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JP Les Paul makeover

hoss

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This thread put the final nail in. My 2006 VOS R9 "The X" is going to Florian in a couple of weeks.
I will have the normal "trussrod/brazboard/refin" things done with no extra aging and I will start a new thread when the project begins. I am very excited!

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2404noah

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Rasher said:
It's a Zep guitar so I think a Zep connection.
We all love it to death, but it can never be ours, we just long to see the pictures and have to love it from a distance.

You should call it "Heartbreaker", 'cos to the rest of us, it is.
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Rasher, you nailed it!!! Heartbreaker it is... I love it! :salude :headbange

It also breaks my heart when I see it :)

Now let's get Heartbreaker home to Denmark NOW !!

And thanks guys for the other good ideas too.
 
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hoss said:
This thread put the final nail in. My 2006 VOS R9 "The X" is going to Florian in a couple of weeks.
I will have the normal "trussrod/brazboard/refin" things done with no extra aging and I will start a new thread when the project begins. I am very excited!

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Hoss, I like the color of your R9 the way it is... what kind of color did you choose for refin?
 
hoss

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simon said:
Hoss, I like the color of your R9 the way it is... what kind of color did you choose for refin?
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I like the color too, but when the guitar is getting the correct nitro laquer I will go for a totally faded honeyburst like this master piece from Florian

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hoss said:
This thread put the final nail in. My 2006 VOS R9 "The X" is going to Florian in a couple of weeks.
I will have the normal "trussrod/brazboard/refin" things done with no extra aging and I will start a new thread when the project begins. I am very excited!
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Ah, the "X" is in the grain...fabulous guitar as it is. :)

Looking forward to your thread hoss.
 
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Great, another Florian project thread :) ! It will be nice to see an unaged guitar from him.
 
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Great, another Florian project thread :) ! It will be nice to see an unaged guitar from him.
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A bit of the crackling will happen, but nothing else will be aged. The Inlays will be the "new looking" ones, not shrunken. I am going for a nylon nut and fret nibs.
 
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Fixxer said:
Gibson the last few years, and especially with a big leap in 2009, seems to be doing as good as anyone could do producing the number of guitars they produce given a finicky base tonewood such as mahogany. 2009 is a great year to buy a real Gibson new, perhaps the best year in over 40 years. The mods needed are far less than prior years, and they did get a lot right.
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hoss said:
A bit of the crackling will happen, but nothing else will be aged. The Inlays will be the "new looking" ones, not shrunken. I am going for a nylon nut and fret nibs.
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OK educate me here...what the heck is a "fret nib"?
 
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jtm45offset said:
OK educate me here...what the heck is a "fret nib"?
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The little white pieces of neck binding that cover the fret ends. A stock Gibson has it, the JP makeover in this thread does not have it.
 
2404noah

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Heartbreaker arrived yesterday! In perfect condition. This guitar is everything and way more I could ever dream of.
Florians work SHINES on it. One thing is to see it in pictures.. That was cool, but to hold it in my hands.. It blows me away!
And the sound.. WOW, WOW, WOW very vintage Lester.
I can actually use the neckpickup :spabout
It's hard to explain but it has a "strat/tele" kind of pluk but still grrrrr's LOL LOL LOL
It's hard for me to get the message out in english.
The sun is shining today in Denmark, so it's time for outdoor shots.
 
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2404noah said:
Florians work SHINES on it. One thing is to see it in pictures.. That was cool, but to hold it in my hands.. It blows me away!
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Agreed, I need to "hold it in my hands" and have a few hours twanging on her. (I'd call her Walletbreaker btw) :spabout

Form an orderly que behind me. :rofl

Can't wait for those outdoor pics.
 
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