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    popvulture
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    @GraemeE
    Joined: 2 Oct 2018

    @GraemeE haha I remember seeing a Marc Maron post of a Les Paul with a snapped headstock — typical situation of being propped up on the amp or something and just took a spill. Sadler Vaden chimed in with “NOW it’s a Gibson!” Truth.

    WTB
    IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
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      SKT
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      @popvulture
      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

      @popvulture technically mine is a “Fender American Vintage Thin Skin ‘59 Tele”. It has custom shop “NoCaster” pickups. I’ve had it since 2011. The only thing I might change is that it has those high 6105 frets which take some getting used to. My other tele is an American Vintage ‘52 Reissue which has the lower vintage frets. Anyway love the tele faction here! @GraemeE

      Edit: and looking at the spec sheet, it weighs 8.23 lbs 😳 someday I may just get a saw and cut off a couple pounds

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        SKT
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        One more thing (cause I know we’re all into the details) I really like the 8 hole, double ply pickguard on yours, prefer it actually over the vintage 5 hole mine has (which is way warped)

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          popvulture
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          @SKT
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          @SKT right on! Mines the thin skin too. I feel like those AVRIs, especially the thin nitro Wildwood spec ones, are some of the best deals going. I had a Custom Shop strat that I eventually ended up selling, and I feel like the Wildwood is just as good or even better than plenty of Custom Shops, especially in terms of consistency. My only gripe about mine is that I wish it had a light relic. Also wish it didn’t have neck binding, but it’s no biggie.

          I actually prefer the 2105s. Vintage frets don’t bother me, but if I had the choice I’d go for the narrow/tall.

          No real preference on pickguards, other than the fact that I’m a dork about wanting it to be period correct (unless it’s a guitar that just threw all that out the window and just is what it is). I have a 71 blonde tele that’s sort of a mongrel, has had tons of stuff replaced. It came with a blackguard style on it and it sorta drove me crazy not having the right 70s one. I put a black 8-hole / 3 ply on there and even that still sorta drove me nuts, felt like I was trying to pull off an older guitar or something haha. So now I have a white one on it, and I guess all is well. Like I said, dork.

          WTB
          IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
          Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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            GraemeE
            Joined: 18 Sept 2022

            Now I feel like a pedestrian .
            Mine is just stock out of the box fender.

            I do have some custom relicd pickgaurd screws though due to hours of nasty sweaty hands

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              popvulture
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              @GraemeE
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              @GraemeE haha I feel like I brought up my two most modified guitars. I usually have a tendency to just buy a guitar that I’m as close to 100% happy with and just leave it alone. Sometimes I’ll tweak though if there’s a need, or if the guitar’s already been messed with plenty, like my old tele.

              WTB
              IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
              Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                SKT
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                  SKT
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                  @GraemeE
                  Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                  @GraemeE said in Guitars anyone???:

                  I do have some custom relicd pickgaurd screws though due to hours of nasty sweaty hands

                  True relic production here

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                    SKT
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                    I do love properly “reliced” guitars and have pined for a long time for a Whitfill custom T. He makes great looking and sounding (from what I’ve seen and read) guitars

                    http://www.whitfillcustomguitars.com/guitars.html

                    I haven’t purchased a new guitar in almost 10 years now. Seems impossible

                    Also, the 10 year gap almost coincides with having kids…hmm. Correlation or causation?

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                      popvulture
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                      If anybody has any leads on luthiers that do a good job on relic stuff, I'm all ears. My Senn is the best I've owned, and I've asked Jeff if he'd do a relic job on another guitar, but didn't hear back (which I took as a no). Some of them are too extreme — I like the sort of Closet Classic / Journeyman level of distress. It's just nice to have a guitar that's sorta had the new knocked off of it. Definitely not the sort of thing I'm willing to do myself (and by that I mean relic it myself, not play the shit out of it until it looks old and vintage. Anybody who's had a new finish guitar knows that will take eons).

                      WTB
                      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                        popvulture
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                        @skt I know a guy who's got a Whitfill — he likes it, cool tele. K-Line is also pretty fantastic. I have one of his strats and it's probably my best sounding and playing single coil electric.

                        WTB
                        IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                        Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                          SKT
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                          @popvulture
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                          @popvulture K-line is new to me and just looked them up…St Louis! They look really nice and I’ll have to dig into them. I agree the “closet classic” look is the sweet spot for me too. I have a 50th Anniversary Masterbuilt strat (Todd Krause) that has that look. I’ll get some pics of it and throw them in the mix here when I can.

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                            Freeman
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                            Heading back to the states next month and bringing these guys with me.

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                              IH-GARY
                              Haraki san Student
                              Joined: 3 Jan 2017

                              Did someone mention relic? 🙂

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                              My contribution, to urban blues…

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                                chillmonroe
                                Haraki san Student
                                Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                                Getting up to speed on some mash style bluegrass on the 1934 Gibson L00 🤙🤙

                                Video link:
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                                “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                                  jeffgrantMEDIA
                                  @chillmonroe
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                                  @chillmonroe DAMN! That is a purdy guitar. The best Gibson I ever played was a 60's J45. But man this is nice.

                                  Life is an adventure, live it for a while.

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                                    chillmonroe
                                    Haraki san Student
                                    @jeffgrantMEDIA
                                    Joined: 6 Sept 2023

                                    @jeffgrantMEDIA yeah she’s a dandy. If you’re into slope shoulder dreads, I’ll have to post some stuff on the 1938 J35 and the 1934 Jumbo. To be clear, I don’t currently own all these guitars. I do a lot of catch and release 🎣

                                    Right now I’ve got the ‘34 Jumbo, the ‘34 L00, and a sweet 1913 Gibson A4 mandolin

                                    “The root of all suffering is the giving of fucks”

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                                      jeffgrantMEDIA
                                      @chillmonroe
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                                      @chillmonroe I am going to have to follow your IG. I just scrolled it. I love vintage Gibsons. Wish I had the cash to play that game. I mostly just noodle these days and have halted my guitar-buying addiction. As far as vintage I only currently own a Gibson 78' Deluxe and a 76' Strat. But mostly just play my Taylor. It's a 2004, but the best-sounding guitar I played in a LONG search. The only thing I played better was that vintage J45 at a guitar center in Philly 20 years ago.

                                      Life is an adventure, live it for a while.

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                                        popvulture
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                                        @IH-GARY
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                                        @IH-GARY man that’s awesome — looks like a Nachocaster level relic. What is it?

                                        WTB
                                        IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                        Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                          IH-GARY
                                          Haraki san Student
                                          @popvulture
                                          Joined: 3 Jan 2017

                                          @popvulture It’s a Custom Shop Nocaster blackguard - it’s pretty gnarly!

                                          My contribution, to urban blues…

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