Geetar_Axl Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I got her home today, and my god. Its nothing like I expected, the photos did apsolutly no justice. This ***** is bad, meanest and sweetest Les Paul I ever played. It blows my mind everytime I open the case, and that fresh Laquer smell, its nothing like what I thought lol. Its like a Cocnut Sunscreen hehe, I thought it would smell like Wood Varnish that we use in the workshop hehe. Page 2 has the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geetar_Axl Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 Thank you! I was wondering, I found a few surfaces scratches that bother me (perfectionist..*sigh*) Will Virtuoso take them out? Ive heard you guys say stuff like that I think? And Ive seen picture of guitars with the Tail piece off, does it just slide off to make it easier to polish, what about the tune-a-matic bridge come off? Just need to know so when I polish her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats on your new babe!!! If you go taking it apart to polish her make sure you make note of where everything is before you do it... If you tape the adjustment wheels on the bridge that will help. When you take your strings off the stop bar will fall off so tape that down too or just carefully take it off and put it aside as you take off the strings. With no tension from the strings on the bridge the adjusting wheels will move very easy and could through your setup out of wack... Those wheels that adjust the hight of the bridge are snug and don't move easily when you have the strings on but with no string they spin right around with a simple touch. I usually count the number of exposed threads you see on the screw for a general marker of where they should be. The Virtuoso will get rid of light pick marks and stuff like that... It will make scratches less noticeable but wont get rid of them. Its a great product though... The new guitar smell is wonderful, now that you mention it it is sort of like a cocanut sunscreen smell.... they should maKe a cologne and call it New Gibson guitar Case Cologne.... hahahhahhaah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geetar_Axl Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 hahah yeah, there are adjustment wheels one the tail piece arnt there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 hahah yeah' date=' there are adjustment wheels one the tail piece arnt there?[/quote'] No there are screws on the tail piece, those don't tend to get moved around but the wheels are very loose when there's no tension... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geetar_Axl Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 So just that Im sure, you can take the tune-a-matic off? Then just tape the wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats Geet... Of course we want pics. In fact its a little cruel not to post pics right away! enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats on the new LP! As for polishing and taping up hardware, you've been around here long enough to know that this stuff has come up a bunch of times in the past and that there's a search feature on this board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Gratz on the new LP.... and I didn't think pics were optional !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Will try and get photos tomorrow if anyone wants them If anyone wants them? Hmmm, what are the odds of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats, a picture is worth a 1,000,000 words. What did you get ? Enjoy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 And Ive seen picture of guitars with the Tail piece off' date=' does it just slide off to make it easier to polish, what about the tune-a-matic bridge come off? Just need to know so when I polish her [/quote'] Congratulations - looking forward to the pics. I took all the hardware off mine - it made it easier to polish. I set my own action anyway, so no biggie. You will definitely want the bridge and tailpiece out of the way. I pushed and switch the knobs down too so I had nothing in the way. Of course I was polishing up a faded - if you just need to get to a few scrathces, you may be able to avoid doing all that. Again - congrats and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLiveSoundGuy Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Thank you! I was wondering' date=' I found a few surfaces scratches that bother me (perfectionist..*sigh*) Will Virtuoso take them out? Ive heard you guys say stuff like that I think? And Ive seen picture of guitars with the Tail piece off, does it just slide off to make it easier to polish, what about the tune-a-matic bridge come off? Just need to know so when I polish her [/quote'] Minor scratches and swirls? Virtuoso should do the trick. As long as their minor. Good Stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99SS Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congrats on the new geetar. Now we needs pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mash94 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congratulations on your new Lester! You better post some pics soon! I'm not familiar with the Tune-o-matic bridge or the Stopbar tailpiece so I can't help you there sorry man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Congratulations man! You should have waited till you had pics to post this... its cruel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
led floyd9 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Telling us about it without posting pics is cruel. It's like giving us one lick of the ice cream cone, and then taking it away. It's teasing us. .....sounds great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlekenny Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 congrats! and yes, we NEED pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geetar_Axl Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 Hehe infront of a messy bed! I dont know what happened to make this photo blurry, weird thing is...only the guitar is blurred :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
led floyd9 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 When I saw the title that said "PICS UP!" I figured the pictures would look like the one in your avatar. But when I saw your first picture in your post, my jaw dropped. It's unbelieveable!!! You're right, the picture they sent you gave your guitar NO justice. It looks 100 times better. Great catch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Looks great! That avatar doesn't do it justice. What is it again, 2008 Standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelettinger Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 dude thats nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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