My new beauties..

[Tailstop]

I thought I'd share my newest acquisitions with the forum