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    2001 R8, Should I shave the Neck??

    Hi guys, I have a great R8. It's nice and airy but with a solid, punch bottom end. My only proble is that the frets are a little too mow (feel like 6230's) and the neck shape is too chunky. It's mostly the extra shoulders that I'd like to fix. I've played a few real 59's and unfortunatelt...
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    Finally Got Me a Historic.

    Hi Guys, I finally had the chance to pick up a Historic Les Paul. I spent some time with pretenders and finally took the plunge for the real thing. This is a 2001 R8. I'm still getting used to it as I'm primarily a strat player. It sure is nice.
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    Help me dial in my historic's tone....please

    Hi Guys, I finally got my hands on a historic I really like. It's a 2001 R8. It weighs just under 9lbs and sounds huge acoustically and just amazing through my '67 super reverb. The electronics in it are stock. I love the sound of the guitat through a clean amp but when I play it through my...
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    Price Check on a 2001 R8

    Hi Guys, I may have found a pretty cool R8. it's a 2001 and pretty flamey, maybe an 8 out of ten. Can you guys help me figure out a fair price range for a guitar like this? Thanks, Paul
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    I got to Play a VOS Pearly Gates

    Hi Guys, My local GC was nice enough to let me play a VOS Pearly Gates. The case looked cool as did the shroud the guitar came in. It was light and very well balanced. The finish looked like VOS tea burst to me, much different than the sample picture I've seen. In fact, there was a regular 288...
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    2009 r9 Necks

    Hi guys, I've now had a chance to play about ten 2009 R9's. Three were of the 50th reissue's in the two original color offerings. These I think were the early ones as they came with the tan cases and the rest were regular 2009 r9's. The three 50th's I played all seemed lighter, with taller...
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    I got to play three 50th's R9's yesterday!

    Hi guys, I had a chance to play three different 50th R9's yesterday. I thought they were very consistent in playability. I love the new frets (they are actually rounded) . The neck shape reminds me of my favorite real '59. (a friends). And the weight on all three seemed to be pretty close...
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    I played my first '59 burst!

    Hi guys, I never thought I'd get to post this but, I got to play my first burst yesterday. It belongs to a friend of a friend. I got a call saying "hey wana go play a bunch of vintage guitars? I got a buddy that has a collection" I'm not going to miss an opportunity like this. We went to...
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    Anybody compare VC V.1 and V.2 pickup rings?

    Hello, I haven't posted much here but I've been inspired to do some upgrading and will likely be contributing more in the future and politely cursing this site under my breath for all the money I'm spending. I have a question for the experts. A friend of mine got me a set of Vintage Clone...
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    What's Closest to an 'R9...newbie question

    Hello, I've recently been bit by the Les Paul bug, really badly too. I went to a local GC and played about 20 LP's. The historics were easily better than the rest by a wide margine (for me at least). They were also almost twice as much, even used they are pretty pricey. So, Is there anything in...
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