It's been a while, so I thought I'd buy a new guitar. 2017 Les Paul Tribute in gold goodness.
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Nice!
i want one! Damn that's a nice looking Les Paul
Beautiful guitar!! I love those knobs on a gold top.
You look different in your avatar than in this pic.
Quote from: Leevibe on November 05, 2016, 06:40:26 PM
Beautiful guitar!! I love those knobs on a gold top.
You look different in your avatar than in this pic.
Right, my avatar makes me look older.
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I'm not a big Les Paul fan, but I have to admit that gold finish looks mighty sexy.
Nice gold top FTW
That does look pretty sweet! I really like the
Gold finish.
Quote from: jimilee on November 05, 2016, 05:18:51 PM
It's been a while
What? It feels like you got NGD on a regular basis. I'm really jealous, it's a beauty for sure.
Quote from: m-Kresol on November 06, 2016, 09:19:13 PM
What? It feels like you got NGD on a regular basis.
Haha, yeah. Jimi gets a new guitar every 4-6 weeks on the reg. ;D
I find it odd that Gibson decided to ditch the poker chip on all 2017 models (although I assume the Historics still have them).
I thought it strange too, I was wondering about that, there's a bit of contour to the body at the switch now, so I don't know if it has anything to do with that or. Not.
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I think I'd want to pop one on there and stand back and take a look. It definitely looks cool even without it, But if I were keeping the pickguard on it, I think I'd want the poker chip too.
Quote from: Leevibe on November 07, 2016, 02:04:25 AM
I think I'd want to pop one on there and stand back and take a look. It definitely looks cool even without it, But if I were keeping the pickguard on it, I think I'd want the poker chip too.
It's on the agenda along with speed knobs
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Quote from: jimilee on November 07, 2016, 02:17:02 AM
Quote from: Leevibe on November 07, 2016, 02:04:25 AM
I think I'd want to pop one on there and stand back and take a look. It definitely looks cool even without it, But if I were keeping the pickguard on it, I think I'd want the poker chip too.
It's on the agenda along with speed knobs
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That will look pretty legit. I'm jealous man. Very sweet.
Thank you sir, I'm pretty stoked about it.
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Nothing wrong with a nice Goldtop. Looks great.
Just curious, did you get a chance to compare this to a Standard? What was the difference in feel and sound? I haven't tried one of these yet.
I did not, but I watched a lot of videos online. The Anderton videos are really cool.
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Love the Goldtop! I don't think you can call yourself a bass player anymore though, you've surpassed the legal limit on guitar ownership ;D
Quote from: jprizz on November 07, 2016, 01:46:46 PM
Love the Goldtop! I don't think you can call yourself a bass player anymore though, you've surpassed the legal limit on guitar ownership ;D
True story, this is #19, basses only number 9. I'm enjoying learning how to play guitar better.
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This isn't a new guitar. It's not even a new guitar to me. But I just had my 1969 Yamaha FG-180 totally restored. Neck reset, and a total refret. This is one of the famed "red label" Yammys. It also doesn't hurt that my favorite songwriter, Elliott Smith played them. The guitar is incredibly light (it's a laminated body), and it's got a soft, shallow V neck. A previous luthier put a maple cap on the bridge plate to repair some damage, and it softened the tone up just a touch from a normal 180. It's still got a very dry sound (sort of Martin like, which is expected, since the FG0180 was sort of a copy of a D28), but the shorter scale length combined with the maple cap adds a woody sound to the bass notes, which sounds a bit like one of my friend's Gibson J-45. Yamaha acoustics from the late 60's to about the mid 70's (when they were made in Japan) are great sounding guitars. I've been looking for an FG-75 from the same era, which is 00 size.
I fell in love with this instrument when it had awful frets and awful neck angle. Now I'm totally smitten.
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Very nice guitar! My father-in-law has a red label Yamaha as well that has served him well since the mid 70's. Its taken him up until now to find a Martin that he liked better (he bought a HD-28LSV recently). I've always enjoyed playing his FG-180 when we get together.
Very cool, favorite guitars just feel like home.
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