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    NOS Gibson Headstock Logo Questions

    Fender never cut out the decals. Original Decals in the 50s and 60s had the outline also silk screened on the decal paper. You applied it by transferring the whole thing including the outline on the headstock. On the original NOS decals I saw years ago that outline is also tinted in a brownish...
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    1956 to 1980 Gibson Humbuckers

    And some of the actual machines in question either . ;)
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    Hey it's Mat from Gibson Product Development - AMA

    Another question regarding my new SG 64 ML: Are the plastic parts available seperately? I'd like to buy another pickguard to try to age it myself, but I obviously don't want to ruin the original guard of such an expensive guitar. Unfortunately I couldn't find aftermarket parts from other...
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    Hey it's Mat from Gibson Product Development - AMA

    Hi Mat, I just bought a SG ´64 Murphy Lab in Pelham Blue. Unbelivably phatastic guitar, it's so good, it's unreal. Bought it mainly because of the neck. I always loved SGs and wanted one for ages, but I just couldn't live with the thin necks. This one has the ideal neck for me. Anyway, I spare...
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    Hey it's Mat from Gibson Product Development - AMA

    Hi Mat, I've got a question regarding the "Originals" series. I'm lusting for an SG for quite a while, but the usual necks on SGs are far to slim for my liking. Now I just came back from playing two Custom Shop '64s at Session Music in Frankfurt and these guitars had the perfect neck shape for...
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    Brian Jones and his wonderful Gretsch

    He doesn't play a single note on Sympathy for the devil. The recording of that one is pretty well documented by Jean-Luc Godard and it's all Nicky Hopkins on piano, Keith on Bass and Guitar and a couple of girlfriends and groupies on "Whoo Whoo". The solo is all Keith with his LP Custom and a...
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    Current bursts for sale...

    Isn't that the "Alex Conti Burst"? In that case it is refinished at least twice if I'm not mistaken. One refinish done by a local luthier I know, the other done in the US. If that is really the same guitar, it was already sold by the same dealer some years ago and was also subject of a heated...
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    Emerald City does it again!

    He says something like "the end of" Tush. There are three notes at the end during the last turnover, that could be some kind of pinch harmonics. I don't think they really are though. When Billy plays pinched hamonics - and he is a king of that - you'll hear it clearly which one doesn't in this song.
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    Does anyone remember the price of a Gibson Les Paul VOS R8 in 2007?

    In June 2007 I paid 3200 € in Germany. I know that so precisely, because I wrote it off my tax then and kept the tax-documentation. My R8 was a high-gloss version though and these were going a bit higher than VOS stock. I do remember it being a pretty good price, as it was some hundred bucks...
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    Great article on the Beano Burst!

    Frankly, I highly doubt Eric would remember anything specific about that guitar other than the feel of the neck. I don't remember much of guitars I sold over the years myself, except when they had an accident or something that left specific marks in the wood. Other than that, certainly I would...
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    Does the neck effect the tone?

    To me it's the other way round. I've built many Partscasters where I swapped necks with all other parts being equal and the general rule of thumb I've found after much experimenting is a fat neck (=more mass) is more stable and doesn't vibrate as much. Vibration means damping the actual...
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    Claptons Lost Burst.

    The picture on the cover of this Guitarist edition has enough resolution to see the grain pattern of the top. That should be enough to identify the guitar once it will come up. EC probably has the funds to buy a print of that pic in an even better resolution and that would be a forensic proof...
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    Heard 2nd hand that one of our members reported passed away - Dan Duntze (bluesforstevie)? Any confirmation of this?

    Damn. He was one of the guys who I enjoyed reading very much when I joined the forum back than. I noticed he was on a longer forum hiatus, but he recently was back posting and was very enthusiastic about he newly aquired LP Special. I thought he was well. Very sad to hear about his passing.
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    Faber ABRH ?

    If you are just after the saddles with their broader top, you good with any Faber bridge. The saddles are the same but the screws and the screw anchor in the body of the bridge is different (it is a stepped milled edge, that's the telltale). I have to agree with you, the bridge in your first...
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    R8 in Germany

    Hello to all, although I do have this guitar for over a year now, I only recently could be bothered to borrow a cam and take some pictures. And since I never really introduced myself, I thought I post some pictures and also some soundfiles. It's my first and until now only historic. It was...
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