Thanks Joe!Wow. That's a beauty.
I haven't seen that many tobacco burst Fadeds that I thought looked great, but this one sure does - damn.Never seen a Tobacco Faded like this one before, very cool indeed!
The price is Custom Shop level though.
What's your takeaway? Better? Same? Worse? A lot of parts swaps are smoke and mirrors but I've heard so much good about the Faber stuff objectively changing the tone/sustain for the better; real curious. Looks great btw.I haven't seen that many tobacco burst Fadeds that I thought looked great, but this one sure does - damn.
In other news - new Faber bridge with nickel plated saddles day for my Trad Faded, just for shits and giggles:
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I initially went with a Faber bridge with brass saddles, but also had the one with nickel saddles in my parts box, and always intended to try it out.What's your takeaway? Better? Same? Worse? A lot of parts swaps are smoke and mirrors but I've heard so much good about the Faber stuff objectively changing the tone/sustain for the better; real curious. Looks great btw.
Ah, okay. I appreciate your thoughts on all this and taking the time to write it.I initially went with a Faber bridge with brass saddles, but also had the one with nickel saddles in my parts box, and always intended to try it out.
Honestly, I'm not sure there's a huge difference between them. The nickel plated saddles should in theory make the guitar a tad brighter, but it might also be my imagination.
I do however think that the Faber hardware is way superior to the factory hardware Gibson uses on their USA line of guitars. Would highly recommend the upgrade, including swapping the Gibson Nashville inserts with something like the Faber iNsert kit. That most definitely is an improvement in all respects, IMHO.
The only tricky thing with Faber bridges are those little circlips they use to secure the bridge saddle screws. I always struggle to get them out and back in when I need to flip saddles, and I had to flip 3 on this new bridge. Pain in the arse if your eyes aren't what they used to be.
Very nice!NGD: this 2016 Memphis Historic Gibson Cherry Red ES 335 is the new friend of my best 2005 Standard Faded and 1972 Marshall SB. Another great Gibson, huge clear sound with plenty of rich harmonics! Bigger guitar than the Les Paul but 1Lb lighter.
What disappointed you?Very nice!
I had a Warren Haynes ES-335 at one point which sadly didn't work out for me. I just couldn't bond with it, and it was terribly disappointing at the time.
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That I couldn't bond with it!What disappointed you?