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No need to leave a huge paragraph...but I love this guitar, sounds and feels like an old les paul standard, and i've played a 59 les paul before. This one is .....I have no idea how they did it...but they made this guitar really special. Took some pictures today as well as some gear i got to...
What could be happening with my truss rod if I make my adjustment and a day later the neck curve was back to where it was ...now, I repeated this about 6 times and the threads are sticking out from the nut as if the rod was being pulled straight up through the neck.
I am on the verge of buying one, I am not an Ace fanboy ,I do think he is cool ,but this Guitar after playing it has me bewitched body and soul. I am really at odds with myself . I have played pro for some years and now Play in a 70's Tribute band( not a Kiss one)Part of me says ARE YOU...
I have been told by 2 prominent Luthiers that Gibson is no longer using nitrocellulose or at the least changed the formula .Has anyone any knowledge of this?
I just instaled one in one of my Guitars,'61sg LP RI I rather like it ,at 7.7k I thought it was gonna sound weak and thin , however much to my surprise it's full ,really musical and dementional .
anyone else like these?
On the clean ch. which sounds fine ,I pull out the "rhythm crunch" on the input Vol knob, and there is a drastic volume drop,other than that the amp seems "normal" is there something wrong?
I was in the studio last night ,my regular amp had a bad preamp tube,so what the heck,we plug in a Peavey Classic 50 to a rivera 2x12 (v-30's),and turned it up , well I'll be go to hell, there it was,clean funky comping to ,single note Rock Riffs,to classic rock anthem chords,my guitar fit great...
I Just finished a session ,I had alot of Guitars to play with , a gorgeous '63 335 all stock.
I had my 61 RI SG with THroBak Ltd Plus set. The 335 was really great sounding and playing ,but guess what , I thought the ThroBaks sounded better,I know apples and oranges,335/Sg
but the ThroBaks had a...
Oh my goodness ,blues for stevie was right.everything he said that is my review ...these are speacial ...I have a big gig Friday..this is gonna be good ...no time for clips ..WOW ..this is the SOUND ,and FEEL
Thanks to Jon for making these things happen did I say WOW ?
I hope he doesn't run...
Installed the Blue Sky Set in my Explorer
My 1st ipression was ..whoa these sound really really good.
then it went to "woody", "Airy" "focused" and all the "PAF superlatives"
What caught me off gaurd was the "Feel" ..they are very alive and responsive I could't stop playing it was like...
I have not been to keen on the Marshall reissues,but I played through a new 50 watt 1987x RI WOW this is the kinda tone I remember from the glory days of Marshall ,this thing is a Brute.
I was shocked at how GREAT ,aggressive ,rich..... and punishingly LOUD this thing is.I have played the SLP...