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Old 10-28-2014, 04:59 PM
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Gibson or Epiphone electric guitars anyone? Tell us about the one(s) you currently own, have owned, or want to own.

I'll get it started. Here's a pic of my '99 Les Paul Standard Plus LTD. It was my first Gibson and I bought it with the money I made working lots of overtime. Stock Gibson '57 Classics zebra humbuckers. It's a keeper.


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Old 10-28-2014, 05:33 PM
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The latest bad picture of my R8.





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Old 10-28-2014, 06:49 PM
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Current
'13 Epiphone 339 Ultra
'11 Gibson LP Studio '60s Tribute goldtop/P-90
'07 Gibson Faded SG Reissue Bass

Past
'86 Gibson '61 SG Reissue
'67 Epiphone Rivoli "Chas Chandler" Bass

Wish List
'58 Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster (Blonde/Venetian/PAF's/narrow frets)
'61 Gibson LP Custom (last of the single-cuts - one of my grade-school friends bought one as NOS in '64 for $125)
'63 Gibson SG/LP Custom (white/1-5/8" neck)
'63 Gibson EB-6 (solidbody/2 humbuckers)
'66 Gibson "Jack Bruce" EB-3
'67 Gibson EB-2D (cherry)
'69 Gibson Crest
'72 Gibson Citation (blonde)
'72 Gibson ES-150DC (cherry)
'72 Gibson LP Triumph Bass
'73 Gibson L9-S Bass (short-lived - and extremely rare - predecessor of the Ripper, this was a contoured Tele-shaped/Ripper-sized single-cut with two large EB-0 humbuckers)
'63 Epiphone "Carl Perkins" Emperor Thinline (blonde)
'64 Epiphone Casino (cherry)
'65 Epiphone Sheraton (cherry)
'65 Epiphone Crestwood Deluxe (white/"Batwing")
'66 Epiphone Al Caiola Standard (cherry)
'67 Epiphone Al Caiola Custom (teaburst)
'67 Epiphone Howard Roberts acoustic (there's at least one out there that was built strictly as an acoustic instrument - I saw it back in the '70s)
'68 Epiphone Riviera 12-string (cherry)
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Old 10-28-2014, 06:57 PM
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Nice collection. That Howard Roberts is a rare bird for sure.
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Old 10-28-2014, 09:17 PM
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Gibson or Epiphone electric guitars anyone? Tell us about the one(s) you currently own, have owned, or want to own.

I'll get it started. Here's a pic of my '99 Les Paul Standard Plus LTD. It was my first Gibson and I bought it with the money I made working lots of overtime. Stock Gibson '57 Classics zebra humbuckers. It's a keeper.


Very nice Dru. That's a looker!
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Old 10-29-2014, 06:37 AM
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I recently purchased a 1999 SG Special in the extra rare, ebony stain. It looks black in the picture but the color is actually brown.

I removed the old 300k pots and junk caps and installed CTS 500k pots and orange drop caps. The pots were the ones offered by AllParts, and apparently had something like a 10-15% taper. I have since removed them and installed CTS Vintage Taper pots and Vitamin T caps from Mojotone. This is my first electric and my first attempt at modding anything.

Oh, and where most SG Specials are more than one piece of wood...I lucked out and got a single piece body. This doesn't REALLY matter but I like the guitar just a little bit more because of it.



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Old 10-29-2014, 08:07 AM
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Back in the 1960s, when both brands were being made in Gibson's Kalamazoo, MI factory, it was no secret that Epiphones were a bargain beyond compare: same woods, same molds, same workmanship, in the case of the electrics, same pickups, too... and all for about 10-20% less than what a Gibson cost! Then Norlin took over and the first thing they did was move the Epiphone operation overseas to Asia somewhere (Epiphones have since been manufactured in Japan, Korea, Indonesia and China, successively). I can't speak to the quality of the Asian Epiphones, but I know they're not as good as they were when they were made here in the USA.
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Old 10-29-2014, 08:45 AM
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The latest bad picture of my R8.





