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Well, was in my local Gibson shop, the place where I still take lessons (trying to rid myself of my embarrassing lack of talent) when I thought I would try the latest crop of LP's that had just come in. The owner parked me in front of an amp and was handing a different LP for me to try every 10 mins or so. The classics were nice, but nothing special, I can't stand supremes, can't afford reissue 57's so that knocked those out, but man, the standard that I tried blew my doors off! It is a rootbeer color with the alnico magnet pups. The neck just felt so perfect. After playing it a few mins the owner took it and tweaked the setup a little after I asked him to lower the action a bit more. When he brought it back, I was even more blown away, the neck was unreal. Great intonation, I checked it with both a tuner and a couple of open chords, none of those annoying sharp notes that you get playing open chords with some gibsons. The guitar is about medium weight for the LP's I have tried, not too heavy, not chambered body light. I was playing through a Fender Twin Reverb amp, and was really digging the clean tone. I was playing basic blues riffs and some jazz chords and such. I switched to a Traynor 80 watt amp and blasted some clapton/cream stuff as well as some Kossoff riffs I have been working on, wow, those pups are sweet sounding! I am sold, this axe will be mine. I only had 500 clams in my checking account, so I laid that bitch away, I think I have finally found the LP that I have been looking for forever. The owner was a bit upset that I wanted him to install the pickguard, but I can't stand not having one on there. I have been back three times this week just to jam with it. ****, I want to bring it home now! Looks like pork and beans and mac n cheese for dinner this month! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]
Chuck
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