80s. I could use some clarification on what the tremelo is called and maintenance tips for it. 2) Binding. This seems to be on some Studios and not on others. It's not a huge deal, but if anyone knows why it is there but not on others it'd be nice to know. The other things I'd like to know are things like: Pickup types, wood types, good replacement parts (tuners, etc) Any additional history Any information regarding what it may be worth. Not that I'll be selling it anytime soon. . . it has much sentimental value to me. Anyway, thanks in advance for the help. Click the pic to see full size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wootbetogod Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thought I'd have some information by now. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I could really use some help here. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixr1984 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Close up pics would help more. I'm guessing you might have yourself a "studio standard" or a "studio custom". (My 85 studio custom in my avatar) Those 2 models had binding and dot inlays. Custom was made '84-85' and not sure the years for the standard. Its hard to see but you might have "Tim Shaw" pickups. Are there stickers on the pickup rings? Like I said close up pics would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 It looks like the one on the ad gibson sent to me, after I was asking about my LP... These Studios were built from ´83 to ´85 and there were three versions (Studio, Studio Standard and Studio Custom). Like Fixr1984 wrote, the Standard and Custom Models have a binding on top and fingerboard (the customs have multiple bindings and gold hardware). The Studio-Model didn`t have them. Unless it wasn`t changed later, the vibrato (technically not a tremolo, as it is often called) was originally on one of the models. Alder Body (I don`t know if already with "swiss-holes"), maple neck, rosewood fingerboard... My humbucker have the "P.A.F"-Sticker, but I don`t know which pickups are under the cover... I hope it helps a bit... but you could also send pictures to Gibson and ask them... they are helping and really kind as I experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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