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Well, just like Toejam I am the owner of a new Les Paul as well...
I'll start with the facts and move onto opinions:
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Manufactured in: Nashville, TN
Top: Carved maple
Back: Mahogany
Binding: Single-ply top
Neck: Mahogany
Profile: 1960 Slim taper
Peghead Pitch: 17 degrees
Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.800 in.
Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.875 in.
Heel Length: 0.625 in.
Neck Joint Location: 16th fret
Fretboard: Rosewood
Scale length: 24-3/4 in.
Total Length: 18.062 in.
Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.
Width at 12th Fret: 2.062 in.
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Frets: 22
Inlays: Yellow Pearloid Trapezoid
Binding: Single-ply
Hardware Plating Finish: Gold
Bridge: ABR-1
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Neck Pickup: 496R ceramic magnet humbucker
Middle Pickup: 496R ceramic magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickup: 500T ceramic magnet humbucker
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
Case
Exterior: Black Reptile Pattern Hardshell
Interior: Dark Grey Plush with Black Shroud
Silkscreen: Silver 'Gibson USA' logo
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I lost a lot of interest in Gibson once they started cranking up the prices in the mid 90's as the quality got more unpredictable. And I swore if was to buy one, it would be used and a great deal. Anyway, I was at Sam Ash a few weeks ago and noticed a classic with gold hardware and 3 pickups. Wow, did it play nice. two weeks later, I still couldn't stop thinking about it so I took a trip back the other night and brought her home.
This Les Paul totally rocks. Build quality and finish are immaculate. Blank truss rod cover & no 1960 on the pickguard. The 1960 slim neck is perfect for shredding, and this guitar is a total shredder. The only thing I might change is the bridge humbucker. It is a 500t. It is the heaviest pickup I have here in any guitar (I'm talking more gain that a duncan distortion). Amazingly, it sounds great and still has tone, but it feeds back at low volumes. I'm thinking I may put a double cream Fred in the bridge.
So anyway, this guitar is killer. I don't have space to keep anything around anymore that isn't totally awesome, and this guitar will be hanging on the wall for a long time. At $1599, it is alot of guitar.
-Rich-
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[ April 04, 2004, 01:57 AM: Message edited by: deviltronix ]
I'll start with the facts and move onto opinions:
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Manufactured in: Nashville, TN
Top: Carved maple
Back: Mahogany
Binding: Single-ply top
Neck: Mahogany
Profile: 1960 Slim taper
Peghead Pitch: 17 degrees
Thickness at 1st Fret: 0.800 in.
Thickness at 12th Fret: 0.875 in.
Heel Length: 0.625 in.
Neck Joint Location: 16th fret
Fretboard: Rosewood
Scale length: 24-3/4 in.
Total Length: 18.062 in.
Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.
Width at 12th Fret: 2.062 in.
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Frets: 22
Inlays: Yellow Pearloid Trapezoid
Binding: Single-ply
Hardware Plating Finish: Gold
Bridge: ABR-1
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Neck Pickup: 496R ceramic magnet humbucker
Middle Pickup: 496R ceramic magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickup: 500T ceramic magnet humbucker
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch
Strings: Brite Wires .010-.046
Case
Exterior: Black Reptile Pattern Hardshell
Interior: Dark Grey Plush with Black Shroud
Silkscreen: Silver 'Gibson USA' logo
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I lost a lot of interest in Gibson once they started cranking up the prices in the mid 90's as the quality got more unpredictable. And I swore if was to buy one, it would be used and a great deal. Anyway, I was at Sam Ash a few weeks ago and noticed a classic with gold hardware and 3 pickups. Wow, did it play nice. two weeks later, I still couldn't stop thinking about it so I took a trip back the other night and brought her home.
This Les Paul totally rocks. Build quality and finish are immaculate. Blank truss rod cover & no 1960 on the pickguard. The 1960 slim neck is perfect for shredding, and this guitar is a total shredder. The only thing I might change is the bridge humbucker. It is a 500t. It is the heaviest pickup I have here in any guitar (I'm talking more gain that a duncan distortion). Amazingly, it sounds great and still has tone, but it feeds back at low volumes. I'm thinking I may put a double cream Fred in the bridge.
So anyway, this guitar is killer. I don't have space to keep anything around anymore that isn't totally awesome, and this guitar will be hanging on the wall for a long time. At $1599, it is alot of guitar.
-Rich-
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</center>[ April 04, 2004, 01:57 AM: Message edited by: deviltronix ]
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