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    What year did they start getting 'the dish' right?

    I do recall when the 2017 Historics were announced, mention of the tops made to match the “Carmelita carve”. 2017 was an odd year in that Gibson didn’t show anything on their website and some of the 2017s were actually made in 2016. I believe the R7, R8 and R9 all got the 59 profile neck. But...
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    Gibson crank handle / flip out tuners ?

    I believe the Les Paul 25/50 anniversary model came with those in gold.
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    Closest neck Shape to a 56 Historic

    R4 w/humbuckers are so cool. I played one years ago and thought it was the best Les Paul I’d ever played. I didn’t have the cash at the time, so I didn’t buy it. But I still think about that guitar.
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    Shop royally messed up refret job - Let them correct the error or find a better one?

    I do my own fret jobs and what you’re describing just seems schlocky. While it is common practice to have frets be a little over radiused to ensure the ends seat well, using precut/pre radiused frets doesn’t allow for this and the shop should have both fretwire lengths and a radius bending tool...
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    Very Resonant Gibsons, Do you have one ?

    I think the simple design of Juniors/TV Models lend themselves to being resonant guitars…. nothing in between nut and wrap tailpiece bridge, small body cavity, simple plank body, one pickup. Even my 2018 Junior is super resonant. Love this thing…
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    A tale of two Les Paul's - setup/mojo help?

    First off - good for you in trying to learn how to set up your own guitar. It takes experience, but you learn by trying and the only way to really get a set up that’s *just right* for you, is to do it yourself. Many people are afraid to try to set up their own guitar and bestow an almost...
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    Which Gibson acoustic

    Southern Jumbo is structurally the same as a J45, just with more bling. In addition to the fret markers and neck binding, the body binding is also cosmetically a little fancier. Since it didn’t sound like you were getting rid of your small bodied Martins, I think you’d enjoy having a J45 as...
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    Murphy lab yay or nay?

    I have/have had some vintage Gibsons. They simply don’t age like that.
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    Which Gibson acoustic

    Unless you’re a bluegrasser, get a J-45. Either 50s, 60s or Standard, or a Southern Jumbo, depending on your neck, aesthetic and budget preferences. I played a Martin 00018 and an OM28V pretty much exclusively for years. While I still love my small bodied Martins, the deep, dry, thumpy Gibson...
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    1975 Les Paul deluxe tobacco sunburst

    It’s not that overpriced. In today’s market, any decent 70s Deluxe is going to be listed at over $2,000. Lots of great deals can be had if you’re open to considering a guitar with a good headstock repair. It just needs to be done well and some breaks are worse than others. Some people won’t...
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    British sound, or American sound?

    I just got a Marshall after playing a Fender Deluxe Reverb for 26 years. I love the Fender cleans, but nothing goes chunka chunka chunka like a Marshall.
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    NGD...didn’t want to buy a Les Paul, but...

    Sounds like you got a great deal - Historic prices have gone way up in the past 5 years. And yes, the Faber ABR would probably be an upgrade.
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    SV20C with a 12"

    Day 7 with this amp and still loving it. The 10” rocks.
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    British sound, or American sound?

    I just got the Marshall SV20C and I agree - it’s the best sounding amp I’ve ever played.
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    SV20C with a 12"

    I just got this amp and have been playing it for the past few days. With a R8 and the amp set as follows, I’m getting a VERY full sound out of the amp with the stock 10” speaker and it sounds just as big as my Fender ‘65 DRRI with a 12”. I find no need to swap out the speaker or connect to a...
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