What an LP should really look like ;)

[kells80aus]

It's Sunday arvo, I'm bored, thought I would take some snaps of my sons LP. We bought this for his 30th birthday a couple of years ago. cost my over 1K I won't be precise on that. It is a studio, but it is a delux Version. I checked with Gibson about it's authenticity. and they yep def a Studio Delux, but the truss cover only has Studio. So a Gibson error there.
It's a very nice guitar with a desert burst tiger maple. You have to see it to believe it this is a beautiful instrument. I am very proud to be able to share it with you all

this thing is a dream to play and embarasses my lack of skill.
I wil post some intricate shots of the nut and saddle to demonstrate how low the action is on this thing.
these are the things we try and emulate.

[kells80aus]

low low action
probably should have dusted it before that last shot.

PK

[bargeloobs]

Looks real nice PK, would definitely be a treasured instrument I'm guessing. That bridge pup looks kinda high.

[kells80aus]

Hi Barge
yeah I looked at that and did a 22nd fret push and it is barely 1/16th of an inch on low E but a bit higher on high E. But it sounds so sweat. I have been annoying the neighbours running it through my Marshall BB11 Fuzz, and my Vampire LX1200H set on Brit Class A, which is a Bluesbreaker Combo JTM45 Emulation. and it sounds so sweet
Pitty I can't play well enough to get the full monty out of it. I have gone and adjusted the pups on the eagle 11 I built him and, while it isn't quite as low as the Gibson. it improved the sound by a factor of ten. it is approaching the gibson if that's possible for a git with a pair of P90's.

PK

[kells80aus]

If you haven't guessed it, I am taking a few queues off this gibo and applying them to my builds. One hopes to get some nice sounding instruments as a result.

My eagle 11 has a P90 and Prail, so I might raise them a touch. P90's have a reputation of putting out a muddy sound.
My son's eagle 11 does that on the neck pick up, but it sings when on the bridge pup. lessons to learn here.

I will say though that the Cracked Red Strat(PBG) is one of the best sounding Gits I have built. It is coated in Cherry Red Shellac. it has the standard PBG scratch plate and pups. I have only adjusted the truss rod. I didn't do a fret level. It has a nice sweat action that I just did not want to mess around with. I know that if I did a fret level I could lower the action a whole lot more. But given that I am more than happy with it. Why bother.

PK

[stan]

that is a sweet guitar PK, very classy too. I can see why you use it for inspiration and comparison.

[keloooe]

If the neck pups are muddy, try to wind some pickups of your own and try to rewind them? Or I have heard that adding in a 0.22uf cap in the signal wire can get rid of the mud.
And nice gift too, I'd be very chuffed to have a Gibbo in my hands for my birthday!

[kells80aus]

Hi Kelloooe,

Just to be clear it's not the Gibbo with the muddy pup, it's my scratch builds mine has a Kent Armstrong P90 +Seymour Duncan P-Rail. so almost two P90's, the other has two Kent Armstrong P90's. I do think the problem is the neck pup is just a bit too low. the other issue and I noticed this also happenes on the Gibbo, is that the bridge pups are not sitting flat. I think this has been caused by the Pup wire being wrapped aounrd the adjusting screw, or under it.

Cheers PK

[Fretworn]

No, this is what an LP looks like

[wokkaboy]

nice looking LP PK, bet its a delight to play !