Return of the Gibbons shocker thread!
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Peter Frampton had a black one right?
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I think it was missing for 20+ years but he's got it back now.
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Nowt wrong with that, would look awesome once it ages a bit.
Loving it so far
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Did some googling. Frampton has his one back, it was a 54' custom that was modded to look like a '57 (3-humbuckers). The red one is from '60.
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Has anyone ever really played a Les Paul Standard and thought "nope, needs another humbucker in the middle of nowhere"?
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Had one. Loved the look, didn't know what to do with the 3rd humbucker. Even worse, when I considered pickup change, that 3rd one is just a bit of an annoying hanger-on.
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You're so hard to please!
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
I like that. Except it's red and has two too many pickups.
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I'm a tolerant man, I could live with the red.
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I really like it also. Apparently the three pickup thing is not good though for playing “in the moment” -One always has to be aware of where the pick is. I had a three pickup Firebird (2 actually) that had three pups and it was a pain.
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I know all about picks bouncing off pickups The lack of this characteristic is an endearing aspect of Teles and Juniors.
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
My Epiphone Riviera as received from the factory, has the middle pickup set lower than the others to alleviate this issue. I also tend to use the middle pickup volume control more as a tone control by blending the volume with the others - it can take out some of the potential ice pickiness of the bridge pickup or mellow out the neck pickup. Other times the middle volume is backed right off giving a brighter overall sound. I like the 3 pickup setup for its versatility.Slowy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:06 amI know all about picks bouncing off pickups The lack of this characteristic is an endearing aspect of Teles and Juniors.
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There's a great story to it, well worth hunting it out
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Re: Return of the Gibson shocker thread!
Single P90 and a Boss GE-7. Job done.H671 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:42 amMy Epiphone Riviera as received from the factory, has the middle pickup set lower than the others to alleviate this issue. I also tend to use the middle pickup volume control more as a tone control by blending the volume with the others - it can take out some of the potential ice pickiness of the bridge pickup or mellow out the neck pickup. Other times the middle volume is backed right off giving a brighter overall sound. I like the 3 pickup setup for its versatility.
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