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Post by saguitar on Jan 10, 2013 20:28:05 GMT -5
Howdy, James! Yeah, those are the stock 490/498 pups that she came with. I just carefully removed the gold covers after about 2 weeks of playing her, because I didn't want to wear off the gold plating. So the covers are still in Lucy's case. And yes, I still play that crazy SG. Here's a pic of that bad boy. If ya look close at the horns, you'll notice that I rounded them off a bit, and moved the Straplock to the upper bout. It hangs much more naturally to me like that. I'm still tempted to attack that neck some weekend. It's just thicker than I prefer, and I may just carve it down a bit one of these days.
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Post by saguitar on Jan 12, 2013 11:36:53 GMT -5
Yeah, SGs are kind of a weird animal. Most players either love 'em or hate 'em. They are sorta like Fender's Telecaster, just a simple plank with a couple of pickups on them. I finally got this one to the point where it's a fun guitar to play, and now it's easy to totally change its character by simply changing out the pickguard and soldering two connections. I've still got the original pickguard set up with a Gibson 490/498 combo ready to go. The pickups in it now (and in this picture), while they look like P90s, are actually P100s, so they sound almost identical to the P90s, but have a lot less single coil noise. I like the P100s a lot, and they give me a nice change, since most of my guitars feature humbuckers.
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Post by steve on Jan 13, 2013 11:11:34 GMT -5
That is an excellent looking SG Stan. I used to dislike the look of them when I was younger but over the years, I have grown to love them. As you say, the basic no nonsense thing that they have.
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Post by saguitar on Jan 13, 2013 21:13:13 GMT -5
Thanks, Steve! Yeah, I used to not like the looks of them at all, and I got this one on a whim as it was very reasonably priced. Then I still didn't like the pointy little horns and the way it hung on me when the strap mount was on the back of the body. So I rounded off the horns a bit and relocated the strap lock to the top one. Then it sat real natural (to me), and subtly looked different so I started to like it. It was easy to add finish to the parts I filed off since that series was basically stained and nothing more. So I stained it to match, oiled it a bit and it blended in great.
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Post by saguitar on Jan 14, 2013 20:00:56 GMT -5
Here's one weekend on the job: Lester, a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (much modified); Sapphire, a Carvin Bolt-T SSH (stock); and Neva Marie, a very special Gibson ES-335 (from James).
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Post by saguitar on Jan 16, 2013 19:38:00 GMT -5
So many guitars, so few arms... Here's a couple of Koa Carvins, I sold the bad boy on the left to a good friend, and kept the one on the right. And another Gibson Les Paul, in Manhattan Midnight. James was kind enough to sell me this one. This picture was actually taken at his house. Yes, the T-shirt says, "Love One Woman - Many Guitars."
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Post by saguitar on Jan 17, 2013 19:42:15 GMT -5
Ready to fly, the Gibson Nighthawk. Or, maybe you'd prefer a Gibson Studio Les Paul Vintage Mahogany, in Worn Brown?
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Post by saguitar on Jan 19, 2013 11:29:27 GMT -5
Here's two nice guitars, both from about 1980, an Ibanez Musician, and a Gibson Les Paul "The Paul." In this pic, the Paul has a pair of Seymour Duncan SPH90 Phat Cats.
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Post by saguitar on Jan 20, 2013 23:05:26 GMT -5
Bow Before The Altar All Ye Who Pass By Here This is one corner in my bedroom, dedicated to Riley B. King. Behind Neva, you'll see a poster of a very young B.B., with a Telecaster, and it's autographed by B.B. James had him autograph it for me. Then there's my own Lucille, a stone crazy tone machine if there ever was one, and behind here is a small frame containing some B.B. King picks and a sheet of B.B. King U.S. postage stamps. Yes, I'm a fan, always have been since I first saw him at the age of 18 in Fresno, California. There will never be another.
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Post by Admin on Jan 20, 2013 23:07:44 GMT -5
Now that rocks.
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Post by saguitar on Jan 25, 2013 19:52:43 GMT -5
Here's your basic rock machine, one of Gretsch's early attempts at rushing the Les Paul crowd, I guess. This is a BST 1500, and it came stock with DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups (loud) installed. It has a nice little C shaped neck and plays quite well. They were given the nickname, "Beast," from a promotion that Gretsch for them did in 1979. All I've done to modify it is put a pair of Dunlop Straplocks on it. It's a great little blues/rocker.
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Post by collinsman on Jan 26, 2013 16:51:45 GMT -5
Nice gear, ouch ! lucky blessed man..
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Post by saguitar on Jan 27, 2013 11:20:57 GMT -5
Thanks, Slap! I've been at it for a long time, and I never had any kids, so I had managed to maintain a GAS fund for acquisition and maintenance. Here's one that I own but I never play. It's a beautiful Gretsch 6120 that I bought on a whim years ago, and I've just never bonded with it. I guess I thought I could be Brian Setzer or something (not). I've mentioned to several people that it's for sale, but haven't found anyone interested. Oh well, it's gorgeous to look at.
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Post by steve on Jan 29, 2013 15:22:42 GMT -5
Does look stunning for sure.
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Post by saguitar on Feb 2, 2013 14:58:28 GMT -5
And here's a Strat I built from parts. Sometimes you just gotta have a Stratty tone, and this one does the job. Yes, of course it has a set of Kinman Woodstock Plus pickups in it. The body is a one piece ash, that I sent to a friend in Virginia and he put that sweet finish on it. I let it cure for about 6 months before I assembled it.
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