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    Deryck Whibley plays so many Gibsons and Les Pauls…

    Yeah they are.
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    Deryck Whibley plays so many Gibsons and Les Pauls…

    Makes sense to me. Having played in a few punk bands, I think that style of music sounds great played on a Gibson. The guitarists of Bad Religion, AFI, Rise Against and SO MANY others use Les Pauls and/or SGs. I know BR and NOFX influenced Sum 41. I fell in love with the Les Paul when I saw...
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Oh ok good to know. The caps look like they could be bumble bee repro. The pots don’t have much info on them other than 500k and 2021 on 2-3 of them and 2025 on the other. I thought they could be date stamps, until I saw 2025. So maybe the 2021 is coincidental?
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Thanks!! From the pictures I’ve seen, RS Guitarworks has their logo on the capacitors. At least it appears that way on their website. This setup kinda looks like a Throbak wiring harness…
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Well then I’m glad the previous owner swapped out pots and caps!! 😀 Wish I knew what they were!
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Beauties!! All of em!! Yeah I love the top on this. And you're right, nice chunky neck!! Totally digging it. Plays and sounds amazing.
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Right on, thanks! Looks and sounds amazing. I'd read that 2001 R8s originally had orange drop caps, and it appears the pots are CTS with a 2021 date on them - which is why I thought it had been modded. I sent pics to Gibson. We'll see what they say.
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    NGD 2001 R8

    Hey all, Picked this up at the SoCal Guitar show this past weekend. My first historic. Plays, sounds and looks great. The dealers didn’t have much info on it as they’d just acquired it at the show the day before and hadn’t looked at the pickups or control cavity. Based on the inlays and tuners...
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    Normal crack?

    Hi All, New to the forum. A month ago, I decided to pull the trigger on a new 50s goldtop standard. My first real LP, and so far I’ve been loving it! Yesterday when I was changing strings,I took the pick guard off for the first time to see how it looked. I discovered a crack coming from the...
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