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  1. Chief Distortion Officer

    Tip Line: Where's the McFly ES-345?

    What? How did that happen…???
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    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    This is a good start!
  3. Chief Distortion Officer

    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    Multi-play black pickguard and reflectors is hard to beat. Although dropping the pickguard seems reasonable too.
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    Memphis ES Les Paul

    I play rock myself. At the beginning of this song, you can see me adjusting the volume knob to dial in the character of the sound a bit. You can also hear me sing off key as I’m getting next to nothing from the wedge and I’m praying the muscle memory for the vocal is good enough…which it was...
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    Memphis ES Les Paul

    This is what strangers on the internet are for…
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    Memphis ES Les Paul

    This is where I live. Dial things in with knobs on around seven and move them as you play. I rarely flip to the rhythm or treble pick as I can do so much with the knobs.
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    Memphis ES Les Paul

    I’ve got a few guitars with Custombuckers which I love for rock and I’ve got an ES-355 with MHS II pickups and an ES-Les Paul with MHS I pickups. They sound terrific. A bit less bite and I love them. I’m surprised these would be disco’d.
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    Memphis ES Les Paul

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    Memphis ES Les Paul

    I picked up a Goldtop ES-Les Paul last week and it’s terrific! Light and resonant.
  10. Chief Distortion Officer

    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    There is always a better guitar to tone chase with…
  11. Chief Distortion Officer

    Looking for book recommendations that covers Gibson hollow and semi-hollow body guitars…

    I have three book ideas including one about string benders but I wouldn’t tackle post war Gibson. Surely someone has gone deep on the McCarty era electrics. Tom Wheeler’s ‘82 book American Guitars touches briefly on all the models I’m interested in but he doesn’t go deep on the Byrdland or...
  12. Chief Distortion Officer

    Looking for book recommendations that covers Gibson hollow and semi-hollow body guitars…

    I’ve got a few books by Adrian Ingram (ES-335 & ES-175) and by Tony Bacon (ES-335) and some Gibson history books like the one by Walter Carter. Yet I’d like to see who might have dove deeper in the guitars like the Byrdland and ES-350 years leading up to the 355 in ‘58. Any suggestions?
  13. Chief Distortion Officer

    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    Geez! No wonder the guitar is so light!
  14. Chief Distortion Officer

    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    Ridiculously good stuff here.
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    I told my wife that I wasn't buying any more guitars and she laughed and laughed...

    I had my initial run through with it and I’m thinking I’m going to love this guitar for quite a while. It’s a Les Paul but man it’s really light. No red flags. The minor cosmetic stuff looked huge in the pictures and it’s nothing in person. Pick guard off now as God intended! I’ve been a heavy...
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