Members strtdv Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 The Gordon Smith Graduate Slimeline '60 arrived on wednesday, and when it arrived, what looked like chips down to the bare wood on the ebay photo were actually chips that had been repaired with metallic copper nail varnish of all things The guitar obviously hadn't been played in some time (dusty, tarnished frets, dry fingerboard etc), and needed a good setup, but after giving it a good clean/fret polish/setup and properly touching up the chips on the front, here she is: You can see that the back and neck have a satin finish which feels great to play, and the ribcage contour makes it much more comfortable to play while sitting down. Both pickups have coil taps, and both the tone controls are bypassed when you turn them to 10 It's a little brighter than a Les Paul, with the tone controls set to about 8 you have the typical LP tone, but then you can turn it up to 10 for more bite. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bridge is a MIJ Gotoh unit. HNGD to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Slave2TheAudio Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 HNGD! (.Y.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 Gordon who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted April 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 Gordon who? Gordon Smith They hand build guitars near Manchester Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BluesTuesday Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 Congrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pekelnik Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 Nice. HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted April 23, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 Thanks everyone. I really got a bargain with this one, less than half the price of a used Les Paul Studio goes for on ebay, and this plays and sounds far better than any Studio I've played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j*h Posted April 23, 2010 Members Share Posted April 23, 2010 congrats bud! i have a graduate 60 its amazing!they have a great neck and the pickups are realy sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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