Show your Custom!

Ride on a Pony · 10-28-2009, 07:06 PM

I've been gasing for a Norlin-era Custom recently, although I have no money, but I did a search and coudn't find any sort of "Official Norlin Custom Thread"...

One thing I hear constantly about Norlin Customs though is how heavy they are, and I have a pretty bad back. So are there 'lighter' Customs to be found out there? Or are they all 10-14 lbs monsters?

Anyway, lets see them!

duane v · 10-28-2009, 07:25 PM

My 1980 Norlin

Elrathia · 10-28-2009, 07:31 PM

duane v · 10-28-2009, 07:40 PM

dos Black Beauty's

Ride on a Pony · 10-28-2009, 07:54 PM

Nice!

Elrathia, I was starring at that picture for about a minute before I acutally ralised there were two different guitars in it.. I must have zoned out a little. Beautiful! What years are they?

Duane V, that's pretty slick looking!... exquisite, for want of a better word.

Hemply · 10-28-2009, 08:01 PM

Shithead · 10-28-2009, 08:04 PM

Not a Gibby,but i love her just the same....

Weasel · 10-28-2009, 08:14 PM

Here's a few of mine.

The 54

The 68

The TV Yellow

GibsonByBirth · 10-28-2009, 10:53 PM

My favorite.

atheos · 10-28-2009, 11:11 PM

Left and center

Cookie-boy · 10-29-2009, 12:47 AM

jimmyq · 10-29-2009, 04:59 AM

This heavy old piece of junk?

More pics here;

'77 Wine Red Custom.... [PICS ALERT]

Cookie-boy · 10-29-2009, 07:51 AM

Nice, Jimbo....nice. A dear old mate of mine has a 73 wine red that he bought new. He's re-fretted it 3 times now and the colour has virtually worn off the front (he teaches so it's played a lot each day).

He wouldn't own anything else.

jimmyq · 10-29-2009, 08:10 AM

Thanks Cookie!

The neck is a little on the thin side, I tend to prefer a chunkier neck, but this thing rocks so hard and weighs an F'ing ton, so that more than makes up for it!

AlvisX · 10-29-2009, 09:22 AM

It's 83-ish Champagne Sparkle but now most of the sparkle is all but faded. I bought it in '98 ,sold it in '06 and bought it back in '08. Like a bad penny ..... Yeah,I wish it had a little more neck

This one belongs to a buddy from high school ,ecxept back in those days he had a DiMarzio super dist in the bridge ,it was required back then....

05hummer · 10-29-2009, 10:55 AM

1979

05hummer · 10-29-2009, 10:56 AM

1978

05hummer · 10-29-2009, 10:56 AM

1979

GibsonByBirth · 10-29-2009, 02:18 PM

The pics in my last post to this this thread didn't come out so well.

The classic wanted in the shot too.

They look good together.

Boleskinehouse · 10-29-2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05hummer

1979

I MUST own that someday.

05hummer · 10-29-2009, 05:21 PM

When ever you want to give up your 3 pup...

Cookie-boy · 10-30-2009, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05hummer

1979

Nice.........very nice!

BurstAddict · 10-30-2009, 02:35 AM

74:

84:

Boleskinehouse · 10-30-2009, 02:54 AM

'81..

'77..

Yeah, yeah. I'm getting on that one soon.

jimmyq · 10-30-2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05hummer

1979

Just stunning. My favourite Norlin Custom by a country mile...

Muck Fe · 10-30-2009, 06:09 AM

Man!!! I wish I had a clue back in the day (unlike now

), alot of these guitars were relatively cheap in the early-mid eighties while we were all buying Ibanezes and the like, now look at you canny buggers showing of your prized girls. I'm only a little jealous.

Rick.

blakem · 10-30-2009, 09:59 AM

my 73

05hummer · 10-30-2009, 10:34 AM

[QUOTE=AlvisX;1250768]It's 83-ish Champagne Sparkle but now most of the sparkle is all but faded. I bought it in '98 ,sold it in '06 and bought it back in '08. Like a bad penny ..... Yeah,I wish it had a little more neck

I dont like bigsby tremolos, but that white custom is bad ass....

05hummer · 10-30-2009, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmyq

Just stunning. My favourite Norlin Custom by a country mile...

Thank you, its actually one of my favorites also, next to my white custom and 25/50.. In person its pretty beat up, but plays great...

05hummer · 10-30-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boleskinehouse

'81..

Yeah, yeah. I'm getting on that one soon.

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Cookie-boy Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Under the care, custody and control of Matron. Posts: 9,204 Thanks: 209 Thanked 889 Times in 223 Posts	Re: Show your Custom! Nice, Jimbo....nice. A dear old mate of mine has a 73 wine red that he bought new. He's re-fretted it 3 times now and the colour has virtually worn off the front (he teaches so it's played a lot each day). He wouldn't own anything else. __________________ "Because you're worth it!"

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