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New Gibson Historic R7 Day here.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]2003 R7 (1957 reissue) with a Brazillian fretboard. For those who don't follow this stuff, Gibson swore that there would never be any more Brazillian fretboard Historics EVAR!!1!, and the 2003s were the only way to get a modern one for many years. That is until 2018 when Gibson started selling a bunch of Historic reissues with Brazillian again because, well, because Gibson. [/FONT]
The fretboard doesn't really show up that red under normal light, but it's quite striking when I fire up the big light guns.
This is another Marks Guitar Loft buy, and he was once again a terrific guy to deal with.
I pulled the Burstbucker pickups and put in my magic pair of old WCR Goodwoods (from before they were Godwoods) and I've been playing it all damn day. It's got a very different vibe than the 2018 R9 I just bought and I'm still trying to settle on what those differences are, exactly. Regardless, here's a pic of them cuddling:
In other news, I now have even less space in my house. :confusion:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]2003 R7 (1957 reissue) with a Brazillian fretboard. For those who don't follow this stuff, Gibson swore that there would never be any more Brazillian fretboard Historics EVAR!!1!, and the 2003s were the only way to get a modern one for many years. That is until 2018 when Gibson started selling a bunch of Historic reissues with Brazillian again because, well, because Gibson. [/FONT]
The fretboard doesn't really show up that red under normal light, but it's quite striking when I fire up the big light guns.
This is another Marks Guitar Loft buy, and he was once again a terrific guy to deal with.
I pulled the Burstbucker pickups and put in my magic pair of old WCR Goodwoods (from before they were Godwoods) and I've been playing it all damn day. It's got a very different vibe than the 2018 R9 I just bought and I'm still trying to settle on what those differences are, exactly. Regardless, here's a pic of them cuddling:
In other news, I now have even less space in my house. :confusion: