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Audiofanzine FR
Published on 11/02/08 at 06:36
(Originally written by silverfox/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
* Nashville Custom Shop USA 2001
* Historic Aged R8 (Reissue 1958) model.
* Butterscotch Burst Flametop.
* Light and resonant massive (non chambered) mahogany body.
* Massive flamed maple top.
* One-piece long tenon mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard.
* 22 vintage frets.
* 2 x 57' Classic humbucker pickups (upgraded to a Wolfetone Legend PAF) with aged caps.
http://www.wolfetone.com/index.html
* Aged Deluxe vintage Tulip machine heads with perfect tuning stability.
* Controls: 2 x volume, 2 x tone and 3-way toggle switch.
* CTS knobs and Jensen capacitors.
* ABR-1 bridge and aged aluminum stopbar.
* Bone nut.
* Gibson Custom Art Historic case.
* Custom Shop authentication certificate.
UTILIZATION
* Very pleasant rounded 50's neck... actually somewhere between the 50's and 60's, the best of both worlds! Pity I don't have Billy Gibbons' hands! ;°)
The aged neck allows the hand to slide very smoothly! Divine!
* Same access to upper frets as with every Les Paul model.
* I've always loved its shape. Ideal weight (7.9 lb.)... Light and resonant even though non chambered!
First play it unplugged to feel the body and the neck resonating.
* The sound is mind-blowing! Round and woody sound plugged into my Blues JR Tweed.
Even fuller with my Marshall JTM30 2x10". It's ecstatic! All three pickup combinations are very well-balanced with clean and crunch (Fulltone OCD) sounds. The distortion tone is warm and well-defined with lots of air! Perfect match with the Wolfetones pickups!
Very responsive volume and tone controls. I never used the tone controls so much as with this guitar that provides me a very wide sound range. Blues, jazz, rock, country, rockabilly, etc.
SOUNDS
* It fits my music style perfectly.
* I'm playing a Fender Blues Junior Tweed Ltd Jensen and a Marshall JTM30 2x10" and soon also a Bandmaster (Custom) Tweed Twin 2x12"! The Fulltone OCD pedal adds a subtle creamy crunch without coloring the guitar sound.
* I love all the different sonorities of the guitar, clean and with distortion! The bridge pickup is accurate without being too aggressive. The neck pickup is warm with generous lows.
The guitar has a stunning sustain and rich overtones
OVERALL OPINION
* The guitar was made in 2001.
I can't let go of it after only one month and I know it has only begun to surprise me.
I will have to be worthy of it (I still have a lot of work to do)!
I love its resonance, its playing comfort and lightness, its neck and its wonderful flamed top!
The aging is amazing and realistic. Slightly cracked varnish, aged hardware, slightly wore out binding in the forearm area, slightly bleached neck... Very nice work indeed!
* I also own a Gibson LP Goldtop GOW with P90 pickups. They complement each other very well.
I previously owned three other LP (Standard , Classic, Studio) and I've had the chance to test a lot more. I even had an original LP 1954 in my hands (but that's another story...! ) but I had never had so much fun as with this '58!
Perhaps only with another LP'58 Murphy 50th Anniversary Ltd I recently tested at a Gibson Custom Shop distributor.
* Value for money: Ouch! It's a Custom Shop guitar. This first Historic Series with flamed top are quite famous and rare.
The Gibson Custom Shop made '58 massive flametop guitars until 2003.
Current models have non-flamed plaintops except the Anniversary Limited ones (50th Aged Tom Murphy).
The material quality is excellent (wood and hardware). I insist about the high-quality massive mahogany body (resonant, light and homogeneous).
* Would I buy it again? YES!!! You rarely have the opportunity to buy such a guitar.
It's a very high-class Les Paul!
I've been dreaming about it for an eternity... And now it's mine :°) My precious Gibson Les Paul ^^!!!
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* Nashville Custom Shop USA 2001
* Historic Aged R8 (Reissue 1958) model.
* Butterscotch Burst Flametop.
* Light and resonant massive (non chambered) mahogany body.
* Massive flamed maple top.
* One-piece long tenon mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard.
* 22 vintage frets.
* 2 x 57' Classic humbucker pickups (upgraded to a Wolfetone Legend PAF) with aged caps.
http://www.wolfetone.com/index.html
* Aged Deluxe vintage Tulip machine heads with perfect tuning stability.
* Controls: 2 x volume, 2 x tone and 3-way toggle switch.
* CTS knobs and Jensen capacitors.
* ABR-1 bridge and aged aluminum stopbar.
* Bone nut.
* Gibson Custom Art Historic case.
* Custom Shop authentication certificate.
UTILIZATION
* Very pleasant rounded 50's neck... actually somewhere between the 50's and 60's, the best of both worlds! Pity I don't have Billy Gibbons' hands! ;°)
The aged neck allows the hand to slide very smoothly! Divine!
* Same access to upper frets as with every Les Paul model.
* I've always loved its shape. Ideal weight (7.9 lb.)... Light and resonant even though non chambered!
First play it unplugged to feel the body and the neck resonating.
* The sound is mind-blowing! Round and woody sound plugged into my Blues JR Tweed.
Even fuller with my Marshall JTM30 2x10". It's ecstatic! All three pickup combinations are very well-balanced with clean and crunch (Fulltone OCD) sounds. The distortion tone is warm and well-defined with lots of air! Perfect match with the Wolfetones pickups!
Very responsive volume and tone controls. I never used the tone controls so much as with this guitar that provides me a very wide sound range. Blues, jazz, rock, country, rockabilly, etc.
SOUNDS
* It fits my music style perfectly.
* I'm playing a Fender Blues Junior Tweed Ltd Jensen and a Marshall JTM30 2x10" and soon also a Bandmaster (Custom) Tweed Twin 2x12"! The Fulltone OCD pedal adds a subtle creamy crunch without coloring the guitar sound.
* I love all the different sonorities of the guitar, clean and with distortion! The bridge pickup is accurate without being too aggressive. The neck pickup is warm with generous lows.
The guitar has a stunning sustain and rich overtones
OVERALL OPINION
* The guitar was made in 2001.
I can't let go of it after only one month and I know it has only begun to surprise me.
I will have to be worthy of it (I still have a lot of work to do)!
I love its resonance, its playing comfort and lightness, its neck and its wonderful flamed top!
The aging is amazing and realistic. Slightly cracked varnish, aged hardware, slightly wore out binding in the forearm area, slightly bleached neck... Very nice work indeed!
* I also own a Gibson LP Goldtop GOW with P90 pickups. They complement each other very well.
I previously owned three other LP (Standard , Classic, Studio) and I've had the chance to test a lot more. I even had an original LP 1954 in my hands (but that's another story...! ) but I had never had so much fun as with this '58!
Perhaps only with another LP'58 Murphy 50th Anniversary Ltd I recently tested at a Gibson Custom Shop distributor.
* Value for money: Ouch! It's a Custom Shop guitar. This first Historic Series with flamed top are quite famous and rare.
The Gibson Custom Shop made '58 massive flametop guitars until 2003.
Current models have non-flamed plaintops except the Anniversary Limited ones (50th Aged Tom Murphy).
The material quality is excellent (wood and hardware). I insist about the high-quality massive mahogany body (resonant, light and homogeneous).
* Would I buy it again? YES!!! You rarely have the opportunity to buy such a guitar.
It's a very high-class Les Paul!
I've been dreaming about it for an eternity... And now it's mine :°) My precious Gibson Les Paul ^^!!!
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