Members MadUser Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hello,I am looking for some info about this guitar that I can't find anywhere.I see that there are several versions of this model:StandardDeluxeCostom Does somebody knows the differences between them?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 Listen if you do a search on E-Bay. You'll come across a fellow in Virgina that has a few. I'm pretty sure he is still selling one. You think they are rare? Look for a Les-Paul with M-III electronics. Basically they are a reverse Exlorer neck on a Rick shaped double cut with HSH pups and 13 Tones. Their was a Standard, Custom and Custom Shop build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlectrumPete Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 I think they changed pretty much every year they were made. There was also a "Stealth" version. And there is an M IV. ... They tried all sorts of things to get people to buy them, but without much success. Not really surprising as the 80's were over by the time they came out with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 Check E-Bay, There's a few on there and the RED Custom Shop model is from the fellow in Virginia. Not a Bad electric. Maple fret board with what sort of looks like Triangle Black inlays though. Thats a little odd. I had a couple photo's of them but can't find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 Here's a photo of a couple M-IIIs. Ones a Standard the other a Custom Shop. BTW they built into the 90's. Discontinued around 93. Definatly were out in 92 cause I almost bought one. Use to be able to grab them for $500, But now they are over $1100, And in mint shape Custom Shop more like $1500. I have a nice shot of a Cherry CS M-III somewhere I'll post when I find it. This is a Custom Shop also and is on E-bay now. The seller is the fellow I mentioned above from Virgina. If you follow his auctions he comes across a LOT of Vintage gear and some very well priced. He sold a MINT Jaguar 1966 for $2800. maybe 2 months ago. Point being you could still own a KILLER 60's Fender for what you pay for a CS Fender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members muttznmongrelz Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 for an old thread...as I just picked up the 1992 Gibson MIII Standard shown below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members muttznmongrelz Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 SPECIFICATIONS * Produced between 1991 - 1996* Double-Cut Away Solid Body * Famous Gibson Set Neck Construction*25.5" Scale Neck w/24 Frets and Arrow-Head Inlays* HSH Pickup Configurations* "Gibson" Branded Schaller "Made In Germany" Double Locking Floyd Rose Tremolo* Manufactured in the USA U.S.A. - Nashville, TN The M Series Collection: 1) M-III Standard: H/S/H PU configuration, maple fretboard w/black triangle inlays, reverse Explorer headstock w/reversed Gibson Logo (must my inlayed pearl), 1 Tone, 1 Volume, 5-way (or 3-way) blade switch, 1 mini-switch, side jack, Gibson stamped locking vibrato bridge, w/pickguard, various finishes including Metallic Candy Red (don't know the actual finish name) and Ebony. 2) M-III Standard - No Pickguard: The same as (1) but without pickguard, ad shows the guitar in Translucent Amber finish. 3) M-IV S Deluxe: The same model as (1) & (2), but the body wood is different, the finish in Translucent, the vibrato bridge is seems like an alternated/wider Vintage Synchronized Vibrato Bridge, Rosewood (could be Ebony) fingerboard w/triangle pearl inlays. 4) M-IV S Standard: Same as the above, solid Ebony finish, the same weird bridge, Ebony (seems a bit too dark to be Rosewood) fretboard w/pearl dot inlays. A very nice detail imho is that the tremolo was custom-made for Gibson, and where you normally had "Schaller" stamped into the baseplate, on an M3 it reads "Gibson". GUITAR WORLD - FEBRUARY 1992 PRODUCT REVIEW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIBSON M-III STANDARD ELECTRIC GUITAR Despite its rich history of quality and innovation, Gibson has been a little frustrated in getting a "modern" line of electric guitars to "stick" in the marketplace. Their bread-and-butter Les Pauls, ES-335s, and SGs have been hard acts to follow, hut with the M-III, the company has definitely come up with a winner. This is a totally new Gibson guitar, save two classic features: the reverse Explorer-style headstock, and the gold Les Paul control knobs that compliment the tiger-shell pick guard (and truss rod cover and mini-toggle switch-plate--nice follow-through!). The M-III has a racy shark fin and a deep-cutaway look that's "California custom car" sharp, balanced with enough natural wood to avoid vulgarity. The flat, ultrathin, 1-14/32-inch wide maple neck with arrowhead inlays is built for speed, and the jumbo frets and set-in construction deliver sustain that hangs into next week. Thc M-III is also a very comfortable guitar to play: there's front and rear beveling, that's forearm-friendly, plus the 22nd fret neck-join means easy access to the 24th fret for players with even the biggest paws. In general, the workmanship is excellent, although I thought the edges of the frets could've used a tad more polishing. A PEEK UNDER THE HOOD Gibson's designers have put as much thought into the electronics as they have into the cosmetics. For starters, there's no need to run this guitar flat out in order to get a full sound. The M-III's nine tone settings stay the same at any volume level. And they're musically useful tones, too, with plenty of high-end snap on the treble settings and rich, mud-free lows for rhythm work. The pickups are recent Gibson models--a bright 496R ceramic magnet humbucker in the