NGD, The LAST NGD, I present to you, Irish

Aceman said:
You know, I did, and I'm really on the borderline with that. I think I'm gonna try and stick with the chrome though. It's a Standard, after all.
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is it a standard? says classic on the trussrod cover, not that it matters really. im sure its a sweet guitar!
 
jeremy said:
is it a standard? says classic on the trussrod cover, not that it matters really. im sure its a sweet guitar!
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Classic, Traditional, Standard - whatever. It isn't a Custom.

Single ply binding, trapezoid inlays, is a standard, by any other name.
 
Aceman said:
Two things I did was add a poker chip to the toggle, and I switched out Speed knobs for Gold top Hats.

Plays awesome. Needs just a very little setup tweaking for my tastes

It has Gibson 57's in it, but those will be departing in a month or so.

What is going in?

Neck - Zebra Pearly Gates
Bridge - Zebra Custom Shop Pearly Gates wound to 9.1-9.3k

My Les Pauls all have SuperD's and Distortions in them. Even my GEM has a Custom SP3 P-90. Well, my The Paul has T-Tops, but I'll lose those at some point too. This is my PAF Paul for playing everything.

I still need a strap, but it is going to be plain brown leather.
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That guitar is gorgeous and zebra pickups don't look bad on it. great choice with the PG and custom shop bridge PG. while I was scrolling to this post I was going to suggest a slash set.

is it a chambered body? I hope Gibson stop that.

Nice guitar!
 
Congrats! I hope you don't have to sell any Telecasters to pay for it.

The finish reminds me of the Anaconda Burst LP Empty_Pockets bought years ago.
 
misterwhizzy said:
I feel sorry for you.
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Play a Sabre sometime ..and you won't :bigthumb:


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esandes said:
is it a chambered body? I hope Gibson stop that.

Nice guitar!
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To the best of my knowledge - not that I care on many of these points:

Body - 9 hole weight relief. Have not weighed it. Don't care.

Finish is Nitro

Nut is Graphtech - Again, cut well, works, no bind. Again, don't care. Bone, Tusq, whatever.

60's neck medium-jumbo frets. A bit of a change from my 70's low-wide LPs.

No taps on the pickups. Big Orange caps in there though.

I'm replacing the black covers on the back with cream (on the way)
 
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esandes said:
for your last guitar you should care.

life is too short. you do know it's a fixed bridge and you're fussed about the nut.

poseur
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You do know that a poorly cut nut, especially on a 3+3 headstock can result in binding during bends, right? Perhaps not.

But that is an easy fix/adjustment.

I'm pragmatic and a functionalist. If it works it works. I do not obsess over the uber-minutae. Play the damn notes and rock on with your bad self.
 
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Aceman said:
You do know that a poorly cut nut, especially on a 3+3 headstock can result in binding during bends, right?
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I've never been a fully gibson lover for THAT G never in tune for at least a hour, but I've found a luthier able to finally cut the nut right for my LP special and no more issue about , that said, yes , in a Les Paul a nut must be made with much care
 
Not a hard fix at all. Most people can probably do it with an old wound D string.

However - At $2k+, and Gibson absolutely KNOWING this is a thing, every freaking one should come with this as a build feature/QA step. Not a hit/miss post purchase.

Of course, as mentioned, I don't buy new and can adjust this myself, so don't care.
 
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