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Another Gibson V project finished
Started out as a cherry faded V. The jury is still out on the pickups, they are very nice as far as tone goes, but a little smoother than I've come to like lately. We'll see.
Refinished natural with tung oil Shot a coat of clear over the peg face Black pickguard Duncan custom shop 78 (EVH) bridge pup Duncan Seth Lover neck pup with push/pull coil slpit CTS pots Hovland Musicap Sperzel tuners Gotoh lightweight tailpiece Gold tophat knobs
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Re: Another Gibson V project finished
nice but really not sure about the pickups zebra pups woulda looked betta. other than that nice job
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Re: Another Gibson V project finished
cool. Nice work. What did you use to remove the faded finish?
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Re: Another Gibson V project finished
Beautiful, nice V. I like the grain.
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