N/OGD: 1991 Gibson MIII Standard

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muttznmongrelz

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"New/Old Guitar Day" - Some of you may have seen this in another thread but, I just picked up a Modified 1991 Gibson MIII Standard with a clean Original Gibson Hardshell Case with the bright pink lining and shroud built into the case...latches were all intackt and the case is nice and clean. Gutiar arrived yesterday so I took it home, wiped it down, tuned it as the seller had loosened the nut and strings for shipping, and got to plug it in for a half hour. Mini-Toggle is wired for Neck or Bridge...two positions...but I played around with the pickup height and pretty much found what I considered the sweet spot with only a couple turns on each pickup. Super low action and the neck feels nice; more comfortable than I remember the prior ones I've owned being. Jazz/JB TB sounded really nice through the 5150. Looking forward to spending some time playing it tomorrow evening.




 
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Very nice! is it "crackle finish", or do the pics just make it look funny? I dig strange Gibsons like this.
Gibson got no love for those back in the day (at least where I was) If it wasn't a LP/SG/"normal" Gibbos, nobody wanted them... I had a guitar teacher that had a "US-1" that was fantastic- an all mahogany set neck superstrat. He got it from the store the lessons were at, for next to nothing, because they sat on it for, like, 4 or 5 years. If it had said anything BUT Gibson on it, it would have sold immediately, but since it wasn't the traditional Gibson style... it sat.

His was silver with black hardware. Of course I can't find a pic anywhere of one like it...
Also the Victorys were pretty cool, too

Plus for a while they were sticking Explorer necks on EVERYTHING, but of course nobody bought them...
 
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Prior Owner painted Nitro over the body with some..."reliving"...he termed it "Battleworn Black".

I dig the MVX/MVII. Don't like the headstock on the Q Series. Like the Explorer on the Double Cut. One of those popped up on eBay last year. Def some very different designs to bear the "Gibson" Logo.
 
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Set Up the way I like it, relocated upper strap button to the top horn instead of the back of the horn. Really a nice playing and sounding Bastardized MIII.




 
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Nice. Its a shame it doesn't have the string clamp locking gotoh like in the top pic in ''daan'' post.
 
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Nice, I think our Mr Bees as a thing for those. I think it's pretty cool but I'd have to refinish it as too good to leave beat up. Great buy though :-)
 
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The gotoh tremolos on the u2 and wrc models is what i was referring too btw. I know a guy who has two NOS ones for sale. I just dont have the money atm to buy them.

This one of mine has one. Its super
 
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I was wondering on the Gotoh as the New Reissues have a Floyd and Originals have a "Gibson" Schaller Floyd.
 
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I've played this thing pretty much exclusively since I got it in my hands. I've been surprised how much I've taken to it and how well I've liked it; playabililty and sound. I never bonded with the prior 2 Black ones I had for whatever reason. That said, I'm having a CTS/USA 5 Way Strat Style Selector reinstalled. a SD Classic Stack 1NP direct mounted to the body in the Middle Postion between the JNL/TB4L that came in it, and, having the Mini-Toggle returned to a "Split/Full" Mode Switch.
 
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Newest Member Of The Famn Damily; 1991 Gibson M-III Standard...got it back today with 5 Way Selector and Middle 90s SD Classic Stack installed. Did add a Skull Truss Cover,Q Parts Cosmo Black Skull Knobs and a Bettie Page "Bondage" Sticker to the back...





 
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Bet that plays nice after the new pickup and setup. Enjoy. :cool2:
 
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Thanks. I had it set up perfectly to my preference prior to the pickup and switch install and was loving playing it; but the added tonal options are nice to have at my disposal.
 
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Very cool. I remember one of the local shops having some Floyded Gibbies when i was starting out. They obviously didn't get much love.
 
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JB_From_Hell said:
Very cool. I remember one of the local shops having some Floyded Gibbies when i was starting out. They obviously didn't get much love.
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Well...if it's a Gibson and isn't a LP, SG, V, Explorer or Jazz/Blues Box it certainly seems to face an uphill battle for acceptance. I was surprised the M-III was reissued.
 
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Thanks but I didn't do much with it. Though it is better with more options tonally.

Yours are nice; really like the natural one (had a Natural one once) and is that an OFR on the Red?
 
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