Archive for February, 2010
February 28th, 2010 | 
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great tone like a vintage martin and made very well……..not overbuilt……….beautiful rosewood back, bear claw solid spruce top, very very rare…………..on ebay right now at a great price for this lawsuit colletors guitar. Own a part of history and a great guitar at a great price………………very sweet guitar.
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Posted in Vintage Acoustic Guitars | 
Tags: Acoustic, Guitar, ibanez, Lawsuit, Vintage | 
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I am checking out these guitars on Ebay in perfect condition with the price reduced from around $350 to $160. I have heard mixed reviews on both the Gibson and Epiphone model of these guitars, but like the sound of them. I was wondering how good the pickups are, if they go out of tune easily, the overall quality of these guitars, ect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have the 2005 model that was made in Nashville. It has 22 jumbo medium frets, with a worn brown finish. It’s kind of a glossy dull finsh and it looks pretty sweet in bright lights. Because of this finish it is easibly maintainable. The neck is made of mahogany as well as the body, and the fretboard is rosewood with marble trapezoid inlays. It has the original Gibson SG style body, with 2 tone controlls and 2 volume controls (one for each hmbucker). it has a Tune-O-Matic Bridge just like on the gibsons witch are really easy to operate and play around with. The bridge pickup is a Hot-B Gibson humbucker and the neck humbucker is a ‘57 classic Gibson humbucker (witch is the exact same humbucker that Angus Young’s signature SG has). It has a 3-way humbucker selector (rythm/both\treble) this enables you to play wih the bridge humbucker, the neck humbucker or both. It also came with a free gigbag but that was a deal I made with the salesperson.
Sound: This guitar has amazing sound. I love the look and feel of this guitar and it has amazing tone. I use a Peavey 15 watt practice amp, but to show this guitar’s full potential I would need something a with a little more kick. I play mostly AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, GN’R, Black Sabbath, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton and this guitar more than meets my needs.
Action, Fit & Finish: The factory action was a little low but that took all of 2 minuets to adjust that and then it was good. The factory srtrings were really good strings, just not the ones I like so I changed them to my personal preference, Ernie Ball Super Slinkeys’. The one flaw (witch I wil not lower the rating for) in this guitar is that it does become top heavey because of the neck button placement but there really is no other place to put it, espacially with those evil lookin devil horn cutaways (and not to metion that, that is the way the SG has been forever).
Reliability & Durability: It never goes out of tune unles my strings are really old, and if I were to gig with it I would never need a backup because this guitar could withstand any amount of playing I can throw at it. I have had this guitar almost a year now and I play probly 3-4 hours of guitar a day and everything has stood up exceptionaly. I do trust the strap buttons, but with the amout of jumping around I do when I play I put washers on the butttons just to make sure the strap doesn’t come off because I love this guitar so much I would be devistated if I dropped it and it broke.
Impression: I play mostly AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, GN’R, Black Sabbath, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton and this guitar more than meets my needs. I have had this guitar almost a year now and I play probly 3-4 hours of guitar a day and everything has stood up exceptionaly. If this guitar were to get stolen I would buy the same one that day. Angus Young is my hero and I have always wanted a Gibson SG just like his, but of course I didnt have the cash so I researched and found the next best thing. Probably my favorite thing about this guitar is the like and style of it. It is modeled after the ‘61 Gibson SG Re-issue. the devil horn like cutaways are probably the coolest feature about the guitar.
Terrence playing with his Robot Guitar on loan from Gibson.
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Posted in Gibson Vintage Guitar |
Tags: Gibson, Guitar, les, O'Brien, paul, Robot, Terrence |
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Mik Crone of K.O.kaine demonstrates the AV1
Learn what parts to adjust when setting up a Les Paul electric guitar in this free video tutorial on guitar set up.
Expert: The Ferrett
Bio: The Ferret has worked as a guitar repair professional for over five years and has played guitar professionally himself for over 30 years.
Filmmaker: Todd Sapio
Duration : 0:1:26
Posted in Gibson Vintage Guitar |
Tags: electric, Gibson, Guitar, how, instructions, les, paul, set, setup, to, up, video |
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This is an amazing Gibson Country Western from 1957. It is the loudest acoustic I have heard in a very long time.
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Wired’s Chris Hardwick checks out the Gibson Robot Guitar. If you’ve ever had trouble tuning up your electric, look no further. This one of a kind instrument uses robotics to tune itself!
