The Guitar Pron Thread

[noharleyyet 2835]

These guys do a fair job . . .

 

[Deej 76510]

So, after a few months with the Epiphone 59 Les Paul, I have to say I'm impressed.  Is it as sexy as the Gibson? No. But I keep hearing something through every amp that wasn't quite there with my Gibson. Sustain. 

[DougO 5239]

On 3/15/2023 at 2:08 PM, Buzzrock said:

Cadillac Three is terrible. They were better when they were American Bang but even then they were trying way too hard.

American Bang was a great one-off album, one of my favorite of the millennium. No question they sold out for the low common denominator country-fried cheeseball "I'm from the south" related song with TC3, and did well with it. But they are a damn good live band. Really a shame the industry couldn't support the original version on to some more great albums.

Edited March 17, 2023 by DougO

[Deej 76510]

I like that Epiphone 59 Les Paul so much that I just bought another one in Aged Southern Fade.

 

[Bogeywon 2518]

Need a vintage expert, I’ve wanted one of these for a while and am pissed I didn’t know they were dropping a Noel Gallagher model but anyway. What’s the worth on this? I want to start a vintage collection. What is the thoughts on conditions ect. Let me know

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1966-ES-355TDSV-Hollow-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

[G650 13990]

31 minutes ago, Bogeywon said:

Need a vintage expert, I’ve wanted one of these for a while and am pissed I didn’t know they were dropping a Noel Gallagher model but anyway. What’s the worth on this? I want to start a vintage collection. What is the thoughts on conditions ect. Let me know

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1966-ES-355TDSV-Hollow-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

That's probably in the ballpark for a late 60s ES, but this one has a neck reset which would worry me.

[Goredho 17302]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

Need a vintage expert, I’ve wanted one of these for a while and am pissed I didn’t know they were dropping a Noel Gallagher model but anyway. What’s the worth on this? I want to start a vintage collection. What is the thoughts on conditions ect. Let me know

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Gibson/Vintage-1966-ES-355TDSV-Hollow-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

Make sure you like skinny nut widths.

[Deej 76510]

Have it shipped to your local GC so you can reject it if you nèed to do so. 

Edited March 18, 2023 by Deej

[Goredho 17302]

4 minutes ago, Deej said:

Have it shipped to your local GC so you can reject it if you nèed to do so. 

This is good advice, GC has a great return policy for used/vintage.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

Wasn't sure which thread this goes in...  sorry if already posted.

 

[Deej 76510]

[Deej 76510]

Some natural lighting

 

[G650 13990]

That's a good looker deej

[Deej 76510]

29 minutes ago, G650 said:

That's a good looker deej

Thanks. Sounds good, too.

[Deej 76510]

That's the most rosewood-looking Indian laurel fretboard I've come across, too.

[Celery Man 20874]

i've been preparing my wife for the idea that a new guitar is on the way. today she said that she doesn't care about the cost, it's the space. so my thinking is evolving from les paul special towards gold top.

[tbone_ 14020]

Why does she get an opinion on how cluttered your guitar room is?

[noharleyyet 2835]

Time to utilize 'under the bed in cases'.

[nbmishoid 930]

On 3/18/2023 at 9:16 AM, Paul Wesley said:

Wasn't sure which thread this goes in...  sorry if already posted.

 

I almost think I could learn that, 5000 more hours or so.   Seriously, maybe fewer.   None of those positions looked extreme.  

[G650 13990]

2 hours ago, Celery Man said:

i've been preparing my wife for the idea that a new guitar is on the way. today she said that she doesn't care about the cost, it's the space. so my thinking is evolving from les paul special towards gold top.

https://guitars.com/inventory/eb7196-1960-gibson-les-paul-standard

[Bogeywon 2518]

2 hours ago, Celery Man said:

i've been preparing my wife for the idea that a new guitar is on the way. today she said that she doesn't care about the cost, it's the space. so my thinking is evolving from les paul special towards gold top.

She’s got a really good point. DM me and I’ll give you my shipping address for all your guitars but the new one. Problem solved 

[Deej 76510]

Better shot of the flame.

 

[Superhero 8738]

On 3/19/2023 at 9:37 AM, Deej said:

Some natural lighting

 

 

Exactly how many guitars do own? 

Maybe hold off on buying a few new guitar and a invest in a sprinkler system?

😂

[Deej 76510]

6 hours ago, Superhero said:

Exactly how many guitars do own? 

Maybe hold off on buying a few new guitar and a invest in a sprinkler system?

😂

Not enough. (I did thin the herd a bit...I think I have 14)

Too many dogs here on a regular basis to keep chasing that grass. Put.enough time and effort into it too many times just to watch it get destroyed eventually.

Edited March 21, 2023 by Deej

[Celery Man 20874]

Grass is overrated 

[Deej 76510]

25 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Grass is overrated 

The front yard is lush and green, at least. 

[noharleyyet 2835]

[locodos 5329]

7 hours ago, Superhero said:

Exactly how many guitars do own? 

Maybe hold off on buying a few new guitar and a invest in a sprinkler system?

😂

As has already been discussed on this very thread, less grass makes your deck look bigger.

