calling 2000/2001 Historic owners...

DirtyTONY · Mar 24, 2009

hi
your guitar has the same age as Bursts in late 60s... did the tone change after this years, if yes.. which way?
thanks a lot for any info

Bluestar · Mar 24, 2009

DirtyTONY said:
hi
your guitar has the same age as Bursts in late 60s... did the tone change after this years, if yes.. which way?
thanks a lot for any info

To me, my 01R8 sounded excellent the day I got it, and having played it amplified and at least weekly since then, any sound change would have been so gradual over such a long period of time that I really couldn't say I've noticed it. But certainly it doesn't sound worse - still just excellent, which is good enough for me.

shallbe · Mar 24, 2009

Mine is older than that. I have 1998 R8 that has been played heavily over the last 10 years---hundreds of gigs and practices. It sounded good when I got it, but now has a sweeter top end than when new. The top end used to be harsher on the bridge pickup, now it is just right to my ears. Also, the neck position tones are clearer, which I'm very happy about.

I'm a firm believer that vibrations over time really enhance the tonal properties of wood. In other words, it gets better the more ya play it.

el84ster · Mar 25, 2009

Yeah I definitely think they change too. The finish has sure gotten harder for one thing. I'd say my 01 R8 is more resonant now, sweeter sounding too. Sustains longer (probably due to the harder finish).

rbuse · Mar 25, 2009

el84ster said:
Sustains longer (probably due to the harder finish).

Wouldn't it be great if everything sustained longer and got harder as it aged ! :hee

Fixxxer · Mar 25, 2009

Mine all still kick maximum ass.

jgyn · Mar 25, 2009

DirtyTONY said:
hi
your guitar has the same age as Bursts in late 60s... did the tone change after this years, if yes.. which way?
thanks a lot for any info

Never thought of it in this way!
I love my 2001 R8, but can't tell if the tone's changed over the years.

Humbuck · Mar 25, 2009

Vibrations be damned, this concept is a lot of hooey IMHO.:wank

Plankspanker · Mar 25, 2009

I've got two Y2K R9s, the finishes are different from the later models, very thin. The necks are bigger, and the frets feel different. They sound different from the later models, in a good way.

SS901771 · Mar 25, 2009

I have a Y2K R9 which I got new. It is definitly more resonant than it was new. It is light as a feather and sounds huge.

Plankspanker · Mar 25, 2009

Here's a Lemon Burst 2000 R9 that weighs in right around 8 lbs.

This one is also a Y2K R9 and very lightweight. It has an unusual color burst.

davidd · Mar 26, 2009

My '01 CA R8 still sounds good, but I think it sounded slightly better with new nitro, frets and original BB2/3. I think with all the playing and screwing around with pickups/pots, caps etc. it has lost the original intended sound. How the hell do I know what it sounded like in '02 when I bought it? What a load of crap we discuss on this forum! Yeah Greeny really worried about this shit. Most everybody on here is totally full of it, myself included. I don't want to offend but this is really the biggest pile. People shilling up the price of vintage. Please don't question them they are the experts of God's chosen instrument. Cork sniffing wanking arseholes all of us. I am so sick of this crap. Let's talk music. Oh, I forgot this is about Les Pauls, you have to pay extra to talk about something else. This place was a lot more interesting six or seven years ago. I don't give a shit about top carve, truss rod cover placement, color, western versus eastern, what fucking shithole area of some god forbidden shithole jungle my hog or rosewood came from. Ah but I can perceive slightly more overtones from the '59 than the reissue. Bullshit! Posers all of us! Go fuck your old ladies for christ sake, that's something that has real value.

JohnnyK · Mar 28, 2009

Plankspanker said:
Here's a Lemon Burst 2000 R9 that weighs in right around 8 lbs.

Hey PS - What serial # on this LP? I have Lemonburst # 9 01865. Special run from Dec. '00 went to Daves Guitars.

Plankspanker · Mar 28, 2009

JohnnyK said:
Plankspanker said:

Here's a Lemon Burst 2000 R9 that weighs in right around 8 lbs.

Hey PS - What serial # on this LP? I have Lemonburst # 9 01865. Special run from Dec. '00 went to Daves Guitars.

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This one came thru ************ if I remember; the serial is 9 01692, the story I got was it was part of a special run for Yamano that they backed out of, don't know what to beleive these days.
Post a pic of yours.

JohnnyK · Mar 28, 2009

Plankspanker said:
JohnnyK said:

This one came thru ************ if I remember; the serial is 9 01692, the story I got was it was part of a special run for Yamano that they backed out of, don't know what to beleive these days.
Post a pic of yours.

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I emailed a contact at Gibson and he said my LP was part of a small
L-burst batch that went to Daves' in late Dec. 00

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marshall1987 · Jan 6, 2011

The Finish has cured on my 2000 R9. It's a little faded and doesn't have the annoying static electricity snap/crackle/pop noise in the dry winter months anymore. The new finishes have a very annoying static electricity noise when you touch them in the dry winter months, especially where gas heat is used.

Steven · Jan 6, 2011

shallbe said:
Mine is older than that. I have 1998 R8 that has been played heavily over the last 10 years---hundreds of gigs and practices. It sounded good when I got it, but now has a sweeter top end than when new. The top end used to be harsher on the bridge pickup, now it is just right to my ears. Also, the neck position tones are clearer, which I'm very happy about.

I'm a firm believer that vibrations over time really enhance the tonal properties of wood. In other words, it gets better the more ya play it.

How about your ears ? Have they changed since 1998 ?

What about hearing in general, does it become better ?

Cogswell · Jan 6, 2011

It's not just the sound, either, it's the value. I bought my '03 for around $1700 a number of years ago. I estimate it now to be worth $200.000.00.

TT100 · Jan 6, 2011

2001

My hearing is worse but the guitar is still great.

:dude: :dude:

garywright · Jan 6, 2011

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