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    Are *all* 68 Customs Non-Weight-Relieved?

    Current production LPC (not 68 reissue) has 9-hole weight-relief: https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Electric-Guitar/CUSZJG839/Ebony
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    Are *all* 68 Customs Non-Weight-Relieved?

    Nice - the Craig Ross model! I guess a 57 LPC would be the equivalent of your 54 with humbuckers..?
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    Are *all* 68 Customs Non-Weight-Relieved?

    All current/recent LPCs are Custom Shop production (as opposed to USA) but, confusingly, the regular LPC is pretty much the only Custom Shop model that is weight-relieved (R6, R7, R8, R9 etc. all solid backs - no bore holes or chambers). The 68 LPC reissue is an exception - unless someone...
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    Are *all* 68 Customs Non-Weight-Relieved?

    Thanks for weighing in (no pun intended) Triplet. I got the answer - regular production 68 LPC reissues are not weight relieved (this is the only LPC model made this way, which is part of the appeal). However, weight relief or chambering is an option with the M2M program, so a 68 LPC M2M...
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    Are *all* 68 Customs Non-Weight-Relieved?

    Apologies if this has been covered before... As the title says, I am interested to know if all '68 LPC reissues (including M2M) are solid body - no weight relief or chambering. Anyone have any intel to share?
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    LP Custom - Which are Chambered, Which are Not?

    I'm pretty sure this has been discussed here before - but my clutsy searching skills didn't show anything up. Can anyone clear up which years/models of LP Custom were/are chambered? My understanding was that in recent years, the regular "CS" serial # LPC's were/are chambered and only the...
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    Pigtail Wraparound Bridge

    I'm sure this product has been described here... but couldn't find the info I'm looking for with a search so: Anyone have experience with the pigtail wraparound bridge? I'm doing a repair/setup on a friend's Junior which has a Badass clone (probably the one that Stewmac sells) on it currently...
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    What are the best pickups to wake up my R7...?

    I'm just about ready to replace the stock pickups in my 2010 R7. Its not that I hate the Gibson ones (they're Burstbuckers I think) but to me they're just OK. I want something that will wake up the plugged-in sound of the guitar, which sounds bright and zingy acoustically but a little lifeless...
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    R7 Bridge Pickup Ring

    I've been working to improve the action and playing feel of my 2009 R7 and keep hitting a roadblock... The bridge pickup ring is so tall that the high strings are almost touching it. With the high E string fretted towards the top of the neck, the gap is too narrow to slide a piece of paper...
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    RS Upgrade Kits - How Much of a Difference?

    Hello All: Now that I'm a fully-fledged Historic owner/operator I'm keen to wring the max out of my R7. Although I'm pretty-stoked about the guitar as-is, I suspect there are things I can do to improve my amplified tone... Specifically, I'd like to hear more of the zing and bloom that the...
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    Lightweight R7 - First Impressions

    I posted a week or so ago about an incoming 09 R7, with a conspiracy theory (totally unfounded of course) about the unusually lightweight of the instrument - which tips the scales at 8lbs 2oz. The thread evolved into a much more interesting debate about weight versus tone, with some great...
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    09 Historic Weights Too Good to be True?

    I've just ordered an 09 R7, from a very reputable dealer which reportedly weighs 8lbs 2oz. It will arrive next week and needless to say I'm pretty excited. In my mind, light is good and in my shopping over the past month or so, this is by far the lighest weight LP I've come across. So light...
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    Anyone Bought an LP from Chris Ruth?

    Does anyone here have experience - good, indifferent or (perhaps most importantly) bad with Chris Ruth?? He's a collector and dealer based in Japan and, while I have no reason to mistrust the guy, I am wary of doing business with someone out of the country... So, any info you have would be very...
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