callmeval
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- Joined
- May 15, 2017
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- 74
I owned the 2008 Standard so I know what a long tenon looks like. I got a Custom Shop with a long tenon too. I couldn't stand the 2008 Standard because... well it played great, the neck was actually amazing but the chambered body made the guitar sound like a neutered LP to my ears. So I got rid of it. I hated how light it was. I experimented with several Classics & Standards before realizing the Traditional was for me. The so called "heavier" weight & 50s necks are just better for me. That's why I got the Anaconda 2018 in the first place. They made it sound like a hot rodded Traditional. But when I picked it up I was like wtf, this must weigh about 8 pounds & its neck is skinny as hell too. Skinny & flat. Where's this so called "thick" neck I was promised on the spec sheet? Why does it feel so light? So I had to get to the bottom of it & that's when I discovered its "hidden features". It's lucky it's such a playable & amazing sounding guitar otherwise I would've got rid of it for being too light. I can see some don't have a long tenon so I'm now as confused as the rest of you. I'm presuming something weird happened at the factory. Gibson are notorious cheapskates with one of the worst reputations in the guitar making business, so maybe they started cutting costs toward the end of production. Maybe someone was hung over & got necks mixed up. I don't know. Even the color isn't especially unique. It's just ocean green part 2. Or "country gentleman" green. Like I said in an earlier message, when I'm ready to change strings I'll take some pics. But not for the Patrick Bateman's of this forum. For guys who are curious about this guitar. I don't come online to argue with a screen. That's for freaks. Obviously it isn't an R9, it has a fake ABR-1 bridge for a start. But its other features are so comparable to one they can't be ignored & it begs the question, why aren't Gibson using light mahogany in everything? Surely it'd stop them from having to weight relieve or chamber everything, which is apparently "more expensive" for them to do. I don't believe them. I think they're cutting chunks out of guitars & saving the spare wood for later. I mean these guys are so shady they bankrupt themselves. They can't be trusted