Gibson seem to have got it right with these models... I love this thing
Nickel TonePro's hardware
Block inlays
24 fret (no silly plastic spacer between the neck and pickup)
Thick rosewood fingerboard
Thin satin finish
500K pots which work really well with the 490 pickups
engraved truss rod cover (not a shitty silk screen print)
Looks lovely, is it a 2018 model? I actually like unbound Gibson fret boards better, the nibs I find quite annoying on the USA line (Custom so ones are smaller and don't annoy me as much)
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Yeah I agree, the fretboard going all the way to the pickup looks nice, and its not like it changes the pickup position at all, might as well have the extra frets.
I prefer playing SGs to LPs. Feel good, sound good. I bet I'd love this thing. Problem is I like the look of the LPs more. I struggle to hear much of a difference between the SG and LP, although it's there. I'd guess a lot of you would agree.
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werdna wrote:I prefer playing SGs to LPs. Feel good, sound good. I bet I'd love this thing. Problem is I like the look of the LPs more. I struggle to hear much of a difference between the SG and LP, although it's there. I'd guess a lot of you would agree.
Agree - never thought the extra weight of an LP added much other than extra weight.
Gah, wanting an SG now. Gibson has really been nailing the base models the last couple of years.