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Do you have any idea how hard it is to resist opening this box... It's been 2 hours, 36 minutes and 29 seconds... D'oh!!! :##
1954 Anniversary Les Paul Custom
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DanD
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Really? You actually wait?
I rip right into them just hoping they check. The new ones never have.
Did you get the 9 pound 2 ounce '54?
Had they had one in the 8 range I may have had to move some funds around. Supposedly 25 in the run. I keep checking back hoping for the best!
HNGD :salude
I rip right into them just hoping they check. The new ones never have.
Did you get the 9 pound 2 ounce '54?
Had they had one in the 8 range I may have had to move some funds around. Supposedly 25 in the run. I keep checking back hoping for the best!
HNGD :salude
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Yeah, I waited, but it wasn't really that bad... I had a meeting and a followup conference call that kept me busy until after lunchtime...
The people at Sweetwater said it was 9lbs - 4oz, but my postal scale puts it at 9lbs even...
Thanks! :salude
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Okay... Now that we're back... Guess what?
I got a new guitar on Friday, just before the forum upgrade... In fact, I only had time to post the picture of the box label and when I signed back on, we were in the Twilight Zone... :rofl
At any rate, here it is...
My pair of 54's...
All three LP's together...
I got a new guitar on Friday, just before the forum upgrade... In fact, I only had time to post the picture of the box label and when I signed back on, we were in the Twilight Zone... :rofl
At any rate, here it is...
My pair of 54's...
All three LP's together...
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Awesome!
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It really is, in so many ways... The build quality is exceptional, the Alnico V Staple pickup is unreal and it feels like home to me... :salude
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Congrats! I have a particular fondness for those two guitars. If you want to hear a beautiful tone out of the alnico p/u, turn your amp up (keep it on the clean side) and roll the volume down on that p/u. If the volume pot doesn't roll off the high end, you'll hear a tone that is simply remarkable and very different than having the guitar volume on 10. :salude
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Thanks! :salude
I've been putting it through the paces with my Reinhardt and Twin and it's incredible...
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Congratulations.
I love mine.
Here it is, fresh out of its box.
AWESOME!!! Congrats... :salude
I gotta say... This is the most amount of money that I've EVER spent on a single guitar and it's worth EVERY penny... I couldn't be happier...
eace2
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Hum? Looks like my post from last night on the new site didn't take?
In any event, what a (Black) BEAUTY she is Kenny!!!!! :applaude
I have a '72 (a "Fretless Wonder") Limited Edition that I've had since '73 which I absolutely love!!!!! It has my favorite neck out of all my guitars.
The "Staple" is an AWESOME pickup isn't it?
Congrats and play her in good health!
:salude
In any event, what a (Black) BEAUTY she is Kenny!!!!! :applaude
I have a '72 (a "Fretless Wonder") Limited Edition that I've had since '73 which I absolutely love!!!!! It has my favorite neck out of all my guitars.
The "Staple" is an AWESOME pickup isn't it?
Congrats and play her in good health!
:salude
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Kenny, they sent you the wrong one again. Just send it to me and I'll take care of it for you.
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Nice Score Kenny, Congrats :salude
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I think those posts were lost in the rollback...
Yes! The Alnico V Staple pickup is out of this world...
Thank you... :salude
:rofl :salude
Thank you... :salude
Sweetwater said it was 9lbs - 4oz, but my postal scale puts it at 9lbs even...
Thank you... :salude
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any plans for some speed knobs Kenny?
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have you seen the price of the one on fleabay at the mo? from the outfit in Japan :bug
if that's anything to go by, you have made a very great sounding investment right there! :salude
i posted on the new old site, but ill say it again (seeing its gone), that's a stunner right there Kenny congrats :dude:
if that's anything to go by, you have made a very great sounding investment right there! :salude
i posted on the new old site, but ill say it again (seeing its gone), that's a stunner right there Kenny congrats :dude:
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Wow, beautiful axe! :dude: How does it compare tonewise to Goldtop R4?
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I like the witch hats...
eace2 Ya know... I missed out on the R7 Customs back in the 2006, or thereabouts... Then I watched the prices soar on RI Customs... I wasn't about to let this one slip by... Especially since I'm an R4 kind of guy anyway...
Thanks!!! :salude