Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Tonight, I got a call at 9:30 from my producer friend in the middle of a session, begging me to do a restring/setup on a client's guitar.....and it has to be right now, because the rest of the night will be tracking with some outboard gear that's rented and going back in the morning.
So, I tell him to bring me the guitar with a set of strings (luckily he had some), and $20. I had an hour turnaround.
They showed up and I was so happy it was a Gibson, because I can dial them in fast. So he hands me the one guitar I wish I had to round out my Gibson collection.....a late 90's Gibson Historic 59 LP, modded with 2 aged Pearly Gates and a pullup tone pot to split the coils. I was stoked that it had some of my very favorite Duncans in it, just so I could enjoy playing it while setting it up.
Man, what a great guitar! I love all mine as much, but this 59 was just killer! I quickly adjusted the pickup height, truss rod, action, cleaned the nut slots, cleaned the guitar finish, restrung and stretched the strings, then intonated it 100% perfect......I don't need no stinkin Feiten system. lol
I spent the last 15 minutes playing it through my Marshall Jubilee...clean and highgain, while stretching the strings completely. That guitar is destined to haunt me....being a joneser and all. A lightweight vintage sunburst flametop with aged nickel PG's and splittable, using the top tone knob. What a killer LP! A real joy to set up and enjoy for an hour.
So, I tell him to bring me the guitar with a set of strings (luckily he had some), and $20. I had an hour turnaround.
They showed up and I was so happy it was a Gibson, because I can dial them in fast. So he hands me the one guitar I wish I had to round out my Gibson collection.....a late 90's Gibson Historic 59 LP, modded with 2 aged Pearly Gates and a pullup tone pot to split the coils. I was stoked that it had some of my very favorite Duncans in it, just so I could enjoy playing it while setting it up.
Man, what a great guitar! I love all mine as much, but this 59 was just killer! I quickly adjusted the pickup height, truss rod, action, cleaned the nut slots, cleaned the guitar finish, restrung and stretched the strings, then intonated it 100% perfect......I don't need no stinkin Feiten system. lol
I spent the last 15 minutes playing it through my Marshall Jubilee...clean and highgain, while stretching the strings completely. That guitar is destined to haunt me....being a joneser and all. A lightweight vintage sunburst flametop with aged nickel PG's and splittable, using the top tone knob. What a killer LP! A real joy to set up and enjoy for an hour.
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