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2000s Navigator IMHE - master luthiery, all the right bones, hide glue, thin finish, true Honduran mahogany, they use either Madagascar or Honduran rosewood, perfect fit and finish, etc. Have played them next to Historics and Vintage and they have the sound. They also have the 24.567" scale...
The neck shape is thin, more so in he middle, I think meant to be like his guitar.
I thought it sounded very much like him. I haven't had another guitar since that did that.
Not sure if it was the Grovers on the thin neck, or what. Mine was 8 lbs 5 oz so light too.
Maybe the pickups were...
My 2024 1961 Reissue ES-335 does what my old 1960 ES-355 did- remind me that a good ES is a Les Paul killer. My first new Gibson ES since 2009, and I almost can’t believe how good it sounds. It will stay bone stock. I didn’t bond with the Custombuckers in my LP but in this guitar they are just...
I have a 2012 Navigator Limited N-LP-480. The serial is 12 1206 which means it was made June 12, 2012.
Yours was made June 1, 2001.
Mine also has something written in the bridge pickup cavity - E-0720. Not sure what that means though.
I also have a 2006 Navigator N-LP-380. The serials is 6...