jbright44
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There was a time when if the house was burning down, I would have only grabbed one thing. My beloved 2004 Les Paul Standard. Now here I am, full circle, thinking of selling it. A little back story:
This guitar was given to me by Gibson in 2004 as a thank you/payment for a project my best friend and I did for them as undergraduate engineering students. We did it as our capstone design project and Gibson actually implemented our recommendations and built the machine we designed. Every every solid body guitar that bears the Gibson name that comes out of the Nashville factory runs across our machine. It has a lot of sentimental value for that reason I've always hung on to it.
However, I play primarily at church now and don't have a lot of use for the LP. I don't really see myself doing much playing other than at church any time in the near or distant future because hey, wife, kids, work, etc. Between my Duesenberg Starplayer and my ASAT Special, I find myself rarely going for the LP and the few times I've taken it with me just for the sake of playing it, I've found myself wishing I would have brought one of the other two.
On top of all that, I find myself continuously disappointed by the quality of components for a 2k+ guitar new. The neck pickup is muddy, the tone and volume controls are barely functional and I've already put new tuning machines on it because the ones that came with it were garbage. The fret work is bad and it needed a pro setup out of the box. Compared to my G&L ASAP Special TRIBUTE it's like night and day. HOWEVER it is a REALLY good piece of wood and there is some magic in there.
I've considered having all the guts ripped out, taking it to a tech and having them replace everything, give it a solid set up and put some Loller Low Wind Imperials in it to see if that rekindles the fire a bit. I've also considered just selling it and buying a nice rifle that I've been wanting since I think I've played it once in the past year and it just sits in the case most of the time.
So, what would you do? Sell it and get the rifle? Give it a Loller overhaul? Do something else?
This guitar was given to me by Gibson in 2004 as a thank you/payment for a project my best friend and I did for them as undergraduate engineering students. We did it as our capstone design project and Gibson actually implemented our recommendations and built the machine we designed. Every every solid body guitar that bears the Gibson name that comes out of the Nashville factory runs across our machine. It has a lot of sentimental value for that reason I've always hung on to it.
However, I play primarily at church now and don't have a lot of use for the LP. I don't really see myself doing much playing other than at church any time in the near or distant future because hey, wife, kids, work, etc. Between my Duesenberg Starplayer and my ASAT Special, I find myself rarely going for the LP and the few times I've taken it with me just for the sake of playing it, I've found myself wishing I would have brought one of the other two.
On top of all that, I find myself continuously disappointed by the quality of components for a 2k+ guitar new. The neck pickup is muddy, the tone and volume controls are barely functional and I've already put new tuning machines on it because the ones that came with it were garbage. The fret work is bad and it needed a pro setup out of the box. Compared to my G&L ASAP Special TRIBUTE it's like night and day. HOWEVER it is a REALLY good piece of wood and there is some magic in there.
I've considered having all the guts ripped out, taking it to a tech and having them replace everything, give it a solid set up and put some Loller Low Wind Imperials in it to see if that rekindles the fire a bit. I've also considered just selling it and buying a nice rifle that I've been wanting since I think I've played it once in the past year and it just sits in the case most of the time.
So, what would you do? Sell it and get the rifle? Give it a Loller overhaul? Do something else?
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