Just One more Thing....To Improve The BLING!
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Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
Re: Just One more Thing....To Improve The BLING!
Beauty.
Beauty.
TIGEREYELASER
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'Tis a beauty. I dig the figured maple top and the fretboard inlays, those are sweet...
'Tis a beauty. I dig the figured maple top and the fretboard inlays, those are sweet...
beaubrummels
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Re: Just One more Thing....To Improve The BLING!
Dude, I think you're down to needing a gold pick now.
Dude, I think you're down to needing a gold pick now.
Boogie Bill
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Both of mine play great, but like most Gibsons, it did take a bit of set-up work. The key is making sure that the saddles of the Nashville bridge are filed to match the radius of the fingerboard. It's a little different neck profile too--it's not a 1960 Slim-Taper, or a fat '50s, or a '59 rounded, but it seems to be unique. Always seems to take a bit of getting used to for me--and I change guitars all the time. I settled on D'Addario XL strings in a hybrid 9-46 gauge, so playability is not an issue.
Unfortunately, this guitar comes with the 490r/498t pickup set, and it's a horrible combination in this guitar. These pickups just don't work well together, at least for the style of music I play. I made a change to Seth Lover's in my Root Beer Supreme and it made a world of difference. The guitar is actually usable now, and can cover country, classic rock blues and jazz without missing a beat. Very sweet. I also had the guitar rewired with an RS Treble Tamer kit when I did the pickup swap. The Supremes do not have a control panel on the back; all wiring has to be done through an oversize jack mounting plate, and it was worth every penny to pay to have someone do it for me.
The final piece has been changing the heavy zinc tailpiece for a gold-plated Gotoh lightweight aluminum tailpiece from Stew-Mac. This really opened up the tone, and added air and resonance. You can definitely hear that it is a semi-hollow now--but it still has that great Les Paul sustain. A major upgrade--for not very much dough. OH, and Schaller Strap Locks are a must on any Gibson, IME.
The Supreme is a nice guitar to look at--a trophy guitar indeed, but these small changes made my Supremes into guitars you WANT to take to the gig. They are beautiful, they sound great, and they play like buttah! What's not to love?
Bill
Both of mine play great, but like most Gibsons, it did take a bit of set-up work. The key is making sure that the saddles of the Nashville bridge are filed to match the radius of the fingerboard. It's a little different neck profile too--it's not a 1960 Slim-Taper, or a fat '50s, or a '59 rounded, but it seems to be unique. Always seems to take a bit of getting used to for me--and I change guitars all the time. I settled on D'Addario XL strings in a hybrid 9-46 gauge, so playability is not an issue.
Unfortunately, this guitar comes with the 490r/498t pickup set, and it's a horrible combination in this guitar. These pickups just don't work well together, at least for the style of music I play. I made a change to Seth Lover's in my Root Beer Supreme and it made a world of difference. The guitar is actually usable now, and can cover country, classic rock blues and jazz without missing a beat. Very sweet. I also had the guitar rewired with an RS Treble Tamer kit when I did the pickup swap. The Supremes do not have a control panel on the back; all wiring has to be done through an oversize jack mounting plate, and it was worth every penny to pay to have someone do it for me.
The final piece has been changing the heavy zinc tailpiece for a gold-plated Gotoh lightweight aluminum tailpiece from Stew-Mac. This really opened up the tone, and added air and resonance. You can definitely hear that it is a semi-hollow now--but it still has that great Les Paul sustain. A major upgrade--for not very much dough. OH, and Schaller Strap Locks are a must on any Gibson, IME.
The Supreme is a nice guitar to look at--a trophy guitar indeed, but these small changes made my Supremes into guitars you WANT to take to the gig. They are beautiful, they sound great, and they play like buttah! What's not to love?
Bill
Brian Griffin
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Re: Just One more Thing....To Improve The BLING!
One more thing for a full-blown bling:
One more thing for a full-blown bling:
