Is your Gibson NOT a Paul or an SG???

[the guy who invented fire]

Does anyone else here own a Gibson that is NOT a Les Paul or an SG? There have got to be a few more...maybe you have a V...a Firebird...a 335...an Explorer...an RD...a 175 or maybe something real strange like an L6S...maybe an L5S...or some other madness.

Mine is a Moderne...if you know what it is then you know...if you don't all I could say is that it looks kinda like a shark fin...and I love it. I saw a picture of one in a GP magizine when the "re-issues" came out and told my dad I wanted one...I was 4 at the time...17 years later...and still never having seen a real one except in magizines (they only made 143 of them) I found one at a music store...and It was all over! It is Korina and gold, it has a big fat 58 style neck. Soon...very soon it will have a set of Pearly Gates pups (zebra in the neck and black in the bridge)! I like the way it sounds now...but I have really gotten into an Alnico II thing the last several weeks!

I was just wondering if I was the only fan of non LP and non SG Gibsons.

[Hellion]

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Well, I have an affinity for SG's, and currently my main stage instrument is a Les Paul Custom, but I also own an '85 graphics V, and a '02 ES-135. I'm also looking at an old '80 ES-335S, which is kind of an oddball guitar, but the pawn shop is wanting 2 1/2 times what it's worth, so I don't know if that'll happen. It'd be kind of a interesting piece to own, but only for it's ice-breaker qualities, just because it IS such an oddball.

[rocksoldier]

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My favourite gibsons are the v:s
I do prefer jacksons though, but the gibsons kicks ass too

[the guy who invented fire]

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a 335S is a strange axe...I could never get past the little necks on 80's Gibsons...but they are kinda cool in their own way!

[Bludave]

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I have A Les PAul Standard
I have a SG Standard
I have a 335.

[kmcguitars]

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I Have a 67' MelodyMaker (almost a SG) and a 76' Firebird Bi-centenial

[Zerberus]

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´84 Flying V ´83 Designer with factory Kahler, and a Les Paul Gothic

[Luke Duke]

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My non SG LP gibson is a 1964 ES-330. I looks like a 335 to the untrained eye but upon clsoer examinatin you'll find the fingerboard meets the body at the 16th instead of 18th fret. Also it has no centerblock and two P90s, topped off with a vintage bigsby that, believe it or not, stays in tune. Of course that liquid teflon treatment might be the root of that blessing.

That guitar has a mean growl and is great for anything...strangely enough I don't like the clean tone near as much as the dirty.

Luke

[Surgeon]

Re: Is your Gibson NOT a Paul or an SG???

Does anyone else here own a Gibson that is NOT a Les Paul or an SG? There have got to be a few more...maybe you have a V...a Firebird...a 335...an Explorer...an RD...a 175 or maybe something real strange like an L6S...maybe an L5S...or some other madness.

Mine is a Moderne...if you know what it is then you know...if you don't all I could say is that it looks kinda like a shark fin...and I love it. I saw a picture of one in a GP magizine when the "re-issues" came out and told my dad I wanted one...I was 4 at the time...17 years later...and still never having seen a real one except in magizines (they only made 143 of them) I found one at a music store...and It was all over! It is Korina and gold, it has a big fat 58 style neck. Soon...very soon it will have a set of Pearly Gates pups (zebra in the neck and black in the bridge)! I like the way it sounds now...but I have really gotten into an Alnico II thing the last several weeks!

I was just wondering if I was the only fan of non LP and non SG Gibsons.

please post a pic...

[wixomwhat]

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02 Explorer

[strat_master]

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fender strat...ooops wrong post!

[beandip]

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Luke, my Grandfather's got a ES-330 as well, and it'll be mine whenever I have the time to go up there and talk him in to it.

Right now, my only Gibson is a 1952 ES-125. It's a big hollow body, with a single P-90 in the middle/neck postition, a trapize tailpiece, and a rosewood bridge. I refretted it with the infamous Gibson jumbo frets instead of the little bitty frets. Smaller than what's on Fender RI's.

[Mincer]

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I owned a Howard Roberts Fusion for about 10 years.

[ishmun]

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I use a Faded series Gibbo V - Seth/C5 combo with blender pot working on the C5

[the guy who invented fire]

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This is not mine, this is an Epiphone...but you get the idea!!!