Merry xmas to me :0

[TattooedCarrot]

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It should arrive Friday, I'll see how it is then. Funny the neck isn't a P90?? I see that Gibson describes the pickups as a single coil and a P90. I saw a guy in a blues band playing this same guitar two days ago and he was actually getting some smokin SRV tone out of the neck (playing an SRV cover no less).

 

[Wattage]

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The neck is called an Alnico, a P-90 in principle justa bit different layout. They are wonderful pickups.

Good luck TC that is a beautiful guitar, beautiful. Might not have much in the way of frets. Most are shipped as fretless wonders.

 

[JeffB]

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Wow...puuurrrtyyy...Congrats!

I remember vividly the day I bought my black custom....Chuck Levins in Maryland. It was my first time at a really good music store and my first Les Paul..circa 1987. I didn't know what Les Paul I wanted, just knew I wanted a Les Paul. The guy just kept bringing up Les Pauls from the basement..Deluxes, Goldtops, CopperTops..this gorgeous Wine standard that I almost bought..'til he brought up the Black Custom...

Tangent... Chuck Levins rocks. When I bought my Reed there, the sales-guy brought me downstairs via elevator to the "secret" basement area, and let me go through every friggin Reed in the place to find what I wanted.

 

[Hoss]

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NEW STUFF ROCKS!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: and that guitar looks like it's gonna do just that!!! :headbang:

 

[Forbes]

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Nice score TC.

 

[Mkf411]

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That headstock says "Respect my authori-tie!!!!!" Sweeet

 

[Lee_M.]

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*Using Mike Meyer's "Coffee Talk" voice from SNL*

TattooedCarrot, Gibsons and impulse shopping.....what do they all have in common? Discuss amongst yourselves!

 

[Closed Eye]

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has anybody cracked a "merry axe-mas" joke yet?

 

[ledzepp29]

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thats just like craig ross' cept his is the real deal. That guitar is the ONLY p-90 guitar that sets me off. I LOVE that guitar!!!!!!

 

[gt5litre]

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Hey Tattooed is this a Custom Shop and not a RI? As far as my limited knowledge goes, I thought the ABR and stoptail piece did not appear until 1955 or perhaps 56. I know the Custom Shop does a JB 54 Oxblood with a Jr/Special bridge and uses humbuckers and this is not a model that was never a production model back in the day.

I am not a fan of Customs and black guitars per se, but that is one beautiful guitar and I hope it has real P-90s in it. Enjoy it and congrats on the deal; hope it plays as good as it looks.

Also, I wanted to ask if you still have the black 2002 or 2003 Standard you got about 2 months ago? How does it play, does it have the Burstbucker Pros and do you like the pickups? I was looking at that one when I got an 89 Darkburst Standard that a friend of mine needed to sell.

Brent

 

[JammerMatt]

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It'll look great with your custom guitar stand, bro!!!

 

[TattooedCarrot]

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Hey Tattooed is this a Custom Shop and not a RI? As far as my limited knowledge goes, I thought the ABR and stoptail piece did not appear until 1955 or perhaps 56. I know the Custom Shop does a JB 54 Oxblood with a Jr/Special bridge and uses humbuckers and this is not a model that was never a production model back in the day.

It's a historic 54RI made in the custom shop (as are all reissues). I don't know about the acuracy of the bridge or other specs, but Gibson says the 54 custom was the first to use the ABR-1 bridge. Here's the link to it on Gibson's custom shop website.

http://www.gibsoncustom.com/flash/historic/lespauls/blackbeauty/54/1954Custom.html

Also, I wanted to ask if you still have the black 2002 or 2003 Standard you got about 2 months ago? How does it play, does it have the Burstbucker Pros and do you like the pickups? I was looking at that one when I got an 89 Darkburst Standard that a friend of mine needed to sell.

I bought it used, it already had the burstbuckers removed. I then added a Custom/Pearly Gates combo, chrome Sperzels, LP custom knobs, chrome rings, and changed the apprerance to more of a hot rod. Here's how it looks now.

 

[Gearjoneser]

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That headstock says "Respect my authori-tie!!!!!" Sweeet

:14: :fingersx:

I'm sorry, there's just no guitar like a Black Custom! The necks are what I like to refer to as "silly good." :smoker: I love my BB Custom, but it's such a work of art, I'm almost afraid to use it and tarnish the gold or cloud the black finish. I'd love to have yours and call it a matching Black Historic Custom set.

The binding looks white here, but it's yellowed. Also, mine has the unusuall Kluson tuners, which is rare for Customs.

 

[casblah]

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The neck is called an Alnico, a P-90 in principle justa bit different layout. They are wonderful pickups.

Good luck TC that is a beautiful guitar, beautiful. Might not have much in the way of frets. Most are shipped as fretless wonders.

Are the current production Customs still made with small/low-profile frets? I thought that was a thing of the past. Anyone?

 

[Biu]

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Jeez, TC, you are a true guitar sniper! What a score!

Kinda makes me wish I still had my Gibson LP Custom...

 

[Hot _Grits]

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Very nice. My local shop had a 70s reissue of that same guitar come through for about US$3500...