elessar820 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've posted it a few times already, but here it is again: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv8r8urst Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 eland welcome, id love to see your silverburst once you get it. i never heard about bigsby. elessar, that is a very unique guitar. i never saw anything like it. thats a gibson? what year is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlekenny Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 It's one of the new BFGs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elessar820 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Thanks, yeah it's an 08 BFG Limited. They look a lot better in person and sound awesome. I wanted to rewire it a bit, take out the kill switch, put the pickup selector where it usually is and add a neck tone and add a pickup cover, but the rewiring was a pain and the cover didn't fit in the cavity right, so I left it stock, the P-90 Burstbucker 3 combo is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv8r8urst Posted May 21, 2008 Author Share Posted May 21, 2008 I wonder how many BFG's were made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erland_n Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Received the guitar yesterday. Awesome. Used it with my jcm 800 stack on last night's band rehearsal and it sounds like heaven. Much more articulate sound than my studios, but still very,very beefy. Can't wait to put on some heavier strings, and really finding this guitars potential. It's my first Custom. Obviously it goes a bit out of tune when using the bigsby to rough, but it looks so cool and special with it on that I'll probably never remove it. Best guitar I've ever touched! Never seen anyone like it. Gonna upload some pics when my girlfriend gets home. Can't find the camera, so I need some help first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elessar820 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I wonder how many BFG's were made Supposedly 200 of each color (Silverburst, Bullion Burst, Natural and Ink) and the first 50 were hand numbered from what I heard . The only one I didn't see was the Bullion Burst. The Ink one would have been my next choice. I personally like the look, but if people can get over the unfinished look, it's a hell of a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I agree, one hell of a guitar...but personally, I don't like the new finishes. I only like the gold and black ones. To each his own, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I just purchased a Silverburst LP standard and found this thread. I'll post some pics here and hope you all enjoy them. I'd also like to share the story that brought me to this guitar. I started playing at 15. I got my first job and worked for three months straight until I had enough money to pay off the layaway on an Ibanex ex and a small peavey amp. Three months later I had enough, and quit the day that final check came. I played sporadically until joining the Navy after HS graduation and left it behind. Now many years later I decided to start playing again. I tried to be focused, worked on theory, scales, chords and songs (instead of just learning more crappy tabs). I set a goal to buy a nice guitar if I stuck with it. I took my old Ibanez on deployment with a little line 6 practice pod and played as often as I could. I got home and shopped a little and bought a beatiful wine red LP studio. I thought, great! An LP at a great price! I brought it home and played it, and it sounded great! I felt a little uncomfortable with the thick neck and the creaky pick gaurd was annoying on what I thought was a high end guitar. Well, after two cold months where I didn't feel like playing, I decided maybe the LP wasn't for me. Then lightning struck. I saw the Silverburst in my mailed GC catalogue, and it had me. I had never seen one, not familiar with all breeds of the LP lineage. But, the slimmer 60s neck, lighter chambered body, and burstbuckers had me interested. I took the studio down to the local store and there sat one single silverburst high on the wall. I was shocked at how much nicer it was, the friction on the toggle and pots, the slim neck, the light body. I traded up and lost a little (no worse than that China opportunities mutual fund last fall) and brought it home. I still don't know if it was worth the total spent (and lost), but I'll tell you I played 3 hours straight that first day and have played everday since. I absolutely love this guitar. I do wonder why my old studio had the 490 and 498 pickups, the SB Standarad has burstbuckers, and the SB custom has the 490/498 combo again. Kind of confusing. What are the main differences. Also, if anyone can tell me more about these guitars I'd love to hear. Thanks, for reading my little story. The new Silverburst The neck makes all the difference Silverburst again My rig My old studio- love the color, but if you don't love playing it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 ^ Nice guitar there! Hmm...I didn't know they made a Standard SB? When I first looked at yours, I thought is was a Guitar of the Week, but it's not. The pick up combos may be a bit confusing at first, but soon enough, you'll be like the rest of us and know what pups come in each LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I guess what threw me on the pickups was that the low end studio had the same pups as the high end custom and my new standard had the burst buckers. Thanks for the compliment on the guitar, its a beauty for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elessar820 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Silverburst I think is the nicest looking finish on a guitar. It looks pretty good on a V too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Does your serial number begin with GC? Mine is a Standard Limited Edition with the 60s neck also from Guitar Center. The headstock decoration is different as well. Regardless, congratulations. I'm sure you will love her for many years to come. Here is mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Nope the serial is all numeric. Looks very similar to yours, except the headstock. She'll be sticking around for awhile I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Congrats on the new Guitar. Looks exactly like the one I played at guitar center. I wasn't crazy about the machine heads, they were so tiny. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv8r8urst Posted May 23, 2008 Author Share Posted May 23, 2008 Awesome slilverburst spitfire, i like your pics. every time i see a new silverburst on here, makes me wish i could own every different model. Beautiful guitars.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Awesome slilverburst spitfire' date=' i like your pics. every time i see a new silverburst on here, makes me wish i could own every different model. Beautiful guitars....[/quote'] Mmmmmm...shiny :) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN8 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 hey, a new silverburst: Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom All Mahogany Triple Pickup Electric Guitar... Any one had an encounter yet? I'm not too fond of the crappy tuners, what were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Alien8, I played the Guitar Center version and wasn't happy. And the machine heads was my second complaint. The weight was my first =(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvansickle Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I may be in the minority here, but I don't care for the newer "edge to edge" sunbursts. I prefer the teardrop shaped burst instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I prefer the teardrop shaped burst instead. +1, I completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 hey' date=' a new silverburst:Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul Custom All Mahogany Triple Pickup Electric Guitar... Any one had an encounter yet? I'm not too fond of the crappy tuners, what were they thinking?[/quote'] You mean this one? A real beauty, not so sure if a triple PuP configuration would match my attack though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALIEN8 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Yeah that's it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv8r8urst Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 I completely agree, nothing at all against the edge to edge silvers, they are sharp guitars, but if i had to choose between the two i would go with the teardrop silverburst.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Paul Fanatic Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 What kind of pickups do you have on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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