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Post by budg on Jul 1, 2020 14:25:32 GMT -5
So IT came today. I purchased it from Sweetwater and they have been rock solid. All I can say is WOW! What a gorgeous guitar. The pictures don’t do it justice. It’s as light as a feather and I love the neck. Beautiful piece of mahogany and really dark fretboard too. I’ll report back with a mini review . Probably going to throw some new strings on it , oil the fretboard and do a setup this weekend.
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Post by Leftee on Jul 1, 2020 14:28:42 GMT -5
😎
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Post by Blacksunshine on Jul 1, 2020 14:57:13 GMT -5
So IT came today. I purchased it from Sweetwater and they have been rock solid. All I can say is WOW! What a gorgeous guitar. The pictures don’t do it justice. It’s as light as a feather and I love the neck. Beautiful piece of mahogany and really dark fretboard too. I’ll report back with a mini review . Probably going to throw some new strings on it , oil the fretboard and do a setup this weekend. Yeah that's all great and all, but tell us about the bag of candy!! |
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Post by Leftee on Jul 1, 2020 15:24:54 GMT -5
So IT came today. I purchased it from Sweetwater and they have been rock solid. All I can say is WOW! What a gorgeous guitar. The pictures don’t do it justice. It’s as light as a feather and I love the neck. Beautiful piece of mahogany and really dark fretboard too. I’ll report back with a mini review . Probably going to throw some new strings on it , oil the fretboard and do a setup this weekend. Yeah that's all great and all, but tell us about the bag of candy!! I hate Bit-o-Honey. I need to tell them. They can put that in my customer profile. |
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Post by budg on Jul 1, 2020 15:31:50 GMT -5
So IT came today. I purchased it from Sweetwater and they have been rock solid. All I can say is WOW! What a gorgeous guitar. The pictures don’t do it justice. It’s as light as a feather and I love the neck. Beautiful piece of mahogany and really dark fretboard too. I’ll report back with a mini review . Probably going to throw some new strings on it , oil the fretboard and do a setup this weekend. Yeah that's all great and all, but tell us about the bag of candy!! Yes , we’ll most importantly the candy is a nice assortment of tootsie roll , bit o honey, fireball taffy and a peppermint. Less importantly, it appears Gibson stepped up the game a bit with their case candy . It comes with a fold away utility set with various Allen’s, a truss rod wrench and some Phillips and slotted screwdrivers. I don’t really care for the fold away stuff as it’s clunky, but it’s better than what they have given in the past. |
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Post by Blacksunshine on Jul 1, 2020 15:40:21 GMT -5
I wish they'd just put a big bag of Atomic Fireballs in there for me.
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Post by budg on Jul 1, 2020 16:17:53 GMT -5
I like the fireballs and peppermints , I also really like smarties of all things. I could do without bit o honey or the taffy.
The 61 burst buckets are nice pickups . I’m a big fan of the 57s though. They work well with everything I’ve had.
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Post by Leftee on Jul 1, 2020 16:41:32 GMT -5
I like it all, but could do without the peppermint. I give the boh to my wife.
I like the taffy. It’s my dentist’s favorite candy that I eat.
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Post by sirWheat on Jul 1, 2020 16:53:27 GMT -5
Love Bit O Honey but the last piece I had pulled a crown out.
And congrats on the new SG budg!
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Post by Blacksunshine on Jul 1, 2020 20:41:01 GMT -5
I like the taffy. It’s my dentist’s favorite candy that I eat. LOL! |
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Post by LTB on Jul 1, 2020 23:52:05 GMT -5
61s it says. The regular standard have 490 t and r . Imagine they sound better than 490's. I changed mine to Fralin Pure Vintage pickups. Much better. |
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Post by budg on Jul 2, 2020 4:19:05 GMT -5
61s it says. The regular standard have 490 t and r . Imagine they sound better than 490's. I changed mine to Fralin Pure Vintage pickups. Much better. Yeah , the 490s are pretty mellow sounding . To be fair though , most of the 490s seem to be coming with 300k pots. When I get some time the 300k pots along with the pcb control board in my lester will be gone. The 61 Sandard SG comes with 500k along with orange drop caps. To me the bridge pickup of any Gibson should be all about grit and bite. This has it in spades. |
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Post by Leftee on Jul 2, 2020 7:52:54 GMT -5
The 490s toughen up with 500k volume pots. My Faded SG rawks hard after the swap. I actually just swapped the volume pots on the board. It was a bit fiddley, but it came out just fine. Oddly enough, the tone pots were 500k.
That same board on a P90-equipped Gibson sounds fantastic.
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Post by budg on Jul 2, 2020 9:01:51 GMT -5
The 490s toughen up with 500k volume pots. My Faded SG rawks hard after the swap. I actually just swapped the volume pots on the board. It was a bit fiddley, but it came out just fine. Oddly enough, the tone pots were 500k. That same board on a P90-equipped Gibson sounds fantastic. That’s what I was hoping. Alot of guys swap the pickups without checking the pots first. I have always liked the 490r pickups in Gibson’s. |
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Post by Lefty Rev on Jul 2, 2020 22:59:51 GMT -5
Outside of Frank Z, one of my favorite SG players is Gary Louris of the Jayhawks. Very melodic, great lyrics, with plenty of energy and punch:
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