Members esphil Posted July 4, 2010 Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 Originally Posted by gtr475 Some closeups on my guitars thank you for posting those pics! can you give me some details on pics 1, 4 and 5? those are gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 Originally Posted by esphil i really like the looks of that Parker- congrats again on your new guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cokeman Posted July 4, 2010 Members Share Posted July 4, 2010 Originally Posted by gtr475 Some closeups on my guitars Great. Now let's see some not-so-closeups. I want to see some full guitar shots of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2010 pictures of a 1969 Gretsch Tennessean i owned for a while. i ended up trading this to another HC'er. i loved the way the pickups sounded, and am a big fan of bigsby bridges. the neck was nice; a little thinner than i prefer, but played fine. i also figure if i ever wanted to pick up a vintage Gretsch in the future, i'd probably go with a cleaner example (there's some binding rot). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members GreatDane Posted July 5, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 5, 2010 Originally Posted by sixlicks very nice! i'm assuming that's a reissue because it's so clean. are those guitars as heavy as i keep hearing they are? it's a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sixlicks Posted July 6, 2010 Members Share Posted July 6, 2010 About nine pounds I guess . I have never put it on a scale . It is a r. i. made in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 6, 2010 here are pics of my 1993 Gibson Les Paul Standard. it's one of their limited edition versions and has what i think are a couple of nice features; the fretboard is ebony and the finish is what i call a "redtop" (instead of the classic goldtop). the neck is slimmer like a '60s carve. nice weight on this one too- between 8.5 and 9 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2010 here are some pictures of the "twins"; these are two Gibson Les Paul Doublecut Specials that were done as part of a limited run back in the early 90s. a few cosmetic appointments differentiate this batch from later reissues; bound dot fretboards, inlayed headstock logos, better pickups, volume/tone knob pointers. i bought these a few months apart from the same seller; they are serial # sisters, even though the "limited edition" truss cover puts them almost 100 guitars apart. they must have done all the truss covers at once and then put them on without regard for what place the guitar was in the factory line. #1 #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2010 ... and the two together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Larry the Dog Posted July 7, 2010 Members Share Posted July 7, 2010 Posted already, but what the hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scott Abene Posted July 7, 2010 Members Share Posted July 7, 2010 Just a couple more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cokeman Posted July 8, 2010 Members Share Posted July 8, 2010 Originally Posted by GreatDane ... and the two together. Beauties! I wish they made a double cuts in green like the single cuts in the 90s. Why does one of the headstocks say Junior when it's a Special? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2010 Originally Posted by Cokeman Beauties! I wish they made a double cuts in green like the single cuts in the 90s. Why does one of the headstocks say Junior when it's a Special? thank you! that's a helluva good question; i have no idea why they put the junior decal on one and not the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scott Abene Posted July 8, 2010 Members Share Posted July 8, 2010 Originally Posted by GreatDane thank you! that's a helluva good question; i have no idea why they put the junior decal on one and not the other. Because it is 001 of 300! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2010 Originally Posted by Scott Abene Because it is 001 of 300! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 8, 2010 here are pictures of a 1996 Gibson SG Standard; modified with EMG pickups (an 81 & 85, i think). i bought it for very cheap off of eBay and promptly flipped it for some cash. i did not dig those active pickups, so they would have been replaced had i intended to keep the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted July 9, 2010 Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 not bad for an sg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 Originally Posted by jamdogg not bad for an sg. haha~ yeah, it's taken me years to figure out what i like and don't like about SGs. on any other kind of guitar, i prefer a thicker neck carve, but SGs are the exception; i can only get along with the thinner 60s carve for some weird reason. the three SGs i currently own have somewhat different necks, but all are less fat than those baseball bats they stick on the standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted July 9, 2010 Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 i just can't warm up to them, but that black one is a beauty. maybe i have not found the right one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 Originally Posted by jamdogg i just can't warm up to them, but that black one is a beauty. maybe i have not found the right one. it's possible. for a while, i had quite a few in the collection because i've always wanted to be an SG player, but i sold them or traded them because they just weren't getting any love (couldn't bond with any of them). recently, i've been getting back into them. i picked up a '93 korina SG standard a couple months back that has a slightly less thick neck and what i think are 57 classics pickups. the thing is a monster player and sounds incredible. if i were currently gigging, i might even consider giving it some stage time. more recently i picked up a late '80s SG '62RI with the smaller pickguard and thinner neck, and it's amazing. you may want to try one of the '61RIs and see what you think. you just might like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 pics of a 1998 Gibson SG Standard i owned and gigged for a while. i always wrestled with this one when i had it; the pickups were a little too dark sounding and the neck was a little thicker than i was digging at the time. i sold this one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted July 9, 2010 Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 It took me years to come around to SGs. Right now, I've got a Classic, but I'd like to add a Standard to the collection one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 9, 2010 Originally Posted by Guitar Heel It took me years to come around to SGs. Right now, I've got a Classic, but I'd like to add a Standard to the collection one day. i've gone through very wild swings of interest with them. hopefully that's at an end now that i've settled in with the few i have. if you're looking at standards, then try them first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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