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My year of crazy G.A.S. continues..
Not that long ago I saw this pop up at one of my usual internet shops and had to jump on it as it ticked way too many of the boxes I was after:
-Norlin Era
-Silverburst
-Re-fretted by someone else (I didn't want to be the one to take that hit)
-Pickups swapped out (So I don't have to feel guilty when I inevitably get the itch to throw Tom Andersons or something in there)
This is a Gibson Les Paul Custom in glorious Silverburst made on February 17th, 1982 according to the serial number decoder. The previous owner was obviously an Adam Jones fan as it's got a Seymour Duncan DDL in the bridge and an SH1-b in the neck and the pickguard is where it belongs, resting in the case compartment.
There's also a mini toggle switch installed that only applies to the bridge pickup. I'm not 100% certain what it's doing when engaged--it acts like a high pass filter where it lops out the extra lows and gives the pickup overall a bit more clarity, but there's no real volume change.
I really don't care much for the neck pickup. It's serviceable, but is crazy dark (like WILDLY dark) making it easily the darkest/least clear neck pickup I've ever played. In recording with the guitar so far I've just been using the mini toggle to make the bridge pickup darker to get a pseudo neck pickup thing going on instead of swapping over to it directly. We'll see how long I keep the neck pickup in there, but there's no rush since I've got the Jackson SL7 or a Jim Root sig with Fralin Big Singles installed for any neck pickup duties I might require.
There's no volute, but the neck is still maple and in great shape. I was relieved to find out how much life the truss rod had when getting it set up--no funny business there with extra washers or it getting gnashed over the years. Seems to be fully settled in and up for whatever play wise. I did my usual setup raising the action from the unplayably stupid low setup it had before and the guitar just relaxed, got comfortable, and rings like a bell.
Overall there's plenty of dings and dents and finish chips, but it's in really great player's condition and has obviously been well loved and played over the years. Hopefully I'll be looking after it for a long time to come or at least until impulsivity strikes again. Going to enjoy the ride while I've got it
Not that long ago I saw this pop up at one of my usual internet shops and had to jump on it as it ticked way too many of the boxes I was after:
-Norlin Era
-Silverburst
-Re-fretted by someone else (I didn't want to be the one to take that hit)
-Pickups swapped out (So I don't have to feel guilty when I inevitably get the itch to throw Tom Andersons or something in there)
This is a Gibson Les Paul Custom in glorious Silverburst made on February 17th, 1982 according to the serial number decoder. The previous owner was obviously an Adam Jones fan as it's got a Seymour Duncan DDL in the bridge and an SH1-b in the neck and the pickguard is where it belongs, resting in the case compartment.
There's also a mini toggle switch installed that only applies to the bridge pickup. I'm not 100% certain what it's doing when engaged--it acts like a high pass filter where it lops out the extra lows and gives the pickup overall a bit more clarity, but there's no real volume change.
I really don't care much for the neck pickup. It's serviceable, but is crazy dark (like WILDLY dark) making it easily the darkest/least clear neck pickup I've ever played. In recording with the guitar so far I've just been using the mini toggle to make the bridge pickup darker to get a pseudo neck pickup thing going on instead of swapping over to it directly. We'll see how long I keep the neck pickup in there, but there's no rush since I've got the Jackson SL7 or a Jim Root sig with Fralin Big Singles installed for any neck pickup duties I might require.
There's no volute, but the neck is still maple and in great shape. I was relieved to find out how much life the truss rod had when getting it set up--no funny business there with extra washers or it getting gnashed over the years. Seems to be fully settled in and up for whatever play wise. I did my usual setup raising the action from the unplayably stupid low setup it had before and the guitar just relaxed, got comfortable, and rings like a bell.
Overall there's plenty of dings and dents and finish chips, but it's in really great player's condition and has obviously been well loved and played over the years. Hopefully I'll be looking after it for a long time to come or at least until impulsivity strikes again. Going to enjoy the ride while I've got it
). We'll see if that ever comes to fruition
