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  1. Minneapolis Slim

    Which LP is this?

    At a local GC I found a neat LP Classic. I think it might be a GOTW series but I don't know. It's a satin finish tobacco sunburst with open coil '57 Classics. It's drool-worthy for sure! They have it tagged at $1800 or so if I remember right. Any ideas?
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    Current value of a Gibson Spirit?

    Got a guy who might want to sell his Spirit. It's a sweet looking guitar in tobacco sunburst with creme body binding, two humbuckers (which might be Shaw's from what little I've read so far). He says it's in good shape, a few nicks and scratches on the back. Sounds to me like it might be about...
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    Good price for a Lucille?

    An online buddy offered to sell me his Lucille for $1325 w/case. It's an early '90s that he described as 8.5/10 condition, just a few scratches on the back, nothing major. I don't have a feel for the Lucille market, or the guitars for that matter. I'm jonsing bad for a good semi-hollow. What...
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    Faber wrap bridge question

    Does the Faber regular wrap bridge, not the compensated styles, have a good ridge across the top for the strings to break over? I know the Pigtail one does, and just learned the Tonepros one does, but haven't seen a good pic of the Tonepros. Faber beats both handily on price. If they have a...
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    A "what if" thread about chambering

    What if you made a small access hole into the chamber and shot it full of that foam insulation stuff? What would that do to the sound or resonance or whatever? Start theories here :applaude
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    Found a great new combo for my VM Studio

    As part of the mod project I did on my VM Studio (thread in the Sunburst Pub :spabout ), I put new pickups in the guitar. I never bonded with the stock Burstbucker Pros. Played with them all kinds of ways; high, low, slanted, pole pieces adjusted many ways. Just couldn't get the sound I was...
  7. Minneapolis Slim

    How about this for a VM Studio mod?

    It started out as a simple experiment in working with Tru-Oil, but when I got it all apart I saw my chance to make a mod that I've wanted to do ever since I foolishly sold a Historic R4 Oxblood LP. Here it is in all its glory, my Po'mans Oxblood :2cool I stuffed it with DiMarzio pickups, Air...
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    Interesting new Studios at Musician's Friend

    Might be old news to some, but this is the first I've seen of these. They look like some very cool Studios :2cool LP Studio with BFG electronics, full lacquer finish http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Gibson-Les-Paul-Studio-Electric-Guitar-with-BFG-Electronics?sku=514556 LP Studio...
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    Cleaning polish residue from wood pores

    I posted this in the Tech forum, but thought this might be a better place. I attempted to polish out the finish on my VM Studio. I used a small hand buffer and some 3M buffing compound and then Finesse-IT II. Now, I have white residue embedded in the pores of the wood. I want to clean it all...
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    Cleaning polish out of the pores in a VM Studio?

    I attempted to polish out the finish on my VM Studio. I used a small hand buffer and some 3M buffing compound and then Finesse-IT II. Now, I have white residue embedded in the pores of the wood. I want to clean it all off in order to try a clear finish instead. Got any good suggestions? I tried...
  11. Minneapolis Slim

    A word about the NOS DiMarzio pickup rings at RSGuitarworks

    Flat :rofl Bottomed, that is. They're nice rings, no mistake, and I'll definitely use them. But they are flat bottomed so they won't be going on my Les Paul like I had planned. That is all. :ganz
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    Polishing a VM Studio finish?

    Nevermind. Did a search and got a ton of info!
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    RS Guitarworks' NOS DiMarzio pickup rings

    What's the story on the DiMarzio pickup rings at RS Guitarworks? Are they tall rings like Historics? I was just fixing to place an order for some Jensen caps and saw these on sale.
  14. Minneapolis Slim

    Removing pickup covers, how to deal with wax?

    I have a set of BB Pros that I'd like to try uncovered in a project. The only experience I have taking off a cover was on an Epiphone pickup. There was a ton of wax underneath, it literally looked like a block of wax after I got the cover off. I killed the pickup trying to scrape the wax off...
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    Zhang, need some magnet advice

    I've got a Telegib partscaster I threw together using spare parts from my bins. It has a mahogany Tele body, maple Strat neck w/rosewood board, two humbuckers and a wrap bridge. For pickups I ended up with a Washburn 621/623 humbucker set from a HB-32 I modded. The Washburn pickups sound pretty...
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