Studio?

• Jul 21, 2007

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Electramone

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Hi Everyone,

Quick advice:
I have two Historics (special and a goldie) both w/ P-90's. I miss having LP with HB's. The wife will flip if I get another guitar (I have a lot) BUT I just heard of a LP Studio at a local store that was stripped and resprayed in nitro but poorly. Guy says it's ratty but plays great. The cosmetic thing doesn't bug me at all but I've never played a Studio before and would like some opinions.

Thanks!

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Chicken Scratch

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Every studio Ive played was not that great but they do sound good.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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I love my Studio, it plays, and sounds great. Not quite as nice as my 82 Custom, but nothing is. Doesn't look too bad either.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Electramone

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That's real pretty! Love the Ebony board.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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thats a rosewood board, i have the exact same model

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Hillbilly

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Mine's pretty cool; loaded with RS electronics and Psychebilly's...sounds great.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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SFK

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THe only LP that I've owned that I like anywhere near s much as my R7 is a totally beat 93 Studio that I had. It was heavy as all heck but it sounded great. (Stock)

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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JohnH

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I love my new old 93 studio. A real LP sound from its 57 classic pups . None of my other guitars come close.

John

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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my advice--
definately go have a look with some cash in your pocket-
play it a bit to see if you like the feel--
if you get on with the neck / weight , I would knock the price right down-due to tatty finish, and then walk away happy.
I just got my second studio, which is also a refin, and I will be posting before / after pics as I want to change some of the plastic , but it has a set of burstbuckers in it, and it sounds really good cos of it.
My first studio , I picked up pretty cheap cos of the hack job someone had done to the black paint, so took it all off and made it look nice, and boy do those stock 490/498 pups sound good on there ( I'm comparing to a 2003 standard, a 2001 Gary Moore, and a 2000 Gothic studio-which has same pickups, but feels a bit different with the ebony neck )
This is the re-finished studio,currently my number one (until I get the new one fixed up )

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let us know how you get on--and show us what you got
cheers
andy k

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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ps-
I should have mentioned that the pic is a 95 studio, do some checks but I think that was a good year--my new one has a 3 peice top and back, and is a 2002 (the 95 is one peice back-2 peice top)
PPS--
I love that relic'ed gold top up there--wonderful
bye
andy k

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Electramone

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Hey Hillbilly, LOVE that all gold job!!!

Just came home with the guitar. Finish was not too bad (white which I like) and it had an RS upgrade kit already dropped in! Sounded/played great. $500. Not bad I think.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Chicken Scratch

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Electramone said:

Just came home with the guitar. Finish was not too bad (white which I like) and it had an RS upgrade kit already dropped in! Sounded/played great. $500. Not bad I think.

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hotos

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Hillbilly,

Didn't know they made Studios in goldtop. Cool.

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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scozz50 said:

I love my Studio, it plays, and sounds great. Not quite as nice as my 82 Custom, but nothing is. Doesn't look too bad either.

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Damn, that's a beauty!!! Nicest looking Studio I have ever seen.:dude:

 

• Jul 21, 2007

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Electramone said:

Hey Hillbilly, LOVE that all gold job!!!

Just came home with the guitar. Finish was not too bad (white which I like) and it had an RS upgrade kit already dropped in! Sounded/played great. $500. Not bad I think.

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Sounds like a decent deal to me.:dude:

 

• Jul 22, 2007

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andy k said:

This is the re-finished studio,currently my number one (until I get the new one fixed up )

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Damn, that looks great! I love the natural wood and black hardware combo. Did you spray the top in nitro, or anything? Cool. I've flipped a couple of studios I picked up cheap, just as a way of building cash for the next guitar. I'll have to do the "andy k" model refinish on the next one that passes by (if the tone is up to it!)..:dude:

 

• Jul 22, 2007

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I don't own a Studio, but I like the old school vibe they have. At one of the best club shows I saw, this blues band had a fantastic guitar player, wearing an old time suit and hat, rippin' it up on a black Studio. He had it running through a blackface Fender amp, and it sound awsome.

 

• Jul 22, 2007

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i like my studio PP, natural finish seems to look the best. this one is mine

 

• Jul 22, 2007

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Just picked up a 1997 Limited Edition wine red Studio today. Apparently these came with creme plastic and some badass P-94's. Interesting.

 

• Jul 22, 2007

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Some are great. Some are crap. You'll just have to play it and see if you get the vibe off it.