bkharmony Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170448849897&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 The giant pickguards are not my cup of tea. But the sig is collectable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterGibs Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubaas Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Let me tell you a story. I have an Epiphone Masterbilt DR-500P. It was always a good guitar, but nothing that really stood out. But one day, I got sick of the pumpkin-colored aging toner, so I pulled the pickguard and sanded the three or so feet of polyurethane lacquer and aging toner off the top in which it had been entombed. Well, that guitar came to life in a big way! It's outstanding now! I never put a pickguard back on it, and all that aging toner and polyurethane are gone, so the top can actually vibrate freely. Huge difference! Night and day! So, having heard my story, what do you suppose those flashy pickguards are doing to that poor J-185? Cheers! Rick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigshot Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 That looks like a lady with two mustaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modac Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 At 6k, it costs about 3 times as much as they were selling for, street, when they released them. If the pickguards are your thing, just get a J-185 and make or have someone make you another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J185-4Me Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 I've never cared for the look of the Y2K Dwight guitar, but I have played a number of them, and was quite surprised that, even the acre-and-a-half of pickguard, they actually sounded pretty good. Go figure, but that was my impression of them. This particular guitar will sort itself out as to whether anyone figures the sigs help its value or not. Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 why would dwight own his own sig model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modac Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 he had a couple of them. Not only the J-180 style, but there was also a Southern Jumbo variation called the Dwight Yoakum Honky Tonk Deuce. I think it had dice inlaid on the (normal size) pickguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Yeeeee-haw!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 That is a BEAUTIFUL guitar! LOVE the flamed wood! GREAT example of the quality that Gibson is capable of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I don't mind big pick guards but that looks almost as if it is trying to replicate wood grain which makes it some how seem cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kebob Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Batwing guards I can handle, but not a fan of that look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertjohn Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 That looks like a lady with two mustaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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