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Old 10-20-2007, 10:36 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Old 10-21-2007, 12:24 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Welp In My Book, That Blonde beats ANY G&L any day of the week !
I think she is havin G string troubles I think she needs an intonation job
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Old 10-21-2007, 09:19 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Welp In My Book, That Blonde beats ANY G&L any day of the week !
I think she is havin G string troubles I think she needs an intonation job

I'd be glad to assist her on that!
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Old 10-21-2007, 05:00 PM   #34 (permalink)
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I think she likes it with out the guard on.
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Old 10-22-2007, 09:29 PM   #35 (permalink)
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I prefer a middle of the road flame top. Not a big fan of the "silk sheet" look. This is a picture of my 2007 "59" VOS in tea burst.
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Old 10-23-2007, 02:55 PM   #36 (permalink)
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I prefer a middle of the road flame top. Not a big fan of the "silk sheet" look. This is a picture of my 2007 "59" VOS in tea burst.
Looking cool man!! Like your Burst..its a bit like mine!
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Old 10-23-2007, 02:58 PM   #37 (permalink)
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I think she likes it with out the guard on.


ugh.. i'm getting the envy twitch again..



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Old 10-24-2007, 04:31 AM   #38 (permalink)
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ugh.. i'm getting the envy twitch again..



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Old 10-25-2007, 01:56 AM   #40 (permalink)
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06 R9 with aged RS True 60's p/u's..though I do love my cloud9 R8,something about plaintops...
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Old 10-28-2007, 12:32 AM   #42 (permalink)
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here's my 2 fav tops
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From what I have seen, it does not seem like Gibson uses a large variety in the types of figure or flame on their maple tops(unless it's on a Murphy or similar higher end RI). From browsing ebay, google, this site, and others, it seems that they mostly have a very defined, straight flame(almost like a pinstripe). It's starting to look very boring, especially for those of us who like tight, curly flame and subtle, 3D flame that allows for the grain of the top to show. I am acutally starting to favor plain tops a bit more now...

Anyone know of reasons for this lack of variety?
Your not looking hard enough. 07 seems to be a good year for great looking Gibson Historic tops. - granted we see more than our share of non-vintage/authentic looking maple tops, there are dealers out there with the goods......
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From what I have seen, it does not seem like Gibson uses a large variety in the types of figure or flame on their maple tops(unless it's on a Murphy or similar higher end RI). From browsing ebay, google, this site, and others, it seems that they mostly have a very defined, straight flame(almost like a pinstripe). It's starting to look very boring, especially for those of us who like tight, curly flame and subtle, 3D flame that allows for the grain of the top to show. I am acutally starting to favor plain tops a bit more now...

Anyone know of reasons for this lack of variety?
From what I read, they changed from AAA to AA tops to give a better representation of the grade back then (58-60).
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Old 11-01-2007, 02:14 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Does this qualify?
Oh Yeah Swank I would say that qualified man NICE Axe Thanks for posting
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I've got this 07 R0 (gloss) en route... will post more pics when I have it.
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I've got this 07 R0 (gloss) en route... will post more pics when I have it.
Very nice Sir...more pics when you get a chance - thanks...
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