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05-02-10, 11:17 AM
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Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
I'm really impressed with this guitar. Tone wise, this is all Les Paul. Nice and loud, woody and it has a beautifully balanced throaty midrange honk. Stellar sounding, and my first chambered LP. It's a 2010 VOS limited run. I don't really know the details, or numbers for the run, and I don't much care. I did not know what to expect from such a guitar. I'm loving it. Thanks for looking. The burst colour is much lighter than it appears in the pics.
  
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05-02-10, 11:23 AM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Great looking guitar, love the CR's !
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05-02-10, 12:25 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
What a beauty!
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05-02-10, 01:03 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Looks fantastic. Congrats
My ´07 CR8. Tonewise like you (very good) describe it.  |
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05-02-10, 02:29 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Really nice! Enjoy...
 The CR models are my favourite modern Gibson LP.
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05-02-10, 03:19 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Todd, that looks incredible. When it comes to guitars, you sir are an animal!!
Maybe it's a limited edition for the Canadian market, I'm guessing. I asked Yorkville Music about getting me a CR last year and the answer then was they are not available in Canada. You had to buy from a US dealer. |
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05-02-10, 05:09 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Very nice! ...after reading so many good things here about chambered LP's, I think it's about time I try one.
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05-02-10, 05:53 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
sweet, i like it
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05-02-10, 06:23 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
I LOVE my CR9, it's by far the best sounding and playing Historic LP I've owned, and I've had several.
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05-02-10, 06:40 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
I just picked up a used, but mint, chambered '07, R7GT. It is one of the sweetest guitars I have ever played. Literally a few seconds after I picked it up I decided it was going home with me!
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05-02-10, 06:59 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
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SWWWEEEET!!! Looks like my ex-Keebler from several years ago.....oh well..
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05-02-10, 07:21 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
is there any significant difference in tone between the CRs and non-chambered?
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05-02-10, 07:31 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Ugh, did you really have to go there?!
 The answer is NO by the way...imo. I have a CR Black Beauty and it's awesome! |
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05-03-10, 06:23 AM
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05-03-10, 06:40 AM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
I think there is a slight difference in tone -- for whatever reason, my chambered LP has a bit more bottom end and is slightly softer in its attack compared to my normal R8. You probably couldn't tell by listening to them side by side, it's more of a 'feel' thing when you're playing.
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05-03-10, 07:56 AM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Thanks for the feedback gang. You know, I can't really hear a difference between this Historic and the solid ones. It sounds like a great sounding Les Paul. It really isn't any more different than two regular ones are from each other. I'm having a hard time with this, because I know, logically I should .... or I think I should, hear a difference; but I don't. It sounds fantastic. Nice attack, warm but like I said earlier, it has a solid sweet midrange nasal honk (like a great LP should). If you heard it next to a solid bodied R7 - R9, you would not know it is chambered. There is no clear indicator to clearly distinquish it from the typical Historics. Any differences would be the same as you'd hear when comparing two solid models. The differences being unique to one particular guitar. Just my opinion, but I plugged in and just ripped into the LP standards; it delivered. It simply sounds like a deadly, full bodied, "woody" Les Paul. It's funny, but I took the cover off the back, and as expected, it's hollow in there. I'm just not used to seeing that. I'm going to hide all my music store receipts from the wife in there.
BTW - This is the one from The Guitar Shop (TGS) in Canada (Good eye Vintage58). I know a few guys with these, and they had to ship in from the U.S. R9's started off in the States too. I don't know that the Canadian market has had these before now (as R9 stated).
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05-03-10, 06:40 PM
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Re: Loving the looks, feel and sound of my new chambered '58
Nice clip of someone who plays better than me. For those wanting to hear one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoZaj2Ji1QE
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