Replaced the barrel knobs with some dark amber top-hat knobs earlier this week, also gone for a plain truss rod cover. A nicely aged aluminium tailpiece turned up in the mail today, just put it on along with some new strings and a rather large glass of Shiraz
NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
Lookin' good.
See, this is the beginning of throwing money at this thing! You have to get nickel covers for the pickups now, otherwise the tail piece will look out of place. And then,. replace the Nashville inserts with Faber conversion posts. Then buy an aged nickel Faber bridge to sit on top. Then the tuners. Then the wiring harness. .......when you're looking at the inlays you know you've gone too far.
See, this is the beginning of throwing money at this thing! You have to get nickel covers for the pickups now, otherwise the tail piece will look out of place. And then,. replace the Nashville inserts with Faber conversion posts. Then buy an aged nickel Faber bridge to sit on top. Then the tuners. Then the wiring harness. .......when you're looking at the inlays you know you've gone too far.
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
Looks cool, but makes me glad that when I got my LP, I plugged it in, played a chord and thought, "that sounds fuckin' perfect". No OCD tweaking required.
Actually it's a bit heavy... what would the damage be on taking the maple cap off, drilling some more swiss cheese into the body and then gluing it back on?
Actually it's a bit heavy... what would the damage be on taking the maple cap off, drilling some more swiss cheese into the body and then gluing it back on?
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
Aluminium hardware might help the weight and the resonance too?jimi wrote:Looks cool, but makes me glad that when I got my LP, I plugged it in, played a chord and thought, "that sounds fuckin' perfect". No OCD tweaking required.
Actually it's a bit heavy... what would the damage be on taking the maple cap off, drilling some more swiss cheese into the body and then gluing it back on?
Tin arse!!
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That's a great idea. But you might damage the binding. This is a better way to achieve the goal.jimi wrote:Looks cool, but makes me glad that when I got my LP, I plugged it in, played a chord and thought, "that sounds fuckin' perfect". No OCD tweaking required.
Actually it's a bit heavy... what would the damage be on taking the maple cap off, drilling some more swiss cheese into the body and then gluing it back on?
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
wait wtf
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
Haha. Swiss cheese alright. Surprised at just how light the aluminium tailpiece is, my guitar was 4.2kg but now it’s probably dead on 4kg
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
"Hold my drink and pass the router, I've got this sorted bro!"GrantB wrote:That's a great idea. But you might damage the binding. This is a better way to achieve the goal.jimi wrote:Looks cool, but makes me glad that when I got my LP, I plugged it in, played a chord and thought, "that sounds fuckin' perfect". No OCD tweaking required.
Actually it's a bit heavy... what would the damage be on taking the maple cap off, drilling some more swiss cheese into the body and then gluing it back on?
Tin arse!!
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Re: NGD • 2014 Gibson Les Paul Traditional 120th Anniversary
After all, when you're playing nobody can see the back of the guitar.
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