New Goth Guitar day!

[80's_Metal]

Why do I even open Facebook marketplace up??
I should know better!

Anyhow, 2 hours of driving and an hour of cleaning and setup....

Here is my new (old) Goth SG.

I had the Goth explorer and it was my main squeeze for a very long time. (That now belongs to my other guitarist)

Found this for a great deal. All original except for the ugly knobs that were on it.
It will get a new output jack, but otherwise... Playable condition! Frets are worn a bit, but I just got it for a lightweight beater while my back heals after surgery.

Here it is with new strings, knobs, and a lot of cleaning finished.

Here's how it came home with me

 

[80's_Metal]

I used this Mr. Clean all purpose spray cleaner on the fret board with a washrag and it cleaned right up! Best trick ever for gunky fret boards!

This guitar is super light! I don't have a scale that will measure it

 

[Masta' C]

That's awesome! You'll have to post pics all cleaned up!

Does it neck dive?

 

[80's_Metal]

That's awesome! You'll have to post pics all cleaned up!

Does it neck dive?

Lol the top pic is cleaned up ha ha.

I hung a strap on it but I haven't even tried it on really
It's super light, even lighter than my Gibby was.
Hold please......
.... It dives just a little bit.

 

[80's_Metal]

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[80's_Metal]

Oh and I tried these new 9.5-46 stringjoys strings.... I only bought them to enter for a chance to win an LP.
They seem silky

 

[Masta' C]

Interesting! I only just recently came to know about Stringjoy. They have a lot on offer!

Guitar looks great, by the way! That Epi "Goth" series was sorely underrated \m/

 

[Mincer]

Put that on a scale! I wanna know how light it is. I think they made a goth LP model of the same series, too.

 

[Masta' C]

I had a Flying V from that series and it was really light, less than 7lbs I'm sure

 

[Artie]

Nice cleanup. Rock out. :headbang:

 

[80's_Metal]

Put that on a scale! I wanna know how light it is. I think they made a goth LP model of the same series, too.

Yes they made the Goth in an LP, a V, an SG, and the Explorer. And also a thunderbird bass.
The G-400 was made from 02 to 04.

Gibson also made a goth series and also the Voodoo series.
Those are pretty difficult to find (thus afford) those

best I can get a reading is 6.5 lbs

These stock pups are called Alnico 5 Classics.... I like them so far as they are very different that everything else I play through. But I haven't given it the road test with the big amps and speakers yet...

 

[Securb]

I love those Epi SGs; they play and sound fantastic.

 

[ehdwuld]

put one of those whammies and a roller bridge on it

 

[Mincer]

Yes they made the Goth in an LP, a V, an SG, and the Explorer. And also a thunderbird bass.
The G-400 was made from 02 to 04.

Gibson also made a goth series and also the Voodoo series.
Those are pretty difficult to find (thus afford) those

best I can get a reading is 6.5 lbs

These stock pups are called Alnico 5 Classics.... I like them so far as they are very different that everything else I play through. But I haven't given it the road test with the big amps and speakers yet...

I wonder what they do to make it so light? I'd love if a thinner LP was about that weight.

 

[80's_Metal]

I wonder what they do to make it so light? I'd love if a thinner LP was about that weight.

It's just really thin. Still mahogany.

 

[80's_Metal]

Tonight I had a bunch of whiskey and wired in a black winter I had on the shelf..... (Which is absolute heresy of you ask me).

Nope! Not a good tone .... .
I Put the original back on and apparently I'm too drunk to solder ha ha ha I will have to fix it tomorrow.

 

[ehdwuld]

Never drink and solder

I try not to drink and wire anything

If you break it you can't remember how you broke it

If it sounds special
You can't remember how you did that either

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Congrats!

Back when I started playing guitar, that's when the original Gibson Goths and Voodoos were around. As soon as I got my first guitar, I started searching the web for what other models there were out there, and I knew I had to have a Gibson Les Paul Goth. Either that or a Gibson Les Paul Custom (I did not know a Custom ranked way above a Studio/Goth at that time) were the guitars of my dreams.

I will always have a soft spot for all-black satin guitars. Something about them just looks so classy and Metal at the same time.

 

[80's_Metal]

I fixed it ha ha I had soldered a ground wire straight to the lead post..... For some (bourbon related) reason...!

Now I can't decide.... Pickguard or no pickguard?
I like it off because it's less shiny.... But then it looks a little more like the esp.... not sure yet.

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[beaubrummels]

Pickguard makes me think Iommi. No pickguard makes me think 'black guitar'