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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Most underrated vintage guitar?.A bit outside the box, and I am generally opposed to conversions, but you can still find '65 to '67 ES-335-12's and Riviera 12's for...
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Most underrated vintage guitar?.Absolutely right, and flat wounds also sound great for surf and spaghetti western stuff.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS 2x Celestion Marshall G12C 16 ohms Greenback Speakers.Push tab.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Most underrated vintage guitar?.Ha! Funny… Speaking for myself, I am far from being anti-JM as I have owned a few and I think they're cool from an aesthetic standpoint...
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Do Gibson metallic finishes from the 60s sink?.Well, that looks awful. Not sure about the meaning of the facepalm, but I've never seen a vintage Gibson like that.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS Celestion Ruby 8 ohms Speaker.Up.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS 2x Celestion Marshall G12C 16 ohms Greenback Speakers.Up.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Do Gibson metallic finishes from the 60s sink?.I'll say it again, lacquer does shrink, but no company (or builder) worth his salt would use lacquer to fill grain. On alder and maple...
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Most underrated vintage guitar?.Well, '60s Gibson-made Epiphones are getting up there and are no longer a well kept secret as they bring about as much as their Gibson...
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I second that 100%, and here’s a recently acquired example of such a guitar, which turned out to be even cooler than first suspected, a... -
LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread Do Gibson metallic finishes from the 60s sink?.Dupont metallic colours were always acrylic lacquer. It behaves more or less like nitro lacquer, it is an evaporative finish and not a...
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread How much does re-necking devalue a vintage Gibson?.I wouldn't bother reshaping the headstock at this point, the crown would still be in the wrong position and the Gibson logo wrong...
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS Celestion Ruby 8 ohms Speaker.Thanks, but I don't have one anymore…
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS Celestion Ruby 8 ohms Speaker.Up.
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LLaurent Brondel replied to the thread FS 2x Celestion Marshall G12C 16 ohms Greenback Speakers.PM answered.