Cliff Gress
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Alright I deserved that.
Historics, differences vs Regular US Gibson, production line?
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Alright I deserved that.
Texas Blues
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Mr. Easton.
You are a very well known meanie.
On this forum.
So mean in fact.
I would wash your dishes.
Do your laundry.
And cook for you.
Just to say hello and shake your hand.
And then....
Like some people on this forum.
I'd tell you how I would have played it better.
:hee
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Hahahaha! Ya still got it- what a card!!!
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Grandturk
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USA production tour - https://youtu.be/0w8sNA8wdLA
Custom shop tour - https://youtu.be/O7PfXqUu3nw
Some recent tours on YouTube. Pretty interesting.
Custom shop tour - https://youtu.be/O7PfXqUu3nw
Some recent tours on YouTube. Pretty interesting.
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Beat me to it!
Best quote... "Ya know, Quilted Maple doesn't grow on trees... [whoops, pause]... as much as...
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Learned something new @ 23:20 in Peaches Custom Shop vid => CS Firebird wedge joined by hide glue. :salude
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I didn’t know they used a wedge joint at all. Pretty cool.
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2 very separate divisions which operate from different buildings and locations in Nashville .
Bruce R
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As I recall the late 90's-early 2000's Les Paul Classics were very decent guitars, and not that different than the new Historics being produced at that time. The Classics/Standards today are light-years removed from the Historics, but was this always the case?
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Well, I don't know about light years...
I have a 2000 and 2018 USA Classic -- as well as many Custom Shop Reissues.
While the Reissues are in a league above, the Classics are both stellar guitars. Apart from the obvious spec difference (2000 has the ceramics & Klusons, snotty inlays; 2018 has P90s & Grovers), both are of similar construction and quality.
I'd say the big difference is wood, at least in my 2. The 2000 closer in weight to a Reissue, still not from the same "wood sort" as Historics though...
2018 is heftier. You know they really could have done the weight relief, but didn't
:salude
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No, your recollection is completely wrong in every way.
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I hear you, Al! I really didn't play much attention to the "newer" Gibsons in those days, as I've always had my '69 Custom as my main guitar and my '56 Strat. I really didn't understand the Historics/Custom Shop instruments until about 2007 when I was researching the purchase of my '06 R8. You're right - no comparison!