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Post by reverendrob on Nov 3, 2021 7:53:54 GMT -5
3 of 4 of my Gibsons are Plek'd - they were and have required nothing other than initial tweak for shipping (the 339 was VERY off on the high E, but I haven't had to adjust it since that first morning).
The magical LPs I've changed nothing but plastic (truss rod covers, custom) - I haven't wanted to mess with a damn thing less I kill the mojo.
I even use the stock strings that were shipped with them (at the time the weird Cleartone things in 9.5) for that reason. I haven't adjusted the pickup heights, etc. One has the pickguard removed (they're the quick-detach that was on the High Performance models a few years back, which I'm partial to).
The wine red monster does jazzbox much better, but the Arctic White now turning banana yellow does New York Dolls/Mick Ronson/Sex Pistols all day long and if I had that sound in a box when I started playing I might have stayed a rocker!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Nov 3, 2021 10:50:42 GMT -5
iExellente!
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Post by rickyguitar on Nov 3, 2021 10:52:11 GMT -5
Hey, congratulations. I had a Trad with the 50's neck profile and classic 57's for a couple years. Never really bonded with it. When I listen to recordings with it I must say it sounds very good.
Anyway, have fun.
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Post by LVF on Nov 3, 2021 13:19:36 GMT -5
Looky here  (?)  I've never seen this kind of set up in the control cavity. The use of a circuit type board where the pots were mounted maybe, all the wires soldered to the pots before install? The 'board' being lettered for reference from a set of instructions? I've never seen this before and I didn't just fall out of the sky. I know this because I checked my alien passport. How long have they been doing this? Oh, I'm doing a more thorough inspection of my new guitar and have found no flaws. I'm not going to dig into the pick up area as I don't want to mess with the set up. Maybe some time down the road when I do a string change. Speaking of set up, I need to break out my measuring devices and see where it's set at. I'll jot down the info for future reference when I will be digging in a bit further and end up messing with the set up somehow.  |
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Post by Leftee on Nov 3, 2021 15:39:56 GMT -5
That’s just a metal plate to pre-wire the electronics. It’s a smart way to do things.
I have some Gibsons that have actual circuit boards as well. That’s a groovy thing too.
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Post by reverendrob on Nov 3, 2021 22:05:09 GMT -5
Yea, my HP models have circuit boards with DIP switches for what type of coil split/tap, phase etc are desired. There's a "transient suppression" circuit from Craig Anderton as well for DI recording that can be flopped on as well.
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Post by sirWheat on Nov 4, 2021 7:23:13 GMT -5
My '84 Les Paul has that set-up as well. Not sure when they started doing that.
Congrats on the new LP, looks sweet.
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Post by LVF on Nov 4, 2021 11:39:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the story on the 'circuit board mystery'. This type of architecture has been around for a long time which shows just how long I've owned a genuine Gibson Les Paul (not counting my DC) and being familiar with it's intricate details. Shazam!  |
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Post by LVF on Jan 15, 2022 14:12:26 GMT -5
I think I should mention, after all this time, that when I got back into electric guitars way back in June of '02, I wanted to buy a Genuine Gibson Les Paul. I was fresh from coming back from Kuwait and wanted to do some investing, somewhat, with all the money I had saved up and my first thought was getting back into owning and playing electric guitar. Something I hadn't done since 1980 when I sold my first one to a friend to help pay for my move to my current, general, location. At that point, the only guitar I had was a Yamaha 12 string acoustic I bought for 55 bucks in Kadena, Okinawa in '71. It's the only guitar I had and played until about '91 when I picked up a Fender F330 12 string acoustic. I never did get a classic LP when I was looking to buy back in '02 because the shop I was at didn't have any but, they had a Les Paul double cut so, I bought that along with a Blues Jr. which I still have. I gifted the DC to my oldest and bestest friend for Christmas in '18. I was so far out of the loop as far as available venues to buy guitars that I had never heard of Guitar Center in '02. So, 20 years and 25 electric guitars later, I finally have a genuine Gibson Les Paul and it's a keeper. |
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Post by budg on Jan 18, 2022 13:20:38 GMT -5
I have had such a hard time finding a great LP . I finally found a Goldtop at a great price and pulled the trigger. This is a great guitar. Love the neck on mine. Not too heavy, not too light and I love the BB 1&2 pickups. Just a great guitar. imgur.com/gallery/wLev2hM |
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Post by LVF on May 21, 2022 12:52:48 GMT -5
Heh! I hadn't remembered that I reported my satisfaction with this LP already once. Having given myself more time to experience this guitar I thought I would check in again and confirm that this is a keeper. This is one of the best sounding guitars I've ever had the pleasure of playing. I hesitate to say thee best but, it has to be close. If the stories about Gibson quality are true, I guess I got one of the good ones. The question(s) about the pickups that I had before have been answered with the ones in this guitar. I will not be changing a thing about this guitar. It doesn't change my opinion playing it through any of the other amps I have either. Another thing is Sweetwater went the extra mile on the set up of it also doing the plek. Well worth the money spent on this guitar.
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Post by reverendrob on May 22, 2022 6:07:05 GMT -5
Yea, the Plek is a huge thing - my non-Plek'd Gibson keepers are good, but ...they're not on that extra 1% that the LPs have.
A *GOOD* Gibson is a thing to not get rid of - they're irreplaceable.
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Post by rdr on Jun 7, 2022 20:08:09 GMT -5
I'm glad that Gibson quality is improving. In the last 5 years, 2 of 3 Les Paul's have been unsat. Luckily my newest (2021) is fine.
The two bad ones were: one LP with the strings way off to one side. Obviously excessive! Should have been caught. The second had the fingerboard narrower than the neck, with a step on each side. An attempt to speed assembly I suppose. Someone measured wrong.
My newest! An LP studio with a gorgeous bourbon burst, is perfect and pleked. Sounds great!
Two older Gibsons are fine: a 1995 335 and a LP special double cut faded.
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