Author Topic: Lacquer lines in the nitro finish on a new guitar - issue? (Read 26008 times)

Twinfan · « **Reply #60 on:** April 24, 2007, 08:52:18 PM »

Cheers guys :D

It's actually a pretty rare guitar. It was a special order model from '99 to '03 but not very many were made/ordered. Then there was a small batch of around 48 done in 2006, of which mine is one of them. These were sent to some of the bigger dealers in the US, UK and Japan.

The only way you'll get an SG with a factory fitted vibrola now is via the Custom Shop.

I've just been playing it and it's a little cracker. I actually like the '57 Classic pickups too. Sorry Tim :oops:

indysmith · « **Reply #61 on:** April 24, 2007, 09:08:11 PM »

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I've just been playing it and it's a little cracker. I actually like the '57 Classic pickups too. Sorry Tim :oops:

Looks gorgeous dude - It'd be worried about those nut cracks spreading and the headstock falling off though! :O
Are you not gonna try the riff raffs in it? you might find that the 57s suck in comparison and the extra tone is coming from the better quality wood of the gibson?

Kilby · « **Reply #62 on:** April 24, 2007, 09:12:26 PM »

I have to say thats a nice pair of SGs

Hope you enjoy the new one even more than you enjoyed the Epi

Rob...

Twinfan · « **Reply #63 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:08:32 PM »

Cheers Rob :D

Indy - I'm keeping the Riff Raffs in the Epi as it sounds great and it will stay as my main gigging guitar. If I decide I don't like the '57s in the Gibbo after a while, then I'll get some Stormy Mondays. I'd like to have something a bit different. The '57s are Alnico II PAF replicas so they're roughly in the SM ballpark. They aren't as clear as BKPs obviously but they're quite musical.

99_not_out · « **Reply #64 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:13:13 PM »

What a pair.
I want another SG now! :D

indysmith · « **Reply #65 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:29:25 PM »

haha i've been craving a SG today - i want it in a faded Brown (like the SG special faded), with unpolished nickel covers, neck binding a kind of vintage cream/yellow colour like on my ibanez, and a '61 pickguard. Sweet.

BloodMountain · « **Reply #66 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:31:14 PM »

i want one of those SG Supreme jobbies, in Trans Flamed Black!

Twinfan · « **Reply #67 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:40:32 PM »

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haha i've been craving a SG today - i want it in a faded Brown (like the SG special faded), with unpolished nickel covers, neck binding a kind of vintage cream/yellow colour like on my ibanez, and a '61 pickguard. Sweet.

Here you go Indy and only £200:

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I want one of those SG Supreme jobbies, in Trans Flamed Black!

My missus loves those and wanted me to get one instead of the '61. It's too modern looking for my taste, but it is a looker:

blue · « **Reply #68 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:55:59 PM »

congrats on the SG Twinfan, looks very nice!

as to those SG Supremes, i like that they have 24 frets, but i'm getting a bit sick of flamed maple, would love to see a simple cherry red one.

indysmith · « **Reply #69 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:57:27 PM »

my mate Bob has one of those Supreme's in a blueburst - it's beautiful. He got it for a good price; i could never justify paying RRP for it though, especially when being such a thin body, i'm not sure a maple top does anything for the tone. You're pretty much paying for sexy looks.

Twinfan: those pics you just posted arent showing on my PC; but i'm pretty interested to see what the pic was of... I'm guessing a epi faded g400. am i right?

Philly Q · « **Reply #70 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:05:03 PM »

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Once I've worn these strings out I'll get it touched up and a full setup done...

I wonder why they had to replace the original nut? It's a horrible job, not only have they buggered up the paintwork, but they've done no finishing work on the nut itself, leaving the edges square like that. Ugh. :( I'd be desperate to take a file to it! :lol:

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I actually like the '57 Classic pickups too. Sorry Tim :oops:

I like the '57 Classics on my newly-acquired Orville LP too. Best-sounding Gibson pickups I've heard, I think. However, I don't really want a vintage tone on this one, so I'll be swapping them out in due course.

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #71 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:35:40 PM »

To be fair - getting those nuts out on Gibsons is really tricky because

1) they are glued in well

2) They end up also glued to the headstock veneer /overlay which come away too when you remove the nut

3)They lacquer right over the side of the nut so it is doubly hard to get out

4)The nut actually sits deeper than the fingerboard and binding so you end up making it look messy even if you are really careful

BUT - you don't want that in a NEW guitar - so I'm with you on this one
Just commenting that it is bloody tricky getting them out
We usually have to saw through them down the middle and collapse them with specially adapted pliers - not elegant , but a necessary evil

Bainzy · « **Reply #72 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:39:35 PM »

Philly Q · « **Reply #73 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:45:29 PM »

Far enough, but even if you made a mess (and I know there's a good chance I would :( ) you'd tidy it up, wouldn't you Jonathan?

And I know you wouldn't leave the new nut looking so unfinished. They've just been lazy.

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #74 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:01:41 AM »

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Far enough, but even if you made a mess (and I know there's a good chance I would :( ) you'd tidy it up, wouldn't you Jonathan?

And I know you wouldn't leave the new nut looking so unfinished. They've just been lazy.

Absolutely - but then I'm a professional :o :D