dcooper830

What I don't understand is why do people on forums hate everything?

Playing gigs covers my house payment. Therefore my "faith" is restored on a monthly basis.

I don't really know much about rectifiers, sag, bright caps, etc...

All I know is that sounds EXCELLENT!

You've made a solid point with your incredibly vague post.

I know right... what was he thinking lol

I'm not at all knowledgeable on the specs like Doctor Morbius is...

But I have a really nice 2010 MIM Standard Tele and a couple of REALLY nice 2011 American Standard Teles.

The pickups that came in the MIM were hotter and darker. Too dark. I replaced them immediately with a set of Fender OV Tele pickups. And that's the only mod I've done to it. It's great now!

As far as I can tell..... my MIM is very close in quality. Doesn't sound quite as sweet as the USAs.... but very close.

A couple months ago I was about to buy a really nice Lake Placid Blue MIM Standard Strat.... but it had sharp fret ends and the American Special Strat hanging next to it sounded and played much nicer.

However...... last week I did a setup on a 2009 MIM Standard Strat - rosewood board. At first it played like total crap! Too much relief and high action. But after I worked my magic on it (tightened truss rod, shimmed the neck, polished the frets, treated the fretboard with Fret Doctor, set intonation, nut lube.) it played like a $2000 guitar. Seriously! That thing was awesome!! I almost hated to give it back to the guy I did it for.

Oh yeah...... I had a DSL 100 Marshall head on there for $500.

And I Digitech GSP1101 with Control 1 foot controller for $475.

1 or two lowball offers. But nothing serious.

So I just hooked that stuff up and started jammin' through it and realized I didn't want to sell it anyway! {censored} sounds great I'm keepin' it!!

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Holy {censored}, do you still have my old MG?

Yep!

In fact ... in my post I was gonna say "The MG I bought off Dewy...." even.

I put Warehouse Speakers Veteran 30s in the cab.

Run the head on the clean channel set on "crunch" mode. Hit it with a Tubescreamer. It sounds great!

Clip of MG halfstack I bought off Dewy




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I love it! It sounds amazing through the 1960AV cab.

Only thing is ... its not as good for hard rock and metal as my Marshalls. But its excellent for classic rock.

I love to put a Tubescreamer in front and keep the amp gain down. Really awesome rich tones for blues, southern rock, R&B, country, and some classic rock... I could very well be wrong... but I'm convinced it sounds as good as any boutique amp out there.

I need to make a YouTube clip.

In this economy you're lucky anything is selling.

Wow. I love the pickups in the Squier '51s. I wouldn't dream of changing them.

Squier '51 > Tubescreamer > Peavey Classic 50 4x10 =

I've ordered several Epiphones and 2 Gibsons and they've all been 100% keepers!

Congrats! I hope you're able to enjoy that guitar for many years to come!

There's nothing like a sweet Gibson Les Paul!

I have a 2006 Ice Tea Burst Standard and I love it!

Jayzuz, but you boys know {censored} all:wave:

Yes I think the double creams are acceptable in this case.

But we really need to do something about those gold speed knobs.....

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I'm sorry.... but here are the facts:

Plaintop Tobacco Burst > Flametop Tobacco Burst

Flametop Cherry Sunburst > Plaintop Cherry Sunburst

Covered > double black > zebra > double cream

Dog poop > quilt > spalted

I like both.

I also like both chrome and gold hardware.

I also like both covered and un-covered pickups.

"...... and the legend......... of the rent...... was way past due!!!"

Well....... I got to take it home on my lunch break and jam on it for a few minutes.

And when I was done I happily peeled the protective plastic off the pickguard.

This guitar is here to stay!!

I'm 1000% satisfied! Plays great, feels great, sounds great, looks great, stays in tune great, and even smells great!!

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!! I love this guitar!!!!

The neck has that cool organic yet refined feel like my Gibson LP Standards. It's thick and chunky which I like. The action is nice and low with very little fret buzz.

The wood grain looks beautiful and I'm pretty sure the body is a 3-piece but the seams aren't obvious or awkward looking.

The tone and volume controls all work smoothly with good taper.

The tuners are super smooth feeling! I was surprised! They feel like Grover rotomatics when tuning.

And the smell!!!!!! The wonderful aroma of the nitro! That brand new Gibson smell is so enjoyable!

I know it's the very beginning of the honeymoon and I'm all in love and everything....... but, like with all my other guitars, I know that feeling will last.

Yeah I want to to another Gibson Vs. Epi comparison video with my stock Epi G400.

Should be interesting.

I haven't gotten the chance to play it yet cause I'm at work ..... and the guitar is very chilly so I don't want to warm it up too fast by playing it.

I just opened up the case real quick to take some quick photos...... then closed it again.

I can't wait to plug this baby in!! But right after work I have to go play an acoustic gig!

Grammys = sand in HCEG's vagina