NGD Gibson Les Paul Standard
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jcm800gridlock
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My ebony Standard with the blacked out transformation complete.
Also, a photo of my Les Paul Traditional in Iced Tea that I picked up a couple of weeks later.
Thanks everyone for you nice comments.
Also, a photo of my Les Paul Traditional in Iced Tea that I picked up a couple of weeks later.
Thanks everyone for you nice comments.
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PaulHikeS2
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That's a nice looking Traditional. Bet it looks even better in person. Congrats!
Congratulations on both of those beautiful LP’s
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I’m very happy you replaced the chrome or nickel pickup ring screws, with Gibsons traditional black pickup ring screws.
(Black plastics = black pickup ring screws, cream plastics = chrome/nickel screws).
The chrome ones made the guitar look like an Epi,… (“not that there’s anything wrong with that”),… Old Seinfeld line,… lol!
I was going to mention it when I first saw your first pic, I decided not to because I’ve felt my posts have been too negative lately.
Nice job @jcm800gridlock!
(Cream looks badass too though)
jcm800gridlock
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We think alike and I always appreciate your thoughts and comments.I’m very happy you replaced the chrome or nickel pickup ring screws, with Gibsons traditional black pickup ring screws.
(Black plastics = black pickup ring screws, cream plastics = chrome/nickel screws).
The chrome ones made the guitar look like an Epi,… (“not that there’s anything wrong with that”),… Old Seinfeld line,… lol!
I was going to mention it when I first saw your first pic, I decided not to because I’ve felt my posts have been too negative lately.
Nice job @jcm800gridlock!
(Cream looks badass too though)
Someone, don’t recall who, or on which forum, mentioned the chrome pickup cover screws. Changing them to black never occurred to me, until that post.
I had to order new set of black rings to get the black screws but the black screws did enhance the looks of the guitar.
This truly is a great playing and sounding guitar. I love the Bursbusters, the neck, and setup on this guitar are prefect for me.
My only real desire to complete the mods, is to darken the Rosewood board to look more like Ebony. Still debating how to do that and not mess it up or devalue the guitar.
Bucket list changes would to swap the nickel hardware with gold hardware and tuners (like a Custom Black Beauty), but I doubt that will ever happen.
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I’m hoping that does not happen, lol!
But I’m not a big fan of gold hardware myself, unless it is truly a Custom, just my personal taste.
It’ll look like a Custom wannabe imo, and it shouldn’t. It’s virtually perfect in its own right now, and somewhat unique!
I vote keep the nickel, haha.
Enjoy man!
jcm800gridlock
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Ag
Agreed.
Torren61
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I love ebony guitars. That one is no exception. HNGD!
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Nice, first LP was a 1980 standard
but FYI Burstbuckers not burstbusters
Marshall Stack
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An all black Paul...
neither is smoking, but all the greats did it wtf?
