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Check out the Gibson Pearly Gates Clone on Marks Guitar Loft site WOW

sgtJoe

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That's a pretty dang good clone job, it'll be interesting to see how he prices it.
 
cryptozoo

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Holy crap, that's pretty awesome. The fingerboard is even worn -- I haven't seen that yet on a refin / aged guitar. Mark, are you doing a Page next???
 
Guitar Whiskey

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I like the detail of the missing plating on the bridge PU. Wonder if those are authentic Texas buckles?
 
markguitar

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Guitar Whiskey said:
I like the detail of the missing plating on the bridge PU. Wonder if those are authentic Texas buckles?
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Thanks Steve! I did all of the aging on the parts. The covers were lightly aged from ThroBak but I wanted to get closer. Jon was great and custom wound the PG pickups for me. The missing plating was a detail that I really wanted to get right. It took some time.
 
keef

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Not one spot of aging looking phony on that guitar - wow!!

The fingerboard dents may be authentic, but personally I would do without them...
 
Guitar Whiskey

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Without the worn board detail the rest of the guitar would look phony IMO. What kind of strap buttons are these. I noticed them in the BOTB and always wondered about them because I've never seen them anywhere else. Were these handmade?
 
Decoy205

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Guitar Whiskey said:
Without the worn board detail the rest of the guitar would look phony IMO. What kind of strap buttons are these. I noticed them in the BOTB and always wondered about them because I've never seen them anywhere else. Were these handmade?
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I believe those are the original style dunlop strap locks.
 
markguitar

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Guitar Whiskey said:
Without the worn board detail the rest of the guitar would look phony IMO. What kind of strap buttons are these. I noticed them in the BOTB and always wondered about them because I've never seen them anywhere else. Were these handmade?
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Steve, Those are the original style nickel Dunlop straplocks. I'm surprised that Gibson didn't use them on at least the aged PG's.
 
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