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Looks great, Clint. Is that your Fender clone you put together? I forget the model... 5E1? |
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Thanks. That's a 5E3 Deluxe kit amp. Next build, I'm thinking 18 watt Marshall.
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I like my amps with a little more gain which is why I'm hesitating on the build, although the TMB does have a great tone. I guess a nice OD pedal in front will help. |
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Very cool. Seems like a fun project.
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Great stuff here, Growler!! That 12-string LP Trad is amazing.. |
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^^. Thanks. It really is.
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Just one.
1974 Les Paul Deluxe.
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Original tuners were replaced with Grovers.
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While attending college, I owned my first acoustic guitar and loved to frequent the music store across from campus. They had a used Gibson I never heard of so I bought it. It was a 1980 Gibson Sonex 180 Custom.
The Sonex line was a low-cost experiment of Gibson's. The Custom variant had all Les Paul electronics and bridge hardware and wiring harness, an ebony bridge, dual zebra open coil dirty finger pickups with a coil tap. The body was a really ingenious (but not well received) design with a mahogany block as a set through, over-molded with wood-fiber resin. It was engineered for maximum sustain and it really works. They even published graphs of sustain as part of their (failed) marketing efforts. It was also unimaginably heavy. It's a bolt-on neck Gibson, with all Les Paul "guts" an ebony fingerboard with super low fast frets, and better sustain than even a Les Paul. Because it was very non-traditional it only lasted about 4-5 years before being discontinued. I absolutely, positively, love this thing and think its (IMO) the most under-rated Gibson ever made. Well, I sold mine decades ago but wanted another recently. I went on a quest, found one and did a total restoration on it. It was probably my best restoration work ever and I'm so happy with it. You can see it on my stand here my photo journal of the restoration (in reverse picture order) is here So, I've had the following Gibsons:
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What great guitars!!!! I'm familiar with the "Rx" guitars but what are the "CRx"? (what's the "C" for). |
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Wow! You got some cute kids.
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The "C" designation stands for chambered, as in "chambered reissue." I happen to be 60 years of age with less than desirable back ailments, so with these guitars weighing around 7.5 lbs. each, they're a delight to play. I was always a Les Paul player back in the 70s, but I eventually had to give up on them due to their weight. |