Strings Jr.
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That's a ****in' incredible looking dot.
LOLThanks! While not a "classic" finish per-se, she's a pretty sharp looking axe.
Just for the hell of it I popped out the pickups to see if any RFL initials were present. No luck, but found this instead. Looks like "JHaron Schott" , or maybe "Aaron Schott" and a "6#".
That's a ****in' incredible looking dot.
LOL
That would be "Sharon Schott".
She married my good friend Bobby who worked in Whitewood. Reminds me of several couples who met at Gibson and lived happily ever after.
Thanks for sharing :salude
Looks like a standard lemon burst to me. BTW, love the V.
(2) I know you haven't worked there in a while, but do you know how a guitar that was marked "Heritage Cherry Burst" would come from factory and get through with this color? It would seem to me someone would have noticed it was never "cherried" or "bursted". I'm not slamming, I love the guitar! I just wonder if maybe there was some way it would have been missed.
I've included it's "Baby picture" to show I didn't have it altered in any way. *edited to add* I spoke with our Gibson rep and he had not seen that color. At first he thought it might be an 'unburst', but they have a slight amount of burst to them. This is a single color.
Looks like a standard lemon burst to me. BTW, love the V.
Randy, Do you recall any info on the Gibson 20/20 Bass? Ned Steinberger designed it shortly after Gibson acquired his company. They were produced in low numbers in 1987. We think somewhere between 50 to 100 basses were sold. Being somewhat Fugly, they didn’t really sell well, but it was an interesting piece of Gibson’s history of making basses.
Hello Jim and welcome to the forum!Hi, Strings Jr. New to the forum and the thread. I have 2 questions. (1) Were you possibly involved in the build of my Gibson Flying V2, serial # 80721023?
(2) I know you haven't worked there in a while, but do you know how a guitar that was marked "Heritage Cherry Burst" would come from factory and get through with this color? It would seem to me someone would have noticed it was never "cherried" or "bursted". I'm not slamming, I love the guitar! I just wonder if maybe there was some way it would have been missed.
I've included it's "Baby picture" to show I didn't have it altered in any way. *edited to add* I spoke with our Gibson rep and he had not seen that color. At first he thought it might be an 'unburst', but they have a slight amount of burst to them. This is a single color.
Yes I do remember the 20/20. Barely. They were so un-impressive I believe 100 being sold may be too high.Randy, Do you recall any info on the Gibson 20/20 Bass? Ned Steinberger designed it shortly after Gibson acquired his company. They were produced in low numbers in 1987. We think somewhere between 50 to 100 basses were sold. Being somewhat Fugly, they didn’t really sell well, but it was an interesting piece of Gibson’s history of making basses.
Thanks!Such a cool thread.
I have an 82 335 Serial 83092544
What are the chances ?:hank
Thanks, wmachine. I had a V like that when I was 19. Sold it to fund another guitar a year later and regretted it ever since. It's an '81 and I bought one new when I was in the Navy. I've spent the better part of the last 20 years wanting to get a replacement, but they are nigh impossible to find without replacement pickups, etc. All the things that others rant about about are the things that endear it to me.
As far as my question regarding the LP Standard, that really wasn't the gist of what I was trying to find out. My guitar is a (relatively) new 50's Standard, which is only available in Gold Top, Heritage Cherry Burst, and Tobacco Burst. It's obviously neither of these. This is likely the result of it never getting completed in the finish shop or it could have been finished in a color not yet expected to be released. I did a little video, which I'll link here.
Not long after I brought it home, Gibson announced the Slash models and in them, the Appetite Burst, and mine looks almost identical to this one @ Sweetwater and this one @ Parkway Music (my old mom and pop when I lived in NY). I was only wondering from someone who did work in the shop if it's possible that either it appeared it never went to complete its journey through finishing or if it would be possible that I got one where they tested the new Appetite look and someone took that guitar and just complete the build as a 50's Standard.
Either way, it's an anomaly, a unicorn, a one-off, whatever, and it's mine.
Hello Jim and welcome to the forum!
Your V-2 was made in Kalamazoo, so I would not have been involved with it.
That being said, I do have one record for a V-2 with an 82 Kalamazoo serial number. Why it was sent to Nashville to be completed I can't say.
That's a very nice LP you have. There has to be a logical explanation as to what happened with the color. Whatever the reason, I do not believe that it was simply a skipped process in finishing. When I was there, the color designation marked in the pickup cavity was subject to change right up until the minute it was sprayed. Schedules could change daily, and often did. These days, things are a lot more automated, using bar codes, etc. So it's anybody's guess as to what happened. Was the guitar originally put in the "system" as a sunburst, then the color got changed for whatever reason, and the label printed out with info stored in the system for that serial number? Who knows? Either way, it's a great guitar with a unique story. Enjoy :salude
Hello Jim and welcome to the forum!
Your V-2 was made in Kalamazoo, so I would not have been involved with it.
That being said, I do have one record for a V-2 with an 82 Kalamazoo serial number. Why it was sent to Nashville to be completed I can't say.
That's a very nice LP you have. There has to be a logical explanation as to what happened with the color. Whatever the reason, I do not believe that it was simply a skipped process in finishing. When I was there, the color designation marked in the pickup cavity was subject to change right up until the minute it was sprayed. Schedules could change daily, and often did. These days, things are a lot more automated, using bar codes, etc. So it's anybody's guess as to what happened. Was the guitar originally put in the "system" as a sunburst, then the color got changed for whatever reason, and the label printed out with info stored in the system for that serial number? Who knows? Either way, it's a great guitar with a unique story. Enjoy :salude
Very beautiful Les Paul . My 2 cents is that the packing carton was simply mislabeled . No conspiracy theory or need to worry . Stranger and far worse things have happened to peoples guitars than that . Sometimes we look for logical explanations and there are none .