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I was thinking that there must be some reissues that show signs of ageing/finish cracking and I’d love to see it. I’ve recently got a R8 VOS and was curious how they look after a few years if they are played a lot. So please show it off if you got it guys!
 
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Pageburst said:
My beater TH59. Still sounds amazing although a fret job may be forthcoming in the near future





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Amazing! Beautiful top and the checks and bumps look great too, wouldn’t mind for mine to look like this ina few years......
 
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None on my 2011 R9 (as new finish) but I store it cased in a dark and perfectly humidified room at 22C to 30C when not being played.
 
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tomajoha said:
Is that all your own wear or was it an aged verison of the THs? Awesome looking guitar
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Thanks, it’s all natural wear. When it became my main guitar it never saw a case unless I was transporting it. It was my only Les Paul for a couple years and served as the test axe for a variety of boutique PAFs. It was when the frets began to wear a bit that I saw about getting a back up Les Paul and ended up on a bit of a Les Paul buying spree. However I still love my TH59, wear and blemishes not withstanding.
 
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Pageburst said:
Thanks, it’s all natural wear. When it became my main guitar it never saw a case unless I was transporting it. It was my only Les Paul for a couple years and served as the test axe for a variety of boutique PAFs. It was when the frets began to wear a bit that I saw about getting a back up Les Paul and ended up on a bit of a Les Paul buying spree. However I still love my TH59, wear and blemishes not withstanding.
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What kind of temperature changes did it go through to get that checking? I would love for my guitars to end up like that!
 
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What kind of temperature changes did it go through to get that checking? I would love for my guitars to end up like that!
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I think it was at the beach where most of the checking occurred. Maybe the humidity change from Ocean air to air conditioning
 
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Phil W said:
None on my 2011 R9 (as new finish) but I store it cased in a dark and perfectly humidified room at 22C to 30C when not being played.
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Hats off to you for doing that, I just like to have my guitars around and besides I don’t have a place to keep the cases so I can take them out daily. The next best thing is the wall mount so I have a few of those.
So it looks like even with nitro if you take care of it, it won’t age much, and if you don’t, like pageburst it will.
I think this is the perfect outcome for Gibson, it appeases both parties.
 
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Beautiful photo and checking. The photo has kind of a Dutch still life quality to it.

Is your guitar exposed to a lot of temperature changes?
 
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Thanx.
No, no story… I just looked down while playing it at band practice… the lighting was different than at home… and I caught a glint…

It was winter here in Michigan, I did travel in the truck (F150) with it, and it was the first time it went to band. So I don’t have clue if it came that way…

then when I was at home practicing with it I looked closer with the light from my phone and more became apparent.

so that summer, we bought a chest freezer… and before we started loading it with food … I did a brief experiment and stuck it there…. The checks got slightly larger upon warming and a few more started down near the tail piece holes....

wife was like WTF? Why?

because I needed to know why it started in first pIace ....think it was going from a warm house to a cold truck rear floor( about 50 minutes) into warm house, against a warm body ....and poof..

I contemplated putting it back in the freezer to get more effect ... but the freezer is full now and there may be risks im not aware of...

I can tell you that thing never goes out of tune...
 
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Sct13 said:
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No, no story… I just looked down while playing it at band practice… the lighting was different than at home… and I caught a glint…

It was winter here in Michigan, I did travel in the truck (F150) with it, and it was the first time it went to band. So I don’t have clue if it came that way…

then when I was at home practicing with it I looked closer with the light from my phone and more became apparent.

so that summer, we bought a chest freezer… and before we started loading it with food … I did a brief experiment and stuck it there…. The checks got slightly larger upon warming and a few more started down near the tail piece holes....

wife was like WTF? Why?

because I needed to know why it started in first pIace ....think it was going from a warm house to a cold truck rear floor( about 50 minutes) into warm house, against a warm body ....and poof..

I contemplated putting it back in the freezer to get more effect ... but the freezer is full now and there may be risks im not aware of...

I can tell you that thing never goes out of tune...
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I disagree, that’s a cool story, it took balls to stick it in the freezer, but now tou know. I’m not sure that I would’ve done the same but glad you did. It’s testament how well these guitars are built.
Mine stays in tune also, I should’ve bought one long time ago, thanks for sharing!!!
 
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