Haven't been around much lately, but I finally got my computer fixed after the William Hung video thing that infected alot of our computers and had to tell you guys about the pilgramage I made today. I got up this morning and decided to go on a road trip to check out guitars. Left home and made my first stop at Boogie Man music in Ellensburg Wa. Great little town, and great Fender dealership. I tried out a Dean EVO goldtop with p-90s, a Dillion that looked like a 56 RI goldtop, and a L.P. special with stacked p-100s. All pretty nice, but liked the dillion the most. The L.P. was used and a little beat with marginal action, but I will keep a mental note of where it is at.
I left Ellensburg heading for Kennewick WA with the goal possibly trying out the Joe Perry "Bone Yard" Les Paul. I got there and made it to the store around 01:00. The staff there were real friendly. A younger "kid" (he was about 18 or 19) there started giving me the rundown on the types of guitars there. Valley Arts, some Fenders, Martins, Epiphones, and Gibsons (USA and Custom Shop). I had never really known the difference between USA and Custom shop Gibsons. I thought a Custom Shop was a Fancy USA. NOT SO. they are different divisions of gibson and are made in different areas. They actually had a '57 custom shop that didn't meet specs and was cut right down the middle so one could see the wood and neck joint and such. there was another L.P. that was strung up and such, but you could change out the pups from behind and try out different pups. COOL!! Jolly needs that L.P., then he wouldn't need so many. So Kramer, (the kid) shows me a few rooms and there are maybe 40 or so electrics. I asked him about the '56 reissues, and the Joe Perry L.P. that they have on their website. he points to one ('56) hanging behind the counter, the he says "I think there are a few more downstairs" So down we go.
We go downstairs, and I was blown away!! There were cases upon cases upon cases, then more rooms with more cases. I asked about the boneyard. He looked around then went to look at an inventory of the guitars that are at the dallas guitar show. He looked some more then found one. http://www.guitarsale.com/frontend/P...?ProductID=343 this guitar was really great. I tried it out on a super reverb. granted these guitars that I tried were brand new, with no setup and needed the their nuts smoothed out a bit, but they were all great guitars. Fret edges were smooth, action was good. the only complaint was that the nuts were tight, and would do that "tink" thing when tuning. So anyway back to the boneyard. bridge position great! Authoritative, and not overly trebley. Neck, Smooth with nice midrange. Middle position........funky, in a good way. the middle position sounded like a thick single coil with a wah half c-o-c-ked. Just a touch of Nasal tone. continued
I left Ellensburg heading for Kennewick WA with the goal possibly trying out the Joe Perry "Bone Yard" Les Paul. I got there and made it to the store around 01:00. The staff there were real friendly. A younger "kid" (he was about 18 or 19) there started giving me the rundown on the types of guitars there. Valley Arts, some Fenders, Martins, Epiphones, and Gibsons (USA and Custom Shop). I had never really known the difference between USA and Custom shop Gibsons. I thought a Custom Shop was a Fancy USA. NOT SO. they are different divisions of gibson and are made in different areas. They actually had a '57 custom shop that didn't meet specs and was cut right down the middle so one could see the wood and neck joint and such. there was another L.P. that was strung up and such, but you could change out the pups from behind and try out different pups. COOL!! Jolly needs that L.P., then he wouldn't need so many. So Kramer, (the kid) shows me a few rooms and there are maybe 40 or so electrics. I asked him about the '56 reissues, and the Joe Perry L.P. that they have on their website. he points to one ('56) hanging behind the counter, the he says "I think there are a few more downstairs" So down we go.
We go downstairs, and I was blown away!! There were cases upon cases upon cases, then more rooms with more cases. I asked about the boneyard. He looked around then went to look at an inventory of the guitars that are at the dallas guitar show. He looked some more then found one. http://www.guitarsale.com/frontend/P...?ProductID=343 this guitar was really great. I tried it out on a super reverb. granted these guitars that I tried were brand new, with no setup and needed the their nuts smoothed out a bit, but they were all great guitars. Fret edges were smooth, action was good. the only complaint was that the nuts were tight, and would do that "tink" thing when tuning. So anyway back to the boneyard. bridge position great! Authoritative, and not overly trebley. Neck, Smooth with nice midrange. Middle position........funky, in a good way. the middle position sounded like a thick single coil with a wah half c-o-c-ked. Just a touch of Nasal tone. continued
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