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Recent content by Bruce R

  1. Bruce R

    First batch 68 Goldtop

  2. Bruce R

    First batch 68 Goldtop

    Absolutely top notch selection of goodies! I have never come across a first batch Goldtop like that. The Princeton Reverb and 911 are icing on the cake. Enjoy!!!
  3. Bruce R

    TV foolishness on stage

    Nice tone. Very fat.
  4. Bruce R

    Beauty in black

    He's had a beautiful 1960 Burst that started showing up on stage with him in '84 or so. It is identifiable by the mineral streak just above the neck pu tone control knob. He's had that one for a very long time, so he must think quite highly of it.
  5. Bruce R

    Do you see what I see?

    The Custom headstock guitar on the lady's bench, at left in the background appears to be a white SG style body.
  6. Bruce R

    Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Deluxe

    Barry was indeed amazing. I have always loved his work, but even more so as my "ear" improved. Tone, tone, tone, and the playing to go with it.
  7. Bruce R

    Show us your Les Paul Junior

    Very, very nice. I love the "wheat" TV finish.
  8. Bruce R

    Latest known 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard with a SG body shape

    Wow. Stunning
  9. Bruce R

    1965 (early) SG Fever

    The Trifecta of SGs!!! How is the nut width of the Custom? Any SG Custom, including the early ones, that I have played have been very narrow.
  10. Bruce R

    I stumbled across your avatar photo. Mahogany top, nickel hardware? That LPC TV is stunning!

    I stumbled across your avatar photo. Mahogany top, nickel hardware? That LPC TV is stunning!
  11. Bruce R

    dirk ziff

    Yeah, definitely the 'elephant in the room'
  12. Bruce R

    1964 SG Junior

    Egads! My birth year guitar (1950) would put my in rare air... a Broadcaster or Esquire!!
  13. Bruce R

    Let's see pics of you gigging with your Lester!

  14. Bruce R

    Questions about a “SG serial” website project

    It's hard to believe the absolute lack of response to your post. Sounds like a good project to me. I have owned a number of SGs over many years, four (at least), but have never been able to really bond with them. I am a Les Paul man at heart, so the SGs just feel and sound foreign to me. I...
  15. Bruce R

    Faber bridge on R7

    I had a Faber on an R8 I owned for years. It was a major improvement.
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