Members metal0822 Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 picked up my third gibson today. got my mm for 250, my white studio for 600, and now this guy for 350. it took me a couple hours of cleaning up and i kind of wish i started taking photos of before and after, but i took a little bit of pictures of the process. anyways, here they are in order with no explanations. the fretboard started out as a grimy rusty mess, and the body was covered in stickers, residue, and the stench of spilled beer, but its all clean now it also came with one of the brown and pink gibson cases which i have wanted forever. the emghz sounds alright, and the neck is a duncan jazz which sounds great. i have it set up with 11s in eb standard and it plays very slinky, might need 12s:freak: anyhow it sounds really good and with a new bridge pickup (and maybe a black diamond plate pickguard:lol:) it should be a great little axe for 350. also wanted to mention that it has the planet waves clip lok tuners on it and they are way cool. enjoy! family pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Congrats man! I always liked the Gothic series. Looks very nice now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Nice score! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 That rules; a little elbow grease never hurt anyone. Now, you have a beautiful gibson... (insert boobspic here, LOL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oryan Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Suh-weet! Definitely change the pickguard, it needs contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 You done good. I love those old beaters! They put their time in just like some of us did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j*h Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 looks great!congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Noice, I like the Goth series. Try throwing a gloss B/W/B pickguard on there. Had one on my LP Studio Goth and it looked the shit. God I miss that guitar, and I can't help but post a photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted July 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 yea i was looking at warmoth and they offer that, but they also offer the black pickguard with a red stripe on the bevel. i think it might fit the vibe a little better. opinions? black diamond plate would be cool but is starting to look expensive and extremely difficult to find. im not sure what to do about pickups, but this will definitely be my metal machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 That's cool. What a great score, man. Congrats. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Wow, fantastic score. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 woo hoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 NICE! Price is awesome too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamdogg Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 Noice, I like the Goth series. Try throwing a gloss B/W/B pickguard on there. Had one on my LP Studio Goth and it looked the shit. God I miss that guitar, and I can't help but post a photo: Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted July 14, 2011 Members Share Posted July 14, 2011 HNGD a lot of guitar for $350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreatDane Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 congratulations~ that came out pretty nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 thanks everyone...but no boobs? goth boobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LOLRECONLOL Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 Looks great! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 A $350 Gibson Gothic Explorer!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd hit the hell outta that. The Gothic's are Voodoo's and my favorite guitars by far so HAPPY NGD!! In before the haters talking about how bad Gibson's are and saying that $300 is all they are worth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 thanks everyone...but no boobs? goth boobs? Bada bing bada boom... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LOLRECONLOL Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 I didn't see it mentioned here - where did you find it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weareasmallaxe Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 nice score and good job cleaning it up.....you got plans to upgrade it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shadesofcraig Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 Dam what a sweet deal, congrats and nice job cleaning it up. What did you use to take the stickers off? I had stupidly put a bunch of stickers on my 1980 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe when i was younger. I managed to get them off using some guitar polish, but it took a long long time and I think you can still see some spots of where the stickers were... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geeter Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 Happy Gibby Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metal0822 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 as far as plans i want a new bridge pickup and a new pickguard. that should really be it, its pretty sweet as is. i was pretty much able to just peel the stickers off, and the ones that left gunk, i just let them soak under some normal guitar polish and rubbed aggressively with a cotton towel a couple of times. the glue will get on it though, so make sure you change surfaces a lot. did i mention part of the reason the deal was so sweet was because it suffered a large crack in the body? it was however repaired by a violin shop, and although it is noticable from a couple feet, it feels solid and there is no sign of finish blending or anything, so that's pretty good. i found it on craigslist for 400 with the intention of probably talking him down, but when i saw it i wasnt really sure it was even worth that. i just made the sure the neck was straight, the frets were not dimpled (which was difficult when they were completely rusted over) and the repair was solid. rather than that i was taking a bit of a risk, but not much considering the case alone could probably bring in about 150. it also has a couple chunks taken out of the back and one deep scratch on the back as well. it has major character and i could care less if i got another ding in it, which is kinda nice for a change. and im kind of ashamed to say it, but i think it sounds better than my les paul :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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