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Post by budg on Jan 14, 2020 19:35:42 GMT -5
So evidently my Lester has a maple neck. I didn’t know they were a thing , but evidently they were fairly common in the 70s. This one feels as nice as my Fender Custom shop. It’s satin finished and should gloss up nicely just by playing it. Very comfortable and smooth.
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Post by Leftee on Jan 14, 2020 19:41:42 GMT -5
The recent LPJ series from a few years ago have maple necks. Tributes should have a hog neck.
I’m not 100% sure. But that’s the way I remember it.
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Post by budg on Jan 14, 2020 19:46:04 GMT -5
The recent LPJ series from a few years ago have maple necks. Tributes should have a hog neck. I’m not 100% sure. But that’s the way I remember it. Yeah , apparently this version of the tribute has the typical Les Paul inlays instead of dots and a maple neck instead of hog. It’s a very nice feeling neck even though I know it’s supposed to be wrong. I blush every time I play it. 😳 |
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Post by Sérgio on Jan 14, 2020 20:29:01 GMT -5
Gibson made maple necks a once or twice. Back in the Norlin years they issued Deluxe Lesters with them, and in 2015 IIRC they had Studios out with maple necks too, for instance.
Now, pictures would help. What have you got?
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Post by Leftee on Jan 14, 2020 20:43:32 GMT -5
Hey, great tone/guitars are where you find them!
And you probably won’t ever have the headstock break.
What year is the guitar?
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Post by budg on Jan 14, 2020 21:04:11 GMT -5
It’s a 2019 . Very impressed so far. Only thing missing is bling really.
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Post by McCreed on Jan 14, 2020 21:17:07 GMT -5
Yeah, and pics...  |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 15, 2020 7:34:54 GMT -5
I can’t keep up with Gibson and what they use on guitars each year. 🤔😊
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Post by budg on Jan 15, 2020 8:18:55 GMT -5
Yeah, and pics... You missed that one. Visit my NGD for a pic. I really like the honey burst. Plus the soft case Gibson supplies you with is really nice. I’ll try to get a pic tonight of the neck. Nicely done imo. |
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Post by LTB on Jan 15, 2020 19:57:03 GMT -5
I can’t keep up with Gibson and what they use on guitars each year. 🤔😊 Fee years ago when Government raided them they took all the rosewood and some others. During that time I believe they used Pao wood for fretboards |
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Post by Leftee on Jan 15, 2020 19:59:23 GMT -5
There were a few different fretboard offerings.
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Post by Seldom Seen on Jan 15, 2020 23:03:06 GMT -5
The first LP I owned, a ‘72, had a maple neck. The guitar was too heavy so I sold it. Twenty years ago, the ‘70s LPs with maple necks were viewed as inferior. Despite the weight my ‘72 played and sounded great.
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 16, 2020 7:18:22 GMT -5
My '84 studio (AKA "studio standard") has a maple neck. Weighs about 8 lbs. and is by far the most stable guitar I've ever owned. I may have adjusted the truss rod as many as three times since I bought it in '89 for the kingly sum of $325. Nashville Gibsons were about as well-respected as any Japanese product at the time.
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Post by HenryJ on Jan 16, 2020 7:58:00 GMT -5
...Just making sure everyone knows the difference between a "maple neck" and a "maple fretboard."...
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Post by Leftee on Jan 16, 2020 8:52:36 GMT -5
...Just making sure everyone knows the difference between a "maple neck" and a "maple fretboard."... But then we have the baked maple fretboard. |
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Post by sirWheat on Jan 16, 2020 15:07:13 GMT -5
Maple fretboard on a LP is hideous to me. Mine is rosewood.
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Post by jonnyblooz on Mar 14, 2020 19:58:51 GMT -5
From my understanding, the Tributes had maple necks at first, but went to mahogany. I've tried to google a breakdown of models and variants, but for some reason, nothing comprehensive I can find. I know it would be a mile long.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Mar 14, 2020 21:14:53 GMT -5
Many of Gibson's higher-end jazz boxes have had maple necks, often laminated, since the 1940s. Here's a Super 400. It was called the Super 400 because that was the list price (not kidding). And check out the inlay on the back of the headstock. Dee-LUX!  |
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Post by SoK66 on Mar 21, 2020 15:08:55 GMT -5
Aside from their years long routine use of maple for the necks on their top 'o de line arcthops, Gib-O tried laminated maple necks on Les Pauls and 335-style guitars for a while in the '70s. They were great, but heavy, which some guys didn't care for. They certainly were the antidote for broken headstocks.
Interesting that in the late 80s when Fender tapped Robben Ford to be an endorser of their Esprit model, along with a spruce top one of the changes he made was to spec a three piece laminated neck. I had both of my Robbens refretted last year and my ace tech (Bruce Alsop, The Lutherie Durango, CO) remarked they were two of the most stable necks he'd worked on in years. Robben at one time played Gibson archtops which is probably where he experinced them.
Of course, Leo knew what wood was best for necks from the get go!
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Post by jazzguy on Mar 21, 2020 16:53:29 GMT -5
Many of Gibson's higher-end jazz boxes have had maple necks, often laminated, since the 1940s. Here's a Super 400. It was called the Super 400 because that was the list price (not kidding). And check out the inlay on the back of the headstock. Dee-LUX! ac actually Gibson has been laminating them since at least the 20's, they went to 5 piece in the early 60's |
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