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Posted in Gibson Vintage Guitar |
Tags: 2008, Automatic, CES, electric, electronics, Gibson, Guitar, Robot, Technology:, Tuning, wired |
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Frehley spent the early 1970s in a series of local bands. In late 1972, his best friend, Bob McAdams, spotted an advertisement for a lead guitarist in the Village Voice and showed the ad to Frehley. Both McAdams and Frehley went to 10 East 23rd Street above the Live Bait Bar. Frehley auditioned for the trio of Paul Stanley (rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (bass guitar) and Peter Criss (drums). Frehley (who showed up wearing one red sneaker and one orange sneaker) was less than impressive visually, but the band liked what they heard from his playing. About three weeks after Frehley auditioned, the new group named him their lead guitarist. By January 1973, Wicked Lester decided on a new name – Kiss. Frehley designed the band’s unique, double-lightning-bolt logo. The band quickly decided to paint their faces for live performances, and Frehley decided to start painting silver stars on his eyes. When the group eventually decided to adopt stage personas to go with their makeup designs, Frehley became “The Spaceman.”
The SpacemanWhile Kiss spent their early days rehearsing and playing in empty clubs, Frehley took a job as a part-time cab driver to pay his bills. In September 1973, Kiss began to receive a salary from new manager Bill Aucoin that paid each member $75 a week. This enabled Frehley to quit his job.
Kiss released their debut album, Kiss, in February 1974 Frehley’s sole songwriting contribution was “Cold Gin”. Due to Frehley’s lack of confidence in his own singing voice, however, the vocals were performed by Simmons. Frehley wrote or co-wrote several of the band’s songs over the next few years but didn’t record his vocals on a song until “Shock Me” (inspired by his near-electrocution during a concert in Lakeland, Florida), which appeared on 1977’s Love Gun.
As lead guitarist, Frehley was known for his frenetic, atmospheric playing, becoming one of the most popular guitarists in the 70s and spawning a generation of new players. Indeed, Frehley stated in the book Kiss: Behind the Mask that many guitarists have told him his playing on 1975’s hit Alive! prompted them to pick up the instrument. Frehley is well recognized for using Gibson Les Paul guitars, including his trademarked model conversion Cara Guitars which filled the stage full of smoke during his live guitar solo.
According to Gene Simmons in Kiss Behind the Mask, Frehley was drunk most of the time on tour, except for on stage.
Along with the three other Kiss members, Frehley released an eponymous solo album in 1978. His was the best-selling of the four, and the album’s lone single (the Russ Ballard written “New York Groove”), originally recorded by Hello reached the Top 20 in the United States.
Frehley’s songwriting presence within the group increased in 1979, contributing two songs for 1979’s Dynasty and three for 1980s Unmasked. While this was not the best time for Kiss on a commercial level in the United States, they were only just beginning to take off in other countries (mostly in Australia where Dynasty and Unmasked are their highest selling albums). But even as his songwriting role within Kiss was increasing, Frehley found himself increasingly at odds with the musical direction of the band. After Peter Criss left Kiss in 1980, Frehley was often outvoted 2-1 in band decisions, as replacement drummer Eric Carr was not a partner in Kiss and had no vote. Frehley’s participation in the recording of 1981’s Music from “The Elder” was far more limited than with previous albums. This was, in large part, due to his unhappiness with the band’s decision to create a concept album rather than a straightforward rock album, and also, by Frehley’s own admission, his “not relating all that well” to producer Bob Ezrin who cut many of Frehley’s solos from the recorded tracks.
Exacerbating the situation was Frehley’s escalating erratic behavior and substance abuse. In April 1982, Frehley was involved in a serious automobile accident (drummer Anton Fig was the driver). In May, he led police on a 90-mph car chase on the Bronx River Parkway. This incident led to a $600 fine and a six-month suspension of his driver’s license. Although Frehley appeared on the covers for 1982’s greatest hits album Killers and studio album Creatures of the Night, he had no involvement with Killers, and minimal (no musical) input on Creatures of the Night. Frehley’s last appearances with the band were the video for “I Love it Loud,” a series of European promotional appearances in November 1982 and a band interview with MTV in early 1983 promoting their world tour.
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I have a PRS Santana SE I got in 2001. It’s vintage cherry in color and is in very good condition.
Doebz,
That guitar is worth about $300-400 in trade. Check ebay for guitar values of the one you want to trade it for.
Good Luck,
John
A tour of the facilities and processes of the Gibson Vintage Original Spec factory. Narrated by guitar legend Duane Eddy!
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Posted in Gibson Vintage Guitar |
Tags: Duane, Eddy, Gibson, Guitar, original, Spec, Vintage, VOS |
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