....which is what a good buddy of mine said when I told him that I bought a new.......
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For REAL this time, no it's not a
Chibson.....heh.
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Some of you that know me (or have read my long rambling posts) know my disdain for Gibson Corporation. Not the guitars, I love Gibson guitars. But I detest the company that is the epitome of a corporate bully. To the extent that I had refused to ever considering buying a Gibson for decades. (Don't try explaining to me that Epiphone is owned by Gibson and that my lack of compunction for buying Epi's amounts to the same thing.....my little brain can't handle the logic......
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Anyway, I absolutely and totally blame this purchase on Chris
@Guardians of the analog . He's been sending me GAS inducing pictures of his Les Paul, SG and 335 for the past couple years. I finally broke down. What can I say? It's a Gibson, it's got the typical Gibson foibles, which boggles my mind in this day and age. But it sounds phenomenal! The Gibson T-Top replica pickups in it are absolutely killer and wound to perfect low wind specs for me. (7.6k, 7.6k)
I bought it from Dave's Guitar Shop off Reverb. I can tell you that ANYTHING they list as "Used - Very Good" means "Pretty much mint...".
I've bought quite a few "used" guitars from Dave Rogers over the years and most of them look like they were wall hangars in the shop. This guitar is no exception, it had zero fret wear.
It played pretty well out of the box but the FB was dry and the frets had some oxidation. (It's a 2021 model). So did my "fluff and buff" on it yesterday.
Really didn't need much, a slight tweak to the nut slots, slight tweak to the truss rod to my liking, and a fret polish and a FB treatment. I put a set of StringJoy Broadways on it and now it's just simply heavenly. Super resonant and this thing sustains forever.
A few pics...
All taped up for a major fret polishing. I started with 800 grit and worked my way up to 3000 grit, than Maas metal polish.....
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The end result, frets that feel like glass.
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My favorite fretboard treatment goop. It's got the orange oil to penetrate deep and mixed with beeswax that leaves a dry, non-oily finish.
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After treatment.....ahhh....it needed a drink.....
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a coat of Brazilian Carnauba.....
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Buffed to a mirror finish......
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Pickup covers had a little bit of oxidation, nothing a little Never Dull couldn't handle....
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She's a beauty. And sounds lovely. Gotta hand it to Gibson, this is literally an "off the shelf" guitar and sounds like a.....well....a Gibson
Classic sound of an ES-335 that's in my head from a lifetime of listening to Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, etc.
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