SWEET!!!! Must sound amazing through the Carol-Ann.


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Current
'13 Epiphone 339 Ultra
'11 Gibson LP Studio '60s Tribute goldtop/P-90
'07 Gibson Faded SG Reissue Bass

Past
'86 Gibson '61 SG Reissue
'67 Epiphone Rivoli "Chas Chandler" Bass

Wish List
'58 Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster (Blonde/Venetian/PAF's/narrow frets)
'61 Gibson LP Custom (last of the single-cuts - one of my grade-school friends bought one as NOS in '64 for $125)
'63 Gibson SG/LP Custom (white/1-5/8" neck)
'63 Gibson EB-6 (solidbody/2 humbuckers)
'66 Gibson "Jack Bruce" EB-3
'67 Gibson EB-2D (cherry)
'69 Gibson Crest
'72 Gibson Citation (blonde)
'72 Gibson ES-150DC (cherry)
'72 Gibson LP Triumph Bass
'73 Gibson L9-S Bass (short-lived - and extremely rare - predecessor of the Ripper, this was a contoured Tele-shaped/Ripper-sized single-cut with two large EB-0 humbuckers)
'63 Epiphone "Carl Perkins" Emperor Thinline (blonde)
'64 Epiphone Casino (cherry)
'65 Epiphone Sheraton (cherry)
'65 Epiphone Crestwood Deluxe (white/"Batwing")
'66 Epiphone Al Caiola Standard (cherry)
'67 Epiphone Al Caiola Custom (teaburst)
'67 Epiphone Howard Roberts acoustic (there's at least one out there that was built strictly as an acoustic instrument - I saw it back in the '70s)
'68 Epiphone Riviera 12-string (cherry)
Great list Steve. Do you think you'll acquire any of your wish list?
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Old 10-29-2014, 09:07 AM
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Current:

2003 Gibson CS-336
1963 Epiphone Granada
Epiphone Inspired by John Lennon Casino
Epiphone Les Paul Florentine Premium
Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500NEMS

Past:
1995 Gibson Les Paul Special Cutaway
1997 Gibson Blueshawk
2007 Gibson Melody Maker dual pickup
2004 Epiphone Casino
Epiphone Wildkat
Epiphone LP-100

I liked each and every one of them. They were all fantastic guitars, but the CS-336 is still the best sounding guitar I have ever played.
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Old 10-29-2014, 03:38 PM
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Got my Epi Les Paul, and I'm kind of on the fence about it. I play it, but not nearly as much as my other two electrics. Debating trading it towards a USA made Tele, or keep it and see how it does with my next kit amp with a pickup swap.

I swapped all the electronics in it, dropped in new pickups, and I still can't get a pleasing tone from the bridge pickup. I think I may be at the point where it would take a slew of upgraded hardware to get it any better, but I don't want to keep putting money into it that I could better use on other gear.
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Old 10-29-2014, 03:46 PM
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My Gibson and Epiphone SG's:

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Old 10-30-2014, 06:39 AM
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My 2008 Gibson LP Studio. Some guy had taken a sharpie and white out to it before I got it and drew some Incubus-like design on it. I removed it as much as I could and just left it as is. Gives it more mojo.

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Old 10-30-2014, 09:00 AM
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My 2008 Gibson LP Studio. Some guy had taken a sharpie and white out to it before I got it and drew some Incubus-like design on it. I removed it as much as I could and just left it as is. Gives it more mojo.

Now that's some serious mojo. There's a thread a while back about relicing electric guitars - your guitar would fit in well. Although you didn't start out relicing it, it's there now.
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Old 10-30-2014, 09:07 AM
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I own two. An ES 137 Custom and a Studio.







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Old 10-30-2014, 11:39 AM
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Now that's some serious mojo. There's a thread a while back about relicing electric guitars - your guitar would fit in well. Although you didn't start out relicing it, it's there now.


This is pre "relicing." It was obvious that the guy took a lot of time to draw this design but it just wasn't for me. I got the guitar at a killer price so I could deal with a little elbow grease to remove the artwork.
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