Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: horsehead on June 03, 2011, 04:52:04 PM
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I did a very silly thing this morning & dropped into Dawsons in Leeds as I had time to kill before a meeting...big mistake! I noticed a black Gibson 60's tribute on the wall...I was shocked how good it sounded. The pickups in it aren't too bad at all, the body is as light as anything & it played well, even with 9's on. IT sounded that good I nearly thought f*&k it & bought it, good job I didn't as the missus would have killed me, but BOY! That was one of the best playing gibson's I've ever come across
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the body is as light as anything
Really? :o
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Buy the $%&#ing thing!
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Buy the $%&#ing thing!
+1
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Oh thanks guys....bloody help you lot are ;).
One thingI never realised before playing one today, they have a little wear on them in the mold of the roadworn series
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How much was it?
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£749 bud.
Philly the body is chambered, but it shocked me how light it made it compared to my Tokai
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+1 buy it
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Philly the body is chambered, but it shocked me how light it made it compared to my Tokai
To be a bit harsh on Gibson, I always thought they used chambering because they had poor quality, badly dried, over-heavy stocks of mahogany - so you'd still end up with a heavy guitar.
But I was looking at the Guitar Village website last night and comparing the (chambered) Les Paul Standard 08 models with (solid) Les Paul Traditionals. The Traditionals are all 8.5 pounds or more, whereas some of the Standard 08s were just a little over 7 pounds - I never realised you could get a Gibson LP that light! And (only judging by photos) it looks like they're using better mahogany than they were a few years ago - or at least matching it much better in the multi-piece bodies.
(And oh yes, buy it! :D )
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Not really the most sensible of places to come to help stop the gas. The person you should talk to is your missis.
I have to admit I'm pretty lucky in the finacee department. She doesn't care what I buy as long as I don't put it on credit.
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BUY IT NOW
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HORSEHEAD Gibson Studio 50's tribute Honeyburst on Gumtree Sheffield for £595 if its still there, If I had the dosh I would have snapped it up but Ive just bought a Tokai not long back. Sorry just fuelling the gas, buy it!
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Keith your a git...if I bought a sunburst one I'd have to put in mini-humbuckers
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This is the bab-e
(http://cdn1.shopperhive.co.uk/n/gibson-les-paul-studio-60s-tribute-worn-ebony-electric-guitar.jpg)
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Geddit - go on, you know it makes sense.
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You shouldn't have posted this picture, now I am starting to GAS as well! Just go and get it, it looks gorgeous and as you said, it plays and sounds great. Buy it!!! (yes there is a subliminal message in there :)
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...and then someone went & gave me this link
http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_studio_60s_tribute_wse.htm
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...and then someone went & gave me this link
http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_studio_60s_tribute_wse.htm
That's all well and good but what if the one from Thomann is a stinker? A quality Gibson at a decent price that you've actually played and know to be good is a rare beast indeed. I think what I'm saying is "buy it" in my own, ever so subtle, way.
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Those guitars cheap LPs have gotten some really bad feedback on the Thomann webpage. In case you don't know, there is feedback on the German version from customers and many have commented that they returned theirs because of quality issues.
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I agree, but seeing a price like that might give me a little room for flexibility with them
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Buy it, the one you've played...
Luckily, I managed to restrain myself when I saw one in a window the other week.
As I was walking along the shop front towards the door to give it a try, I spotted what I was actually looking for but didn't think I'd find anywhere (a Faded SG Bass).
So I managed to reduce/resist GAS on a 60s tribute...
... by buying a bass instead... :roll:
(Once a gain, the missus was no help - "Ooo, that sounds nice..." :lol:)
It'll get ya no matter which way you turn.
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I'll concur here and say "Buy it". If I feels right and sounds good in your hands, then that guitar needs you man!
On another note: It's funny how our respective spouses seem to be of no help when it comes to puncturing GAS :D
My girlfriend is also more likely to go "Ooh, that looks cool!" than flat out "no!".
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...and then someone went & gave me this link
http://www.thomann.de/gb/gibson_lp_studio_60s_tribute_wse.htm
That's all well and good but what if the one from Thomann is a stinker? A quality Gibson at a decent price that you've actually played and know to be good is a rare beast indeed. I think what I'm saying is "buy it" in my own, ever so subtle, way.
Yeah, get the one you played. Of course you can buy one from Thomann and return it if it's no good, but it's a lot of hassle.
Gibson aren't renowned for their quality control at the best of times, it stands to reason that the cheaper the model, the more likely it is to be a dud.
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I think you need to play and feel a guitar before buying. Ordering it a Thomann could end in a bad romance.