rhythm position that's mated with a high-output Model 500T humbucker at the bridge. Also, there's an extra NSX single-coil in the middle position, giving the player a wide range of humbucking and single-coil options. Of special note is the efficient switching system: flipping a mini-toggle into Position One cuts in the single-coil sounds, while Position Two is for the double-coils. There's also a standard five-position switch for selecting the normal combinations, plus a few extras like an enhanced neck pickup tone that adds a hollow-body character to the sound and a stand-by mode for manual special effects, between song muting, etc... There are no single-coil-plus-humbucking combinations in the stock factory wiring scheme. But there's nothing stopping the intrepid, soldering iron-wielding wirehead from making a few mods, is there? Rounding out the M-III's features is a flush-mounted, Schaller-made Floyd Rose tremolo system, but what's there to say about a Floyd Rose that you don't already know If you've ever owned a guitar equipped with one? I've never understood why most guitar manufacturers don't include a booklet explaining the care and feeding of these systems, which are fairly sophisticated. What kind of strings are required? Does it need lubrication'? How do I adjust it? We're not born with this knowledge, folks, and the first time a first-time buyer busts a string they're gonna suffer some serious angst. ROAD TEST I worked the M-III out on a publishing demo for one of my new tunes, which called for two completely different rhythm guitar tracks. Normally, that would mean lugging all my guitars up to the studio, but thanks to its switching capabilities and dual pickup systems, the M-III was all I needed. The first track needed a funky, single-coil, "boink-boink" tone--and the middle/bridge single coil setting was ideal. But I also wanted the amp (a '62 Vox AC30/6 "Treble") to clip a little, and was wondering if the single-coils would pump out enough power to overdrive the pre-amp section. No problem--I was even able to turn the amp's volume down, thus saving wear and tear on this antique amp's output stage. Track Two needed a mega-crunch, fat humbucker tone for rhythm/power chord accents, so we fired up an ancient Marshall 2 X 12-inch, 50-watt combo and set the guitar to the neck humbucker position. The initial sound was dynamite, but when auditioned against the backing track, it was obvious, that a rounder sound was called for. The engineer started to reach for the EQ knobs, but all I had to do was switch to the enhanced tone setting. Actually, the "front-end" sounds on both tracks were so good that it was possible to record them with no EQ, thus reducing extraneous electronic noise. There was only one "problem" with the M-III: it's such a fun guitar to play and has such a pleasant "finger feel" that instead of concentrating on the task at hand, I noodled around too much! -CHRIS BUTLER MODEL: M-111 STANDARD NECK: 24-fret set-in maple neck with arrowhead inlays. BODY: Poplar. PICKUPS: One 496R ceramic magnet humbucker in the neck position, one NSX single-coil in the middle position and one 500T humbucker in the bridge position. TREMOLO: Double-locking Floyd Rose and black chrome hardware. COLORS: Available in ebony, white and candy apple red. *** HARMONY CENTRAL REVIEWS...check out what the people who own them think of them: http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar/product/Gibson/M-III/10/1 *** LINK TO GIBSON M-III WIRING SCHEMATIC: http://www.gibson.com/Service/Tech/Schematics/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted October 28, 2010 Members Share Posted October 28, 2010 And Epiphone has their EM-2, in the Prophecy series (bolt neck): http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=epiphone,+em-2&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=13443747750607734075&ei=AIrJTJCvM5PksQOE7vyBDg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ8wIwAA# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members muttznmongrelz Posted November 13, 2010 Members Share Posted November 13, 2010 and DiMarzio Tone Zone F to go on the M-III! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted November 13, 2010 Members Share Posted November 13, 2010 for an old thread...as I just picked up the 1992 Gibson MIII Standard shown below... Does anyone else see a face in the inlay on the third fret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chadd Posted November 13, 2010 Members Share Posted November 13, 2010 Listen if you do a search on E-Bay. You'll come across a fellow in Virgina that has a few. I'm pretty sure he is still selling one.You think they are rare? Look for a Les-Paul with M-III electronics. Basically they are a reverse Exlorer neck on a Rick shaped double cut with HSH pups and 13 Tones. Their was a Standard, Custom and Custom Shop build. I've seen a studio light with the M-III config, never a "real" one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M-IIIG Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 I've seen a studio light with the M-III config, never a "real" one though. Like this Les Paul Classic M-III? It's the only non-lite LP with the M-III electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Inspector 71 Posted December 2, 2011 Members Share Posted December 2, 2011 Did RickenKramer sue Gibson for the design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members muttznmongrelz Posted June 27, 2012 Members Share Posted June 27, 2012 No lawsuit of which I am aware. I sold my previous M-III (Non Pickguard Amber Finish HSH) last year....but I just picked up another... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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