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Published on 12/22/02 at 15:00purchased used, a '98 model in '02 for $464 including shipping ... I'd been playing cheap guitars and was frustrated with the lousy sound, so when this came up I sold my Fender Stratocaster and jumped on it
The humbucker pickups are absolutely awesome, especially after playing through single coils. The depth and power of the sound is more than I had expected and even with my little Peavy amp it sounds just like I'd been wanting a guitar to. And there is some indescribable quality about the neck that I think has to with just the perfectly rounded shape to make everything that much easier to play and with unexpectedly smooth transitions.
The tuners are already worn out and won't hold. I bought a set of Grover self lockers from Stewart McDonald for $43 at the same time I was buying six cans of lacquer to refinish it. For a $1400+ list price it seems reasonable to expect that Gibson would have put a better finish on these things as well. Every black one I've seen looks like kid painted it with a spray can and could only afford one can of paint.
It's built like a tank and will probably outlast me. Despite all my criticisms about the less significant things, this guitar is solid and feels like it will survive things that would destroy lesser instruments.
This was my seventh electric guitar. When I got it though, the Fenders went up for sale and I bought an Epiphone standard model to back it up. While refinishing it I'll reshape it a little to keep it from gouging into me so much where the edges were just left sharp. But the sound makes up for all the little ills. Pick one up and play it and you'll feel what I mean. The sound and the way it feels in your hands eclipse all the lesser guitars out there.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
The humbucker pickups are absolutely awesome, especially after playing through single coils. The depth and power of the sound is more than I had expected and even with my little Peavy amp it sounds just like I'd been wanting a guitar to. And there is some indescribable quality about the neck that I think has to with just the perfectly rounded shape to make everything that much easier to play and with unexpectedly smooth transitions.
The tuners are already worn out and won't hold. I bought a set of Grover self lockers from Stewart McDonald for $43 at the same time I was buying six cans of lacquer to refinish it. For a $1400+ list price it seems reasonable to expect that Gibson would have put a better finish on these things as well. Every black one I've seen looks like kid painted it with a spray can and could only afford one can of paint.
It's built like a tank and will probably outlast me. Despite all my criticisms about the less significant things, this guitar is solid and feels like it will survive things that would destroy lesser instruments.
This was my seventh electric guitar. When I got it though, the Fenders went up for sale and I bought an Epiphone standard model to back it up. While refinishing it I'll reshape it a little to keep it from gouging into me so much where the edges were just left sharp. But the sound makes up for all the little ills. Pick one up and play it and you'll feel what I mean. The sound and the way it feels in your hands eclipse all the lesser guitars out there.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com