Progrocker111
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Nice guitar, but low bridge pickup ring on 68 Custom? :hmm
Oh Gibson...
Oh Gibson...
These can be very interesting!
Anybody with some info about 68 Custom humbucker?
Which in fact were on later 69 Customs, but its not surprising for Gibson. :hee
Better shot of the back plate. These are starting to roll out.
Over all I like it , except for the 14 degree peghead angle, the witch hat knobs,the nylon saddles and nylon nut.I can take or leave the waffleback tuners .Other than that this reissue is a winner and slam dunk in my book and I love the lightweight stopbar tailpiece and I am most intrigued by the 68 Custombuckers that Edwin Wilson based on a set of T-Tops .If I did not have my early reissue Black Beauty I would be all over this instrument in a nano second as this was my first electric as a kid.Good job Gibson ! Kudos to Gibson for the wiring harness with the 500k pots and Sprague Black Beauty caps !
Never even knew about the specs as a kid even though I despised the witch hat knobs because they did not look like those from my Guitar heroes vintage Les Paul's (sunbursts of course) With knowledge gained over the years we know what we want and how we want it as well . The waffleback tuners I hated with a passion as a kid ,because they did not look like my guitar heroes and they sucked staying in tune (honest ) I just feel that with all the thought that went into this reissue that they could have used the 17 degree headstock angle, metal saddles , maybe a bone nut? For tuners maybe Grovers or the plastic ivory colored Klusons . Other than that this reissue is a winner !Curious, did the 14 degree peghead, knobs, saddles, nut, & tuners bother you as a kid?
Never even knew about the specs as a kid even though I despised the witch hat knobs because they did not look like those from my Guitar heroes vintage Les Paul's (sunbursts of course) With knowledge gained over the years we know what we want and how we want it as well . The waffleback tuners I hated with a passion as a kid ,because they did not look like my guitar heroes and they sucked staying in tune (honest ) I just feel that with all the thought that went into this reissue that they could have used the 17 degree headstock angle, metal saddles , maybe a bone nut? For tuners maybe Grovers or the plastic ivory colored Klusons . Other than that this reissue is a winner !
I have owned 4 late 60s GTs - 2 68s and 2 early 69s. All were in better condition than that aged goldtop!
Were these guitars quite heavy? My friend bought his '68 Goldtop new and it was very heavy, so he eventually sold it. I bought a used '68 GT in the late 70's and it was extremely heavy. I kept it for a few years but got tired of the weight and traded it in for the '69 Custom I still own. It weighs 9 lbs 2 oz, but with Grovers (recently replaced by reissue green button wafflebacks). Before I got the GT I had a nice '68 Custom which was around 9 pounds. I have yet to hear of a GT from this era that was not heavy.
The 50th Anniversary '68 Goldtop is grossly overdone. Are they honestly all going to be issued like that?
Were these guitars quite heavy? My friend bought his '68 Goldtop new and it was very heavy, so he eventually sold it. I bought a used '68 GT in the late 70's and it was extremely heavy. I kept it for a few years but got tired of the weight and traded it in for the '69 Custom I still own. It weighs 9 lbs 2 oz, but with Grovers (recently replaced by reissue green button wafflebacks). Before I got the GT I had a nice '68 Custom which was around 9 pounds. I have yet to hear of a GT from this era that was not heavy.
The 50th Anniversary '68 Goldtop is grossly overdone. Are they honestly all going to be issued like that?
Thanks, JimmyAce. Good info.
Extra weight because of more glue? Really?