Recent content by matkoehler

He was diabetic and on the kidney wait list after a series of setbacks over the last few years. Through it all, he was always positive and jovial even when I knew he was not doing well. The memorial that Steve threw (shown above) was really, really fantastic and moving and stirring and...

I thought that may be the case! A lot has changed and all for the better IMO.

The 60s-style LPs (and '61 SGs and '61 ES-335s, etc) remain .8-.9" D shapes as the target...USA LPS 60s tends to be a little deeper at the 1st fret, .820" or so. The new Epiphone IGC '59 LP follows the Custom Shop profile, 86-.95" or thereabouts but a little bit more cheek to them. They still...

Directed by whom? You said you were a Custom Shop dealer...if so who was your M2M rep? If not, then you were a customer of another dealer at that time? And that dealer directed you to a completely different dealer to buy a guitar they ordered for some reason? Make it make sense.

Right, I am saying to get that feel we’d have to make several concessions during 3D translation which may lead you far from what you love about that neck. If it’s just a slight V-shape thing you’re after like a 56 Strat, you would probably love our core Les Paul Standard 50s necks nowadays and...

The above example is from October 2019 and not part of that run. What you are saying is not consistent with how anything works with dealers at Gibson Custom Shop...I ran the M2M program...we would not direct you to select from another dealer's PSL run, nor would that dealer be OK with it. And if...

I am wondering the same thing. We absolutely did offer aging on our '58 Mahogany Explorer in 2019 and 2020, and I've found multiple examples with a brief search. Who were you working with at Custom Shop at that time?

If you can describe the profile (V-shape, C-shape, etc) and know what first and twelfth fret depths you prefer, chances are there is a current program that matches. But I'm not confident that we will have a 20+ year old program on file for M2M...or one from 2008 Gibson Memphis like the 30/60...

We didn't have Murphy Lab until early 2021 and didn't have core Korina Explorers available until almost a year later, but what do I know... Was hoping for a constructive dialogue on this forum; if your concern is price gouging, let's get into it! Happy to breakdown material, labor, overhead...

No, they were generalized/rounded up. The measurements were still like .9-1.0" and .8-.9", etc.

There was an overwhelming consensus from purists of vintage guitars that the older reissue neck profiles were inaccurate to the originals...and the data showed that was indeed the case. Is it appropriate to offer a wide V-shaped 1930s archtop neck on a '59 LP? I'm not going to yuck your yum...

Well, that example has a very specific reason behind it -- we were not yet equipped with Tom Murphy-approved samples of the various aging levels on Korina models. That is changing this Fall. :)

For core models, our current philosophy is that we are going to select the shapes that are most representative of the year. Yes there are anomalies and every one was a little different. But we'll select the middle of the road shape and then you can order whatever shape you like through Made 2...

No, they're not. Yes on the Collectors Choice models obviously. The core models were not based off of particular scans, just generalized depths and shapes. One of the first real wide-scale decisions I made was to change the core reissue neck profiles in 2017 but at that time it was only the '59...

They did not. Same neck profiles 2018-today. For the 2019 model year, it was important that we used more realistic profiles for year reissue year, taken from scans. What you're mentioning about Murphy Lab neck profiles being different is somewhat true though, they ALL (regardless of model)...