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Old 12-24-2011, 11:04 AM
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What exactly does R1/R7/R8/R-whatever mean?
I know it might be a "duh" sort of question/answer, but I'm not really up to par on the jargon used for these guitars on this website yet, as I've only recently started posting here despite being a member since last year. I know they refer to Les Pauls, but that's it. Can you guys tell me what it means? Thanks in advance.
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:08 AM
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Gibson Reissue

R8 - 1958 reissue
R9 - 1959 reissue
R0 - 1960 reissue
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:42 AM
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Come on man!
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:50 AM
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I know it might be a "duh" sort of question/answer, but I'm not really up to par on the jargon used for these guitars on this website yet, as I've only recently started posting here despite being a member since last year. I know they refer to Les Pauls, but that's it. Can you guys tell me what it means? Thanks in advance.
Don't worry about it. That was a question I bet a bunch didnt know the answer but was afraid to ask!
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:54 AM
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OK, so since this is the dumb question thread, what is NGD? New guitar deal?
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Old 12-24-2011, 11:55 AM
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New Guitar Day

NAD, New Amp Day, etc
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:09 PM
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R1???? Never seen one of those.
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:16 PM
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Gibson Reissue

R8 - 1958 reissue
R9 - 1959 reissue
R0 - 1960 reissue
I didn't really know the answer either since I was mainly a Fender guy.

But now it makes sense.
But Gibson doesn't use those denotations do they?

Is that just user slang for those models?

Are those the Historic models?
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:40 PM
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R1???? Never seen one of those.
http://www.google.com/search?q=yamah...w=1024&bih=690
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:48 PM
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I didn't really know the answer either since I was mainly a Fender guy.

But now it makes sense.
But Gibson doesn't use those denotations do they?

Is that just user slang for those models?

Are those the Historic models?
Gibson doesn't officially use the Rx denotations, and called these models "Gibson Les Paul Historic 19XX Reissue" or something to that effect.
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Old 12-24-2011, 12:57 PM
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Nice! I wonder if the finish will check if left out in the freezing cold?
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Old 12-24-2011, 01:00 PM
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OK, so since this is the dumb question thread, what is NGD? New guitar deal?
There are no such things as stupid questions, only stupid answers.
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Old 12-24-2011, 02:45 PM
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R2-R0

1952 reissue - 1960 reissue Les Paul.
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Old 12-24-2011, 02:51 PM
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Cool. I did'nt know this
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Old 12-24-2011, 03:54 PM
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Gibson doesn't officially use the Rx denotations, and called these models "Gibson Les Paul Historic 19XX Reissue" or something to that effect.
Seem to remember my R7 has "R7" pencilled in the control cavity. Same thing with an R0 I once bought, had "R0" written there. Not official as such, but presumably enough to remind them what they're building at the time
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