Gibson Nighthawk, coolest guitar ever made

Xeromus

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Anyone else notice this is possibly one of the best models that Gibson ever made, and was discontinued 7-8 years ago?
 
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I completely agree and I miss mine. The bridge pup does need to be Duncanized, though.
 
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I'm seriously considering buying one. I played a friend's today and I was like damn this is cool, it fixed EVERYTHING that I don't like about gibsons, and it's a gibson!! I guess it was too modern of a take for them and they decided to can it. I'm sure the duncan custom shop can do something with that bridge pup.
 
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mrid said:
I completely agree and I miss mine. The bridge pup does need to be Duncanized, though.
the bridge HB is slanted. can you modify a SD HB to fit? or are there slanted SD HBs available?
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mrid said:
I completely agree and I miss mine. The bridge pup does need to be Duncanized, though.

I've grown to appreciate the bridge pickup. It takes some tweaking, but it has a good sound for a stock pickup. It kind of reminds me of the mids you get from a P-90. The pickup is designed to mimic a Strat single when split, I think it does a damn fine job of that. It deffinatley has it's own sound.
 
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bryvincent said:
the bridge HB is slanted. can you modify a SD HB to fit? or are there slanted SD HBs available?
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The humbucker isn't just installed at a slant, the coils are slanted. It's like you take a normal humbucker and TWIST it, not just turn it a little sideways.
 
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Gibsons had so may cool models in the early nineties that they just canned... my The Paul II for example:D along with the ugly but good MIII and all those weird strat copies.

slade
 
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All of the Hawks were (are) cool. Way versitile tools for the job.
 
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danglybanger said:
Gibsons had so may cool models in the early nineties that they just canned... my The Paul II for example:D along with the ugly but good MIII and all those weird strat copies.

slade

You used to own a John Paul II ??? Those are extremely valuable now that he has passed on. :newangel:
 
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Jeff_H said:
You used to own a John Paul II ??? Those are extremely valuable now that he has passed on. :newangel:
heh... that's actually what I call it! And I still GOT IT!!!

maybe I should ebay it... the pope guitar :laugh2: (perhaps it would be more effective if I carved it into a pope hat shape:D

slade
 
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