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You spotted it! I'm a huge Rush fan so literally bought it to rock out to Moving Pictures era Alex Lifeson parts. It cost me £500 and was last played on stage at Glastonbury in 1980 (not by me!)
Not technically purchased but revived at least:
I mentioned this in another thread but pretty much completed it yesterday. The body is from my first ever electric guitar - a strat knock-off which had been painted badly and generally abused then forgotten for about 30 years. I stripped and...
You had me worried for you (especially as their shop is listed as Gothenburg, not Stockholm!) Really pleased you ended up with the guitar you wanted at the price you wanted. I have to confess, I found the guitar on Reverb over the weekend and wondered why it was still buyable - ie. I could have...
What finish is it? Maybe filling the hole on the side during the refin process was easier than one on the top because the finish is different. I don't know exactly where the screw hole would be on a '78 but on mine it's generally between the binding and the body so may be easier to mask.
Well I've got the body sprayed, just waiting a few weeks for it to cure. The body is very uneven underneath due to its treatment over the last 30 years but any rough parts will probably be areas to relic.
Absolutely beautiful! Delighted for you that you could buy one again.
If you mean because of the weight my heaviest LPs are the brightest too. Not sure what it is but other than shoulder ache I like it!
I'm sure that's the case. I deliberately emphasised 'lower grade' because I think it is more a matter of perception than anything, but should have clarified :)
Plenty in the UK too across several very large dealers like Andertons and not to mention the Gibson Garage. Odd to go directly in competition with the Murphy Labs but using a 'lower grade' guitar as the foundation.
Worth noting there's a video Guitarpoint put up on Instagram of them unboxing the Nachoburst (including serial number 5) and they're in Gibson USA cases, not custom shop.
Beautiful! What year is that? I have all of my first guitars, although my first ever electric (a strat copy) was taken apart and badly repainted in my teenage years. I'm part-way through refinishing it properly in seafoam green nitro and bringing it back to life with a new neck and pickups.
They certainly looked spectacular, shame there were some basic setup issues on several (poorly finished nut on one, badly finished binding on another).