[Deej 76510]

1 hour ago, locodos said:

As has already been discussed on this very thread, less grass makes your deck look bigger.

[Paul Wesley 3277]

I mentioned this a month or two ago -- I've been wanting to experiment with a rubber bridge guitar, but the ones I've seen for sale on Reverb are really overpriced.  So I decided to get a guitar that fills a lane for me anyway, and then just by a rubber bridge that fits it.  That way if it doesn't work out or if I get bored with it, I can always go back to a conventional bridge and have an instrument that I'll use and play.

So... new guitar day on Friday.

[dcbc 14388]

On 3/16/2023 at 7:33 PM, Deej said:

So, after a few months with the Epiphone 59 Les Paul, I have to say I'm impressed.  Is it as sexy as the Gibson? No. But I keep hearing something through every amp that wasn't quite there with my Gibson. Sustain. 

 

Probably been asked, but do you know what pickups it has in it?

[Anton Chigurh 3318]

Burstbuckers, IIRC.

[dcbc 14388]

6 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Burstbuckers, IIRC.

Was just googling.  Looks like a combo of BB2 and BB3, presumably with the hotter BB3 in the bridge position.

[Deej 76510]

4 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Was just googling.  Looks like a combo of BB2 and BB3, presumably with the hotter BB3 in the bridge position.

This is correct. They sound great. 

Edited March 22, 2023 by Deej

[Deej 76510]

I must also say that both of those 59's play great. They feel great in my hands and play like butter. I had to tweak the truss rod a bit on the new one, but it's great now. They aren't as pretty as the Gibson 60's Standard I had, but they play and sound better. The fatter 59 neck as opposed to the slim taper on the 60's and I like these pickups much better. These also have a long neck tenon. 

[Superhero 8738]

5 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

Burstbuckers, IIRC.

 

4 hours ago, Deej said:

This is correct. They sound great. 

I have burstbuckers on my Classic. Ive had to adjust the pickup heights because of significant difference in volumes. The neck pickup is probably way too high and sounds muddy. The bridge pickup is much clearer, but I would prefer a more scooped sound.

Anyone have experience with a Seymour Duncan Custom 5 in the bridge? I listened to a few clips and prefer it over the JB. 

[Deej 76510]

The neck pups are set substantially lower than the bridge. I like them much more than the Burstbucker 61's that in in the 60's Gibby. 

[Buzzrock 14867]

After listening to this about 100 times I put the Alternative 8 and a JB in a baritone. It was fun for awhile but I ended up selling it. It had that modern scooped metal sound.

Here’s the updated video that includes the Custom 5

[Chad Fuck 17503]

This seems like it fits here.

[Celery Man 20874]

On 3/20/2023 at 3:45 PM, tbone_ said:

Why does she get an opinion on how cluttered your guitar room is?

honestly she shouldn't but she grew up in shitty dirty cluttered houses/apartments and then moved into my house where it was definitely my place she was living in and the main casual living area had one side entirely devoted to guitars and amps and shit

and then we moved and got a bigger fancier place and redid the kitchen and the bathroom to suit her vision and for the first time in her life she has a nice clean pretty home that is hers. And she should honestly just let me buy one of those double decker guitar case racks and stick it in my office, but you can see into my office from the hallway or sometimes outside, and to be fair I do have 15 guitar cases taking up maybe a quarter of the big long storage closet in the attic... she's neurotic about it and oversteps when it comes to my space but we're both a bit crazy (we met in rehab after all) and that's how it goes.

 

Anyways, operation "give her a peloton and tell her I'm buying a guitar" went without a hitch. I just called up GC and Sam Ash locally and neither of them have gold tops. It doesn't look like Guru Guitars or Harrys Guitar Shop will either, so I think I'm going to place a call to Ft Wayne Indiana and finally talk to that fucker who's always checking in on how those strings are working out for me.

 

RIP Kevin you were a real one.

Edited March 23, 2023 by Celery Man

[noharleyyet 2835]

Goldies are a happy place...

 

[Celery Man 20874]

1 or 2

 

1)

2)

[jimmyjazz 45513]

Both

[AnotherUTFan 9659]

#2 is half a lb lighter. Still pretty heavy though.

[Celery Man 20874]

i think a lot of the color difference is lighting, I was trying to decide how much that was the case and the picture of the back convinced me it's quite a bit. sweetwater rep agrees. Which makes me think lighter weight #2 is the choice. Pretty heavy, although not expecting a non weight relieved les paul to be particularly light.

[Chad Fuck 17503]

1 minute ago, AnotherUTFan said:

#2 is half a lb lighter. Still pretty heavy though.

it also has a nice yellow tone to the paint that #1 doesn't. 

I vote for #2.

[Celery Man 20874]

#2 is missing the sticker on the pickguard tho. if i wanted to wear it like a flat brimmed baseball hat

Edited March 23, 2023 by Celery Man

[jimmyjazz 45513]

I like the darker tone on the backside (hey-o) of #1.

[Celery Man 20874]

monday.

[Deej 76510]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

#2 is half a lb lighter. Still pretty heavy though.

almost 2/3 of a pound lighter. Around 8.5 pounds is the LP sweet spot.