Recent content by kent

I have been playing LPs all my life and have never had one with 3 pickups. I have a chance to get a nice Custom with 3 pickups but I don't know if I will like it or not. I played the guitar years ago in a casual setting and while I know it's a great playing guitar I don't know how the middle...

So I think I'm about to go on the prowl for a used gold top Classic. When they came out I couldn't give a damn about these guitars and now I really want one. I've been looking for a goldtop LP of some kind and just can't find one without a huge neck or huge price tag. Finally played a friend's...

I will probably never take the time to photograph this guitar since it is now in our truck but a fan got some pretty good shots of it so I thought I'd share. I took my ugly mug out of some the clearer ones of just the guitar. It does look great but I could not be happier with how it plays and...

It's almost finished and I'll take more photos when I get it my hands on it for good. It's a 96 Studio given to me by my wife's uncle. The finish was in pretty bad shape and it had been sitting for years. The purple has a 3D, pearlescent quality that is hard to get in these quick iphone photos...

I took the stock pickups out of my 97 LP Studio and they don't have 4 conductor wiring. Are they the 490R and 498T or something else?

I want to 70s out my 92 Les Paul Custom but I'm confused on the white vs. cream issue. I want the Frampton Comes Alive look (minus the middle pickup of course). Some of the photos of the cream hardware looks really dark and well, too creamy. At the same time, the binding on my Custom is really...

I've been playing a long time and I realize the millions of things that contribute to a good or bad tone. However, I'm doing some work on some arrangements for a friend of mine in Miami and he sent me a recording that had a guitarist from Brazil playing a LP with Anderson pickups and it sounded...

I have a freind who has an early 70s LP Deluxe that his father gave him. He really needs a guitar with P90s and was wondering if he could install them with very little modification to the guitar and if he could re-install the mini-hums later if he chooses. I told him I would ask you guys since...

I posted this in the Sunburst Pub but I haven't gotten an answer. I know that the Elegant and Frampton sig have a compound radius but I can't find any info on the exact specs. Does anyone know the radius from top to bottom on these models? Thanks

I know that the Elegant and Frampton sig have a compound radius but I can't find any info on the exact specs. Does anyone know the radius from top to bottom on these models? Thanks

How do Burstbucker Pros compare tonewise to 490s? I've got 490s in my LP Studio and I like them in that guitar but I've always replaced them in every other Gibson I've owned. I've been an avid user of Seymour Duncan Custom Customs and Customs for years but right now my favorite sounding LP is...

I just got a '96 LP Studio off of ebay to have as a beater 2nd guitar on the road and it sounds unbelievable. I hate to say it, but it might sound better than my LP Custom. It sounded fantastic accoustically so I was thrilled when I first got it but I was expecting to be disappointed in the...

Please help a out a dumb guy. I took the pickups out of my 92 LP Custom and put them in a Epiphone banger I had laying around the house. I didn't look at them before I installed them and I am wondering what they were. They sound pretty good in that cheap slab of wood and I am torn between...

I'm trying to convince myself that the extra $1000 for a Historic versus a Standard will be worth it so please talk me into it or out or it as you see fit. I currently play a Les Paul Custom and I really want a tobacco sunburst Standard with a nice top. I've come close to getting one several...

I have to replace the gold tune-o-matic bridge on my LP Custom every 9 months or so because the saddles literally disintegrate from my acidic sweat. I've blown off just replacing the worst saddles since it's not much more just to get a whole new bridge. I wipe it down after every gig and try to...