Les paul Tribute T info...

ellwood

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Right. My honeyburst is coming home from the office/guitar store tomorrow night and losing the pickguard and the pickup covers. 

Need it to be July now!!

cruxiform

Beautiful guitar, nice work fella. I love the back of the body and neck, I have the black on my 50's Tribute.After a few months of ownership this only issue I have is with the satin finish. It is very easy to scratch but I have bought a small pot of paint from Northwest Guitars to touch them up.

Fortheloveofguitar

ellwood said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Right. My honeyburst is coming home from the office/guitar store tomorrow night and losing the pickguard and the pickup covers. 

Need it to be July now!!

It looks so much better without

Fortheloveofguitar

cruxiform said:

Beautiful guitar, nice work fella. I love the back of the body and neck, I have the black on my 50's Tribute.After a few months of ownership this only issue I have is with the satin finish. It is very easy to scratch but I have bought a small pot of paint from Northwest Guitars to touch them up.

There was a slight mark to the paint underneath where the scratch plate was but otherwise no issues out of the box

But yes it would be easy to mark especially if it was gigged hard. I do love the satin finish though.

I Find modern poly finishes on the Gibsons makes them look tacky and cheap like it's been over done like I cheap Chinese copy. My 2016 standard was like that and had slight runs in the lacquer too 

Fortheloveofguitar

Amber parts arriving in the next couple of days to complete the look

ellwood

Inspired by Fortheloveofguitar's efforts I grabbed my new acquisition from my office/guitar store and got set for some subtle tweaks. (I've got the Honeyburst one)

[img]http://i.imgur.com/aQjenOo.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/omRwnfr.jpg[/img]

Except I forgot to take the soldering iron home to, so no pickup cover removal today.

That's ok though. I can at least take the pickguard off.

Until I took it off and realised that it left rather a rough screw hole...

[img]http://i.imgur.com/rMm90P2.jpg[/img]

Well, whilst it's in bits...a few more pics

[img]http://i.imgur.com/lvrapkX.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/uIZe6Z4.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/vOTrHG0.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/MUST50R.jpg[/img]

Slight dodgy switch fitting...

[img]http://i.imgur.com/RLmjXtd.jpg[/img]

But i'm going to put the poker chip on anyway....

And the back

http://i.imgur.com/fVcki9s.jpg

So I put it back together and thought I'd have a little noodle for 10 minutes.

An hour later....other than the pokey chip I'm pretty sure there is nothing I'm going to change on it. Fingerboard needs some lemon oil, and maybe straplocks - but that's it!

Looking forward to the Goldtop arriving now!

Musicman20

I'm really impressed with what I can see with the fit and finish on your honeyburst. The rear of that guitar is lovely!

underdog

@ellwood  just put the pickguard screw back in the hole, sure you'll have a screw in an odd place but still looks better than having a large piece of cream plastic in an odd place

tony99

underdog said:

@ellwood  just put the pickguard screw back in the hole, sure you'll have a screw in an odd place but still looks better than having a large piece of cream plastic in an odd place

Wait it's a spare screwhole, surely we can come up with more useful suggestions for it. How about using it to attach a plectrum holder? Or even a drinks holder??? Maybe you could insert an extra mirror to really give that "mod" look.

ellwood

tony99 said:

underdog said:

@ellwood  just put the pickguard screw back in the hole, sure you'll have a screw in an odd place but still looks better than having a large piece of cream plastic in an odd place

Wait it's a spare screwhole, surely we can come up with more useful suggestions for it. How about using it to attach a plectrum holder? Or even a drinks holder??? Maybe you could insert an extra mirror to really give that "mod" look.

Or even, possibly, a pickguard

Rox

I really fancied a goldtop, but the honeyburst just speaks to me.  Reminds me of an LP Studio I bought and refinished many years ago...

http://inspireyourdog.com/misc/GibsonLP21.jpg

Only difference being that the Studio had an ebony neck.

tony99

Rox said:

I really fancied a goldtop, but the honeyburst just speaks to me.  Reminds me of an LP Studio I bought and refinished many years ago...

http://inspireyourdog.com/misc/GibsonLP21.jpg

Only difference being that the Studio had an ebony neck.

The honey boo is lovely, got a look of the faded traditional to it

ellwood

To be honest I was kicking myself for not tracking down a Gold Top. But.

The more time I spend with it the more I live the look...and the feel of it. Really pleased with it

ellwood

ellwood said:

To be honest I was kicking myself for not tracking down a Gold Top. But.

The more time I spend with it the more I live the look...and the feel of it. Really pleased with it

And then the phone rang. I put a deposit on a Gold Top for July with Guitar Guitar last week. Turns out they have one in stock. Incoming for Thursday...

Fortheloveofguitar

ellwood said:

ellwood said:

To be honest I was kicking myself for not tracking down a Gold Top. But.

The more time I spend with it the more I live the look...and the feel of it. Really pleased with it

And then the phone rang. I put a deposit on a Gold Top for July with Guitar Guitar last week. Turns out they have one in stock. Incoming for Thursday...

That's looking great mate

I always pop the screw back in the old hole too. Looks better than broken paint around the old hole 

Nice work bagging the last goldtop. That's saved you a long wait until July

I shall expect an update once the covers are off 

tony99

I emailed the gumtree guy with the goldtop, he's not playing by the looks of things, I guess it's gone

ellwood

So much for that. Stock system error. Back to July for a goldie...

Fortheloveofguitar

ellwood said:

So much for that. Stock system error. Back to July for a goldie...

That's a pain but GG are always doing that 

ellwood

Fortheloveofguitar said:

ellwood said:

So much for that. Stock system error. Back to July for a goldie...

That's a pain but GG are always doing that 

 No big deal. I wasn't expecting it until July anyway. And the guy that called up was great, so no point getting worked up.

Fortheloveofguitar

ellwood said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

ellwood said:

So much for that. Stock system error. Back to July for a goldie...

That's a pain but GG are always doing that 

 No big deal. I wasn't expecting it until July anyway. And the guy that called up was great, so no point getting worked up.

At least you've got the other one to keep you busy