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Pronstar · 03-28-2008, 08:42 PM

I have one of the Classic customs with the P-90's. The week #28 Guitar that you are refering too. The guitar itself is very attractive considering the price. Personally I like the sound of P-90's so that was in no way a drawback for me but they are not to everyone's taste. Fit and finnish on mine was very good. I will say one thing about it, its dam heavy. I'v picked up a few studios and a couple of standards and this feels far heavyer than those. As for tone and playabliity.... I can't really say as I am just learning how to play

The only thing that may put you off is the binding. It's a 5 layer, white, black, white, black white binding. The thing is, it's not white, it's very orange to be honnest. I think its Gibson's sad attempt at making the guitar seem like its older than it is but they missed the mark on the colour. White tends to turn ivory or yellow with time, not a goldie orange.

I think the binding may be what the reviewer was talking about when he said he didn't like it.

I will try and take some pic's and post them in a day or so. Sadly I don't own a digital camera so I'm gonna take some shots with my cameraphone and see if they turn out.

03-28-2008, 08:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Pronstar Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: LP Classic Custom with P-90 Pickups I have one of the Classic customs with the P-90's. The week #28 Guitar that you are refering too. The guitar itself is very attractive considering the price. Personally I like the sound of P-90's so that was in no way a drawback for me but they are not to everyone's taste. Fit and finnish on mine was very good. I will say one thing about it, its dam heavy. I'v picked up a few studios and a couple of standards and this feels far heavyer than those. As for tone and playabliity.... I can't really say as I am just learning how to play The only thing that may put you off is the binding. It's a 5 layer, white, black, white, black white binding. The thing is, it's not white, it's very orange to be honnest. I think its Gibson's sad attempt at making the guitar seem like its older than it is but they missed the mark on the colour. White tends to turn ivory or yellow with time, not a goldie orange. I think the binding may be what the reviewer was talking about when he said he didn't like it. I will try and take some pic's and post them in a day or so. Sadly I don't own a digital camera so I'm gonna take some shots with my cameraphone and see if they turn out.