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The Dove Original also comes with keystone Grover Rotomatics not kidney-bean ones.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Mine looks so much better with the keystones. Good to hear that Gibson have decided to get it right now... I do genuinely think it sounds better as well - because the keys are much lighter - but to be honest, I think I'd leave them on even if it sounded worse .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Also contrary to popular wisdom, I don't find that you need to string it with mooring cables to make it sound good - perhaps because it's got a long scale, or maybe because the tension isn't really that much lower than a set of 12s anyway...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
@ICBM You're right, they can do everything. Every style, either with fingers or a pick, just sounded perfect.
I'm getting GG to bring a Gibson Sheryl Crow C&W Supreme over to Birmingham to try on Thurs. They're gig ready, very sweet and undoubtably more suited to strummed vocal accompaniment (which is the main aim of my next purchase), but if the Dove is still there it's gonna be a tough old decision. Wish I could afford both!
They also have a maple neck, which means it's one of the few Gibson guitars I'm not worried about gigging from a headstock-break point of view...
The lifting pickguard is an issue though - the celluloid plastic warps, and it can be difficult to get glue under them and stick them down again properly.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The pickguard is quite badly domed. I'm confident I could remove it and the glue residue with naptha and dental floss (have done so on a Hummingbird before) but there's no guarantee I could get the guard flat enough to prevent it happening again. From a quick search, replacement Dove pickguards are hard to get hold of and ridiculously expensive.
That, the frets, and the fact it's had a quite messy nut replacement makes me think I'll leave this particular one. I'm sure I'll own one at some point... fantastic guitars.
I reckon I could sort the pickguard on that Anni and the nut does the job - just a shame it wasn't a neater replacement on such a collector's piece. It sounds unbelievably good and if it was a grand less I'd consider it but there's too much work to be done for the asking price.
A Dove will have to wait as I got a great deal on a 2011 SJ-200 Studio (maple) last night, plus, I'll also be trying out the Sheryl Crow Country & Western Supreme tomorrow at GG. Could it be... two Gibson acoustics in one week?