Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
THE DEAL IS DONE, PAID IN FULL!
It only took me 20 years.Congratulations, it was about time!
All good things to those who wait. Congratulations!!! I hope you enjoy it for as many years as you've waited for it!!It only took me 20 years.
I have a bad itch..
I don't have a Gibson.
I don't have an SG.
I don't have $2,000.00 either.
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https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...sg-standard-61-maestro-vibrola-vintage-cherry
HOWEVER ... I have a VERY HARD TIME spending $1,500.00 just for the name on the headstock ... well, it has Bustbucker pickups and Plek'd frets that the Epi doesn't have ... but $1,500.00 more? My Epi 339 Pro has the same pickups as this Epi SG and they are EXCELLENT pickups.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...sg-standard-61-maestro-vibrola-vintage-cherry
I am not ready to actually do this yet ... and may never be ready, but if I do ever get another new guitar it will be an SG with the Maestro trem. So I have plenty of time to ponder. And I may cave just so I can belong to the exclusive prestigious "I got ripped off by Gibson" club.
Thank you Many Moons! Everything just kind of all came together like a Blues Brothers "mission from God".All good things to those who wait. Congratulations!!! I hope you enjoy it for as many years as you've waited for it!!
Thank you Ron! I wasn't exactly ready to pull the trigger financially, figured my next retirement deposit would be in before Sweetwater acually got a guitar. But when I saw this one I went "YES! SOLD!" and transferred the money from my savings to checking and called the dude and we got 'er done. When my retirement deposit gets in I can transfer the loot back into savings. The guitar should be in my hands Between Friday and Monday.Congrats Rancid! That's one of the prettiest SG's I've ever seen.
Looking forward to seeing the pics!Tracking says it will be delivered TOMORROW! I am so excited. I hope it gets here undamaged!
I won't take good pics of it and post those until I have the Bigsby and roller bridge on it.
The Bigsby won't be in stock at GC until the 28th, and I am going to polish it to a mirror shine with my Dremel buffing wheel and polishing compound. Polished aluminum looks very close to nickel plating. So no pics until about the 1st of May or later.
Giddy up!!Well, IT GOT HERE ... UNDAMAGED!
Very nice sturdy case, solid and ... heavy.
The guitar is gorgeous to me!
Perfect set-up, perfect action, no fret buzz anywhere on the neck.
Very light weight!
It is strung with 10's, but they feel light to me for 10's (??).
It is cherry, but not a deep cherry ... actually closer to natural mahogany ... the wood grain shows through very nicely.
Here are first pics, not the best, just hand-held, no tripod or lights.
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Very nice. I really like SGs. I'm sure you will, too!Well, IT GOT HERE ... UNDAMAGED!
Very nice sturdy case, solid and ... heavy.
The guitar is gorgeous to me!
Perfect set-up, perfect action, no fret buzz anywhere on the neck.
Very light weight!
It is strung with 10's, but they feel light to me for 10's (??).
It is cherry, but not a deep cherry ... actually closer to natural mahogany ... the wood grain shows through very nicely.
Here are first pics, not the best, just hand-held, no tripod or lights.
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Hey! The inside of the case is PINK! What's not to like?Very nice. I really like SGs. I'm sure you will, too!
NO! My case has bonded with my SG, surviving the rigors of bouncing around in a truck clear from Florida to Ideeho. I don't want to traumatize either of them!Perhaps you should negotiate a case swap