zeppelinled Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 hey everyone, this is my first post here. this is my new guitar, i bought it about two weeks ago. its had a few mods: the nut has been replaced with a brass one the tone caps have been replaced with grey tigers and the wiring to the pickup switch has been replaced with gibson braided here are some pics 01 Gibson LP classic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I gather you kept the stock Ceramic Pickups as well or are you playing on changing them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Oh la la ,I like it. Bet she plays like butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Very nice! Congrats!! And Merry Christmas!!! :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Welcome to the jungle[biggrin] Nice mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 um i'll be putting a seymour duncan sh-4 in the bridge and putting a gibson 57 classic in the neck. the high output ceramics don't seem to bother me much, but i will be changing them. thanks for your comments, and welcomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Welcome Zeppelinled! I too, am the proud owner of a "LP Classic" (Below). Great guitars! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba_leon Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Very nice! Honeyburst right? One piece body as well good score. I've got an 05 Bullion Gold Classic and it's a total workhorse. I changed the pickups to 57 classics, and replaced the tuners to Gibson/Grover tuners. BTW welcome aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar232007 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hey Zepp, yours isn't too far off from mine! My '01 GT Classic's serial # is 011793. BTW, how much did you pay for her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Congrats! I don't know much about the brass nut. Does it live up to what people say about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Looks great! You too, Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Thanks, Tim....I love it. Don't have near the collection, you do, though. ;>) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 the brass nut: yea they're not bad, i've noticed an increase in sustain. yea it was a good score being a one piece back i paid $2500 australian for it. and hmm, yea thats cool that your serail number is similar to mine lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Just out of curiosity,my fellow Aussie - why or what made you do these mods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 i bought it like that. i prob would have done them anyway mate, better tone caps (grey tigers) brass nut seems to sustain more and the braided wire going to the switch i don't know lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 hey guys one thing i've noticed on mine thats been a little different form other classics i've seen is that the Truss rod cover sits a little closer to the nut, (notice how mine almost touches the nut) others i've seen have a little tiny gap between the two. does anyone know why this is so? thanks. i'm guessing that the brass nut (not being stock) is a little chunkier and makes it touch. I dont know.... cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Congrats on the Classic - and welcome to the forum! Here's my 2001 Classic Plus with BurstBucker Pros. The finish damage is recent, Joe Perry and a felt-tip marker are to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 i bought it like that.i prob would have done them anyway mate' date=' better tone caps (grey tigers) brass nut seems to sustain more and the braided wire going to the switch i don't know lol[/quote'] Yeah. Stock caps are pretty low key,shall we say.But the ceramics do the job. Do you ride your vol/tone controls much? Surprised to see a brass nut,thought they were extinct these days. hey guys one thing i've noticed on mine thats been a little different form other classics i've seen is that the Truss rod cover sits a little closer to the nut' date=' (notice how mine almost touches the nut) others i've seen have a little tiny gap between the two. does anyone know why this is so? thanks. i'm guessing that the brass nut (not being stock) is a little chunkier and makes it touch. I dont know.... cheers.[/quote'] I think all TRC's are sitting closer to the nut now.I know they do on LP's anyway.Don't know the reason why though? Anyone...? Nothing to do with the brass nut either,doesn't seem to be any difference to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin_Lizzy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Nice axe! Looks like a nice maple top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yeah. Stock caps are pretty low key' date='shall we say.But the ceramics do the job. Do you ride your vol/tone controls much?Surprised to see a brass nut,thought they were extinct these days. hahaha yea, i use the volume and tone controls heaps, it such a great way to dial in the tone you want. i've heard alot of people these days don't use the, all that much. i certainly do! as i said the guy who i bought it off changed the nut toa brass one as he thought it sustained more then the bone. I think all TRC's are sitting closer to the nut now.I know they do on LP's anyway.Don't know the reason why though? Anyone...? Nothing to do with the brass nut either,doesn't seem to be any difference to me. yea i've looked at alot of headstock shots and the TRC's are getting alot closer tot he nut. i thought it might have been a result of the nut change cos, looking at the TRC it looks as though a tiny tiny little bit has been taken off with a file so that it doesn't touch the nut. It looks like its been done by the guy who owned it before me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 the circled bit is what i'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 hey guys one thing i've noticed on mine thats been a little different form other classics i've seen is that the Truss rod cover sits a little closer to the nut' date=' (notice how mine almost touches the nut) others i've seen have a little tiny gap between the two.[/quote'] Nice Classics, zeppelinled and CB. The 1958 and '59 Les Pauls usually had the TRC a distance from the nut. By 1960 it was common for it to be touching the nut. Perhaps as the Classic was (originally) meant to be based very closely on the 1960 instruments the TRC was placed closer to the nut? Certainly on both my 1960 Classic and my '60 RI the TRC touches the nut. I don't know that much about the production history of the Classic but was interested to see on Charlie Brown's guitar the binding in the cut-away was of the wide sort. When did they change from the narrow style, anyone? (My Classic has the narrow style and dates from 1991). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Nice Classics' date=' zeppelinled and CB. The 1958 and '59 Les Pauls usually had the TRC a distance from the nut. By 1960 it was common for it to be touching the nut. Perhaps as the Classic was (originally) meant to be based very closely on the 1960 instruments the TRC was placed closer to the nut? Certainly on both my 1960 Classic and my '60 RI the TRC touches the nut. I don't know that much about the production history of the Classic but was interested to see on Charlie Brown's guitar the binding in the cut-away was of the wide sort. When did they change from the narrow style, anyone? (My Classic has the narrow style and dates from 1991). [/quote'] ohk the TRC on the 60's touches the nut, that would explain. hmm the binding on mine is the wide sort also. i'm not sure of the exact year but from memory reading it somewhere it was 93-94? someone will correct me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 hmm the binding on mine is the wide sort also. i'm not sure of the exact year but from memory reading it somewhere it was 93-94? someone will correct me though. That would make sense. I believe there were few changes made to the Classic at that time to further distance it from the Re-issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinled Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 yea, the bottom of My TRC ( the cirlced bit in the pic) has been knocked off with the file, a tiny tiny bit about .7mm,thats why i thought it was to do withthe nut being replaced. i don't know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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