Todd Louis
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Be quiet, you've got plenty! :rofl
Joking aside, any of your collection that you would consider for an HM? :ganz
Is it wrong to drool over your own guitar?
Seems I might have (key- might have) heard from a little bird that in the
future, after CC#3 (aka Donna) that a certain person from Florida just
might do Relic Aging on the Kossoff run......Hmmmmmm........
Would be nice for a Real Deal CC#4 the right way.......Hmmmmm.......LOL
If not, then make a VOS version and my little friend can do it up......
Anyone at Gibson listening? Hmmmmm.......
If I do one, it will be my 2009 R9 VOS. Just refin & aging. Everything else is great IMO. I want a lemon burst with color under the plastic parts & aging.
I'm happy to defer to your experience in this matter, and common sense dictates that such an important joint on a Les Paul should be as snug and tight fitting as possible. But, I can't help thinking about a couple of great sounding (to me) Strats I've played that have had cardboard shims, micro tilt neck adjustment systems, loose bolts and god knows what else going on in the neck pocket area.
However, I'll admit I don't have the most discerning ear when it comes to guitar tone. But from memory, the price for the HM neck reset isn't cheap so I suppose you'd need to be convinced of the benefits before going down this road. I can tell you're definitely convinced so good luck to you, it's your money and your guitars so go for it. Finally, I only know Kim by reputation but if both he and Florian Jaeger consider this a worthwhile exercise then who am I to argue? It wouldn't appear that they need to create the extra work for themselves.
Without going too far off topic, what I'd like to know is this - in the 50's, generally speaking were Gibson's luthiers producing a consistently better and tighter, snugger fitting neck joint than what is being achieved nowadays with CNC and all the other 21st century technology, tools and materials available?
This is what I'm unsure of because I've seen evidence of shims and other "buggeration" employed when a neck of an original burst has not fitted properly. So were things better in the 50's or today?