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    All Gold 1953 - Bigsby Ponderings

    Nice guitar! The holes near the strapbutton line up for a B7 but I wonder if it covers the holes on the top left by removing the B5. The Les Paul designed tailpiece on my ES225T has 3 holes but I think the top ones line up with a Bigsby, which makes me think yours came with a Bigsby B7 or had...
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    Article: Why are guitars getting more expensive?

    Why is food so expensive, why are cars so expensive, why are houses so expensive? Inflation. Many books have been written about it. The price of a major brand guitar is actually the same as in the fifties when corrected for inflation, about one or two months salary. When I started playing...
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    What Are You Listening To?

    Aussie blues and soul, The Teskey Brothers!
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    Gibson Les Paul Conversions

    FWIW, I just want to show off my '55>'57 conversion to convert anyone to the gospel of conversions :unsure:😬
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    Soft Launch: new USA Theodore

    The 20 watter turns out to be a 12 watter... 15 watts with 6L6's.
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    Gibson Amplifiers return [Falcon 5 and 20]

    Being a massive Gibson fan, I want one. But, 12 watts is pretty useless and why would you name a 12w amp the GA20? If it were 20w I'd be all in, but I guess I'll have to wait for the GA40.
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    Gibson Les Paul Conversions

    Conversions are a great way to get into the old wood club without spending and absolute fortune. Here's my '55 to '57 conversion, done by Florian Jaeger in Germany.
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    LPR7S Aged

    It was a pretty rowdy time, I do know the R serials only lasted a short while.
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    LPR7S Aged

    In 2016 there were two lines of custom shop guitars. True historic and Historic Select, TH got the serial like the 50's, HS got the R format...
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    Single Coil Guy’s battle with a neck Humbucker

    You could try to lower the neck pickup a bit and use your volume controls, that way you can get tons of sounds out of a dual humbcuker guitar!
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    Why do we chase guitars ?

    All my guitars symbolize important moments in my life. I don't remember most of them but I still have the guitars. But seriously, I've always loved guitar stores, so why not have one myself, at home? I could have spent my hard earned money in way worse ways, like holidays, cars, women, kids...
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    Joe and Rick go at it!

    Featuring a 1958 Les Paul. Joe and Rick talk about it all, well worth watching!!
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    Dewolff @ Guitarpoint with a '50s Goldtop

    Enjoy. This is some of the best music we Dutch have to offer! And we all know a 50's Goldtop makes everything sound even better :cool: Thank you Guitarpoint for this great video!!
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