Gibson, Tokai or OBG

[sgberry]

I have seen the very occasional OBG solid flame.....

They are very rare!

 

[TheGalen]

I own a Gibson Standard and an OBG Standard. I love them both but I must say the OBG is a better guitar.

 

[lp_junkie]

sgberry- I sold one to Dave's Guitar Shop in LaCrosse Wisconsin in 2001 for around $1500, it had a solid flame AA maple cap, USA hardware and electronics absolutely smoked even the historics of the day..........

I needed more money for coke so I sold off most of my MIJ guitars............

 

[sgberry]

sgberry- I sold one to Dave's Guitar Shop in LaCrosse Wisconsin in 2001 for around $1500, it had a solid flame AA maple cap, USA hardware and electronics absolutely smoked even the historics of the day..........

I needed more money for coke so I sold off most of my MIJ guitars............

I have OBG LP59 Reissue in lemonburst finish from Fujigen factory made in 1993 and probably has solid a AA top.

 

[3pupLPC]

I needed more money for coke so I sold off most of my MIJ guitars............

I REALLY hope you're joking...

 

[3pupLPC]

I have OBG LP59 Reissue in lemonburst finish from Fujigen factory made in 1993 and probably has solid a AA top.

Let's see some pix......

 

[lp_junkie]

I REALLY hope you're joking...

At that time I was on the "white powder diet" unfortunately I sold off almost all my gear to support an out of control coke habit................

I was in bad enough shape that the band I was in fired me and changed names at the request of the label.

I sobered up and went into Law Enforcement of all things...............

 

[dspelman]

Always go for vintage....they have that aged wood, aged vibe, and the pickups are always so creamy in tone due to the magnets getting weaker with age. New guitars are nice but they just don't have the age and wisdom of that old wood IMO.

Meh -- I don't buy into the "vibe" and "wisdom" crap. And 20 years really isn't a lot of "aging" for wood OR for weaker magnets. 50, maybe. And even then I'm not sure it makes all that much difference. As for the wood difference on a solid body. ehhhhhh.... On my old '39 Epi (big old jazz-box acoustic), definitely. On my '50 ES-175, maybe. On the old LPs, nah. On the mid-70's guitars, not so much. On the 20-year-old stuff, no way.

 

[sgberry]

Let's see some pix......

Well I`m lousy when it comes to posting pics(I haven`t learned yet), but my guitar came without
pickguard and it doesn`t have holes drilled to install one!

 

[3pupLPC]

I sobered up and went into Law Enforcement of all things...............

Congrats bro'.... happy for you! Too many friends didn't make the comeback.

 

[3pupLPC]

Well I`m lousy when it comes to posting pics(I haven`t learned yet), but my guitar came without
pickguard and it doesn`t have holes drilled to install one!

It's easy really... first, do you have a digital camera?

 

[sgberry]

It's easy really... first, do you have a digital camera?

No, but I do have camera on my phone.

 

[3pupLPC]

No, but I do have camera on my phone.

#1. Take some shots and email them to yourself.

 

[kip0909]

Definately the OBG, from what I've heard, the LC60 model is missing a lot of the key parts that makes a Tokai sound good.

You forgot that an 80's LC60 is roughly the equivalent of of a LC100 today.

 

[MattMayer]

You forgot that an 80's LC60 is roughly the equivalent of of a LC100 today.

i didn't forget. I just didn't know.

 

[blahblahblahblah]

Always go for vintage....they have that aged wood, aged vibe, and the pickups are always so creamy in tone due to the magnets getting weaker with age. New guitars are nice but they just don't have the age and wisdom of that old wood IMO.

"Old wood" hehehe sorry...it's late here...

 

[Roachpole]

Wine red Tokai?

 

[db1408]

If it's not too late. I'd go with Tokai, well I already have. I have a LS135. 8.5lbs. Only Les Paul (style) that i've owned that I've been contempt with.

 

[Choppa Whoppa]

I'd have the OBG. It just looks more right to me.

I've had a MIJ Tokai Love Rock which had a horrible thick poly coat and the fit and finish wasn't all that great either. The thing that made it sink though was the pickups, Mark 4 something, they were the most flat, dull and uninspiring pups in a LP style guitar I've ever heard. Pickups can be changed, but it didn't sound good acoustically either, so it had to go. I traded it for a Gibson LP Junior which is in a completely different league alltogether.

However, this was a rather new one, made in 2000, and it may not be representative of how MIJ Tokais perform. I have a feeling that the old ones were better, because this one was much closer a chinese Epi than a Gibson USA.

So if you must have a LP style guitar right now, go for the OBG, otherwise I'd save up for a Gibson.

 

[NoStatic]

Let's see some pix......

Here you go, I just posted this another thread re ObG with neck damage. the ObG Reissues are quite hard to find. They differ from the normal ObG in that that they have solid tops, deep carved (sometimes these are veneered, but its very hard to pick) one piece back, one piece neck, fret binding, nitro, alu tail nickel hware and Classic 57's. They are pretty faithful to the 57 and 59 LPs they are modelled on. The way to pick them for sure is by the SN which is different.

Here is an Unburst ObG 59 Reissue.