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  1. cardinal

    The Les Paul thread

    2017 was the switch from #213 to 47104. They should not be chambered. I assume they just use better selected wood. Newer Gibson Historics are lighter too compared to the same guitars in the early 2000s, in my experience. Used Navigators are all over the map because the different eras and...
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    Jackson/Charvel/EVH 2024

    The Kelly looks so cool
  3. cardinal

    The Les Paul thread

    Yeah, I do not like the VOS finish. It can look ok in pictures, but in person it looks very underwhelming particularly for how expensive these can be. And it feels sticky.
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    The Les Paul thread

    Short answer is both are very nice. Newer Navigators are flawless; and I've been consistently impressed with fretwork on Gibson Custom guitars. Older Navigators are built more like a Gibson (more crude neck tenon and fret end binding etc) and IME have larger necks and are quite heavier. These...
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    The Les Paul thread

    Got all my refretted LPs safely back in one place thank goodness but not exactly all in one piece. Need to sort out the pickup situation.
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    Chuck Schuldiner's Personal Green Custom Shop Stealth Up for Bid

    I'm not sure he ever played the green one live? When I saw them play, I think he played the whole night with a black Stealth. But I do remember seeing pictures of this green one and loving it.
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    The Les Paul thread

    That might just be a Gibson USA '50s Standard. I didn't think the reissue LPs had writing on the truss rod covers?
  8. cardinal

    The Strat thread

    Thanks! If this is the guitar I thought it was, it has a 12" radius and true jumbo frets.
  9. cardinal

    The Strat thread

    Those giant frets look so nice. Does the offset string spacing cause any issue? I like these but having the low E so close to edge makes me nervous.
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    ESP Owners Club-Show Us Your ESPs!

    Beautiful guitars @MAJ Meadows SF ! If you think just lowering the knob will help, could try these: https://espguitars.co.jp/parts/esp-custom-lab/
  11. cardinal

    The Les Paul thread

    LP7 looks soooo good
  12. cardinal

    Jackson American Series

    That stinks, sorry man. How many people did this get by? The guy that installed it, of course. Presumably there's a QC guy at FMIC that would be separate? And the dealer hopefully would look it over before accepting it from FMIC and shipping it to a customer?
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    Jackson/Charvel Owners Club

    That looks great. One of the few with an actual locking nut instead of a normal nut with a clamp.
  14. cardinal

    The Les Paul thread

    I've owned a Trad and have looked over some of the new 50s at GC, and I think the Trads had taller frets. New Gibson frets seem very low to me. But I've not measured. 50s I think have thinner neck binding, which imho does look a bit cooler. Otherwise, I think they're the same thing.
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    The Les Paul thread

    These were done by an assortment of people (Aperio, Glaser, Fat Cat Custom Guitars). All we're done well with stainless wire. It is difficult to find a competent luthier to do it without messing up the board etc, but each of these guys did a good job and would recommend them all. Wait times...
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    The Les Paul thread

    I finally broken down and had some LPs refretted with jumbo wire, and I really wish I'd done it sooner. An LP with huge frets really seems to have been exactly what I was wanting. Has that LP sound and look but the playability of a more shredder-type guitar.
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    Some guitars are too funny not to post

    Would have been much better if the cup label was incorporated into there somehow.
  18. cardinal

    The Les Paul thread

    The soapbar/staple pickups. I prefer a humbucker sound since I'm a metal head in the end, but the black soapbars looks cooler to me with a black LPC.
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    The Les Paul thread

    I just love how a '54-type LPC looks.
  20. cardinal

    ESP Owners Club-Show Us Your ESPs!

    It's normal for a ESP sold originally in Japan to have only a gig bag and no hard case.


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