GuitarJunkie Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 ... this month!!!! Well, technically I haven't bought one since late january. I dropped in to Lauzon Music the other day to pick up the nickel covers for my faded tobacco LP Standard. They were checking out the Virtuoso job on it and commented on what a great value the faded LPs were and it's too bad they're discontinued. I told Dave that they were still making them with the '50s neck (he had called Yorkville (the canadian distributor) earlier this year and they said they had none left and none on order). He called again and asked if they had a faded, '50s neck honeyburst. The next words he uttered sealed my fate... "Oh really? Can you send me one?" The last thing I needed was another Gibson. Oh, who am I kidding? I can always use another Gibson!!! I told him if it had a decent top to call me. Well four days later the call came. Today I went to check it out and, long story short... When I get more time and some better light, I'll get some shots that really show the flame. It's not crazy flame, but it is very 3-D. I can't wait to polish this one. I already have the pickup covers on order. Here's a shot of it with my faded tobacco burst... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Terrific story and it looks like a winner! Congrats! :D How's she sound and feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 How's she sound and feel? I tried it out for about 15 minutes at the shop and it feels and sounds great. I might bring the action up a bit. I was told the faded LPs are now plek'ed, so now they come set up pretty low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDEN Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 I tried it out for about 15 minutes at the shop and it feels and sounds great. I might bring the action up a bit. I was told the faded LPs are now plekked' date=' so now they come set up pretty low.[/quote'] Did you catch the Plek thread in this section yet? Also, over in Customs, Admin confirmed that right now they Plek all of their Custom Shop guitars, and another forum member mentioned Gibson is supposed to be adding more Plek machines, so it sounds like they may do the non-custom shops in the future too....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Did you catch the Plek thread in this section yet? I was just there. I mentioned that tone of the guys at the shop was at the Gibson factory a couple weeks ago, so I assume he saw them plek'ing regular production Gibsons first hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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