Here are some close up pics of my Gibson USA LP Studio guitar:Attachment 6603Attachment 6604Attachment 6605
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Here are some close up pics of my Gibson USA LP Studio guitar:Attachment 6603Attachment 6604Attachment 6605
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nice one Doc, so is that 2013 model ? photo a bit blurry. Have you got a certificate that proves this is genuine ? You buy it new in 2013 ?
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yep, it's a 2013 model, I bought it new (but slightly shop-damaged) last year on lay buy from Sounds Of Music in Casuarina, made the last payment on it on the 9th December 2014, if my memory serves me correctly, I didn't get a certificate with it but I have been able to authenticate it by other means, I took the back cover for the tone/volume/pickup selector cavity off and had a look inside, the pots are all mounted on a PCB with the Gibson logo screen-printed on it, the Gibson logo is also clearly stamped on each of the metal covers of the pots as well, from what I can tell it does look authentic, maybe I can post a pic of the insides of the control cavity.
The serial number on the back of the headstock reads: 121730580
yeah cool Doc always keen to see the control cavity please
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It looks to me that Gibson have started using PCBs to do all the wiring for the control pots nowadays, probably to speed up manufacturing.
nice one Doc very clean wiring. Of course the factory can wire up a guitar in couple of minutes. The pickups probably just plug into the pot lugs so probably very little soldering required. Plus it would be much more reliable that soldering
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Yeah I reckon so too, everything about the guitar looks too genuine for it to be another Chibson fake, I checked out pics of 2013 LP Studios on the official Gibson website and my LP looks identical to the pic of Gibson's 2013 LP Studio Vintage Sunburst model, I might have a look at the underside of one of the pickups next time I go to put new strings on the guitar, just to see if they have the Gibson logo printed on them.
i dont think you have been bitten twice Doc, thats a sweet Gibbo
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Originally Posted by stan
She's my favourite out of all the guitars I own.
Looks Great Doc, nice guitar
Nomis I have some great news for you. I called up a friend whos dad owns the records for the Gibsons made over the past 10 years and read out the serial # and he gave me this info about your Gibson:
Factory: Nashville Plant, TN, USA
Date of Manufacture: August 5th, 2013
Production Number: 280
that will make Doc's hair blow back knowing that ! Well done Pest
Haha thanks Woks, I also wanted to really know if it was legit or if someone pulled off a hella good prank!
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Originally Posted by keloooe
Thanks mate, I'm pretty well convinced that my LP is a genuine one, I tried playing it after playing my Chibson SG and just picking it up I can feel a different kind of character in it, it's hard to describe but if you did the same you'd notice it too, not just the weight.
I'll have to think back and remember what I was doing on August 5th 2013 when the guitar was being made.
Here's the story of how I ended up buying my LP Studio guitar, I went into Casuarina one day in 2013 to buy some new guitar strings from Sounds Of Music, while I was doing some browsing one of the shop assistants came up to me and asked me if I was interested in buying a guitar at a cheaper price, he explained to me that they had some guitars locked away that had been involved in a shop accident some had gotten a bit damaged and were unplayable while others were still playable, I said that I was interested so he got me to follow him to where the guitars had been locked up, I had a look through all the guitars and saw the LP Studio leaning against something and said to the guy that I had always wanted a Les Paul so He picked it up and let me have a look at it, I noticed that it had minimal damage to it compared to all the other guitars, some had headstocks broken completely off, anyway we went back to the shop with the LP Studio guitar, I asked how much they wanted for the guitar and it was at that moment when John, the owner of Sounds Of Music walked out and said that he was actually going to sell the guitar on eBay but could sell it to me but wouldn't accept anything less than a third off the retail price, he said the guitar normally retailed for $2599.00, then he said "Make me an offer", I thought quickly to myself and said "$2000.00", he said "Done", after that I organized paying it off on Lay Buy and gradually made payments on it till I only had one payment to go which I paid on the 9th December 2014, and the rest is history.
I guess it was a case of me being in the right place at the right time, and knowing the right people.
Looks genuine to me Doc. You managed to score an LP Studio built before the rather controversial robot tuners were introduced. Have you ever used the robot tuning mechanism? Seems most new Gibbos have them unless you pay the extra for 'heritage' edition axes.
There should be no doubt that this is a genuine article.
Ponch, Gibson started using robot tuners in 2007, it's just on the 2015 line they were introduced as standard (along with a 23% price hike and a few other smaller changes), which everybody hated. Not surprisingly, the 2016 line has reverted back to 'classic' specs and the 2015 range are currently being sold off for bargain prices.
Maybe I should post some pics of my Gibbo when I get home, considering I'm about to sell it...
Ah that explains it Pabs, I've seen a lot of bargain price Gibbos recently.
Yeah I hate the robot tuners, horrid devices that jack up the price way too much!
Pest have you played a LP with robot tuners and do they actually keep in tune ?
They work just fine; quite well from all reports. I'm not put off by them, I just don't think they should be forced on to the standard model (along with the resulting price). If they were an optional extra, I think they would have been received a LOT better.
sounds fair Pabs, but if they didn't offer them as an option then they will lose sales. As you say sounds like they returned the standard tuners on current models
From my understanding, they made them standard to try to recoup the development costs. Unfortunately Gibson customers are a somewhat traditional bunch and their plans backfired rather monumentally.
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I haven't tried those Robot Tuners to be honest, I have read alot about them and the general consensus is that they are not well liked, I've also read alot about how Gibson are experimenting with new nut materials, like the adjustable Brass Zero-Fret Nut, that they have been installing on their recently manufactured guitars.
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Please do, would love to check it out.
Ok Doc, the most important question for any Gibbo LP. How long does it stay in tune? Everyone I know who has modern LPs have to keep retuning every couple of songs.
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Originally Posted by Fretworn
Well, I don't know what other modern Gibbo LP owner's experience has been, but, my experience has been a bit varied, some days the guitar seems like it hardly ever goes out of tune but then I've had some days where the guitar will do anything but stay in tune, I've found that there are a few things you can do to maximise the tuning-stability, firstly, make sure all the tuning machines have as little backlash as possible and if not, replace the whole set of tuning machines with a set of good quality ones, make sure the guitar is set up well, lubricate each of the string slots in the nut to minimize string-binding, make sure the bridge doesn't move around alot and that the bridge posts aren't loose in their sockets, use good quality strings and attach/wind them correctly on the tuner capstans, I've found that stretching the strings doesn't really help much in fact it only wears out the string quicker and wears out the gears in the tuning machine.
Note that I am going to be replacing the original Corian nut on my LP Studio with a Graphtech Tusq XL nut soon, the Graphtech Tusq XL nut has a material called PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) impregnated into it, PTFE is 500 times slipperier than Graphite is and is the same material that coats non-stick frying pans, the whole point of that is to get rid of any string-binding in the nut slots so that the Tuning is more stable.
The oldest Gibbo I have is 10 years old. Never goes out of tune, even if stored for a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
My 2008 LP DC is hands down the most stable guitar I have ever owned.
http://i.imgur.com/TFL4tv5.jpg
Gibson QC might have gone down hill in the past decade or so, but the only thing I can find wrong with this thing is the serial number is improperly stamped.
Awesome LP DC Pabs.
nice DC Pabs, never knew you owned one. That control cavity must be long, the control knobs are further apart from a standard LP config. Are they P90 pickups ? Sound good ?
Yeah they are P90s. Love the neck pickup, creamy and sweet. The bridge pickup is a bit honky for my tastes. Always planned on swapping it out for a soapbar sized humbucker, but never found the right one at a decent price. Better off for me to offload it stock though. Plays fantastically, but has been out of it's case about 3 times in as many years (for annual string change and clean up) so time to go.
yeah if your not playing it might as well sell it for more kits
sweet gibbo Pabs, this is the time being a lefty doesnt pay....
Nice LP Pabs! I've seen Gibbos drop of in QC recently but the tuning still holds up somewhat well, my band's frontman has a Gibbo SG and even when he detunes to Drop D for half our set and back up each and every rehearsal and gig, it holds up fine. When he ricks up to rehearsal or gigs it's pretty much dead in tune so thats a plus!
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Originally Posted by pablopepper
Geez, that's a real sweetie of a guitar you've got there pablopepper, one of these days I'll have to build a Gibson style guitar with P90 pickups so I can give them a try, I've heard that the tone of P90 pickups lies somewhere between single coil strat pickups and humbuckers.
I've just finished changing out the Corian nut on my LP Studio to a Graphtech Tusq XL nut, it all seems to have gone pretty smoothly, the Corian nut wasn't nearly as hard to get out as I thought it was going to be, I used a coping saw to saw a thin trench almost to the bottom of the Corian nut lengthwise then I used a pair of pliers to gently squeeze the two halves of the nut together, then it was simply a case of removing the pieces of the nut leaving the bare nut trench, I didn't even need to lean out any remaining nut material, all I had to do next was sand down the bottom of the new nut till I got the first-fret action correct, it took a bit of time but I got there in the end, all the strings on the LP Studio are free from Sitar-Buzzing and the guitar seems to sound a bit more tuneful.
Both of these look like great guitars! Looks like Gibson have done a nice job on both of them!
Just had a thought, since my LP Studio was born (manufactured) on the 5th August 2013, that makes her a Leo (Starsign), interesting cause I'm a Virgo (31st August 1969).