Mr. Robot Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Got ta get me one of those - in Yella and red http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Jr-Doublecut-Japan-Exclusive.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 That thing is priced crazy. Check THIS out: http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-SG-Classic-Electric-Guitar-with-P90-Pickups?sku=517127 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Robot Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Yeah but it is gloss nitro, original spec and with a hard case, from what I can tell And.........everyone has been gagging for a cherry jr. double cut for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 It's a really sharp looking guitar, that's for sure; I just have a problem paying that much for a slab body with one pickup. I don't know if you have any guitars with just one pickup, but be aware that you might find it a bit limiting. I own an SG Jr (that's mine below) and it's a fantastic guitar by almost any definition but it's not one I play as often as I would if it had a second pickup. Some guys will say that one pickup is enough and you can get more tones by fiddling with the volume and tone control and they're right to an extent but no amount of adjusting the controls is going to make a bridge pup sound like a neck pup or a combination of the two. The few sounds that it does get are great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Robot Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 It's a really sharp looking guitar' date=' that's for sure; I just have a problem paying that much for a slab body with one pickup. I don't know if you have any guitars with just one pickup, but be aware that you might find it a bit limiting. I own an SG Jr (that's mine below) and it's a fantastic guitar by almost any definition but it's not one I play as often as I would if it had a second pickup. Some guys will say that one pickup is enough and you can get more tones by fiddling with the volume and tone control and they're right to an extent but no amount of adjusting the controls is going to make a bridge pup sound like a neck pup or a combination of the two. [img']http://www.richci.com/images/sgj1.jpg[/img] You have a good point there. I have never owned a single PUP guitar. yours is gorgeous For some reason, people rave about it AND the wrap around non-adjustable bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thanks! Believe it or not, it's a 1991 model that I hardly played at all the first 15 years I owned it. It came with one of those crappy Nashville bridges with the wire running over the saddles and it rattled like heck - drove me nuts. I didn't want to yank the original posts out of the body for a tune-o-matic (Nashville has narrower posts) and, finally, after contacting Gibson, they directed me to a guy that retrofit a tune-matic with some brass space reducers so it would fit on the existing posts and... voila! The only other thing I changed was the pickup cover as the stock one had some ugly matte finish to it so I bought the shiny one that looks like the old Jrs and put the original with the original bridge for posterior... or posterity or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I agree with comments above about pricing here though, even with the nitro finish and hard top it shouldn't be coming in at over 2k$. At least I don't think I would ever purchase it at that price given my own tastes I guess. Is Gibson big in Japan? Would an "entry level" guitar like that take off at the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Yeah but it is gloss nitro' date=' original spec and with a hard case, from what I can tell And.........everyone has been gagging for a cherry jr. double cut for years.[/quote'] The originals had a slanted bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 I totally agree that the price in rather... infuriating. Plus, the policy of Gibson to sell particular models to specific markets (be it Japan, Europe, USA) really starts to get on my nerves... I wish we could get affordable SG Specials / Juniors in Europe, as an example... BTW: Yours Rich is gorgeous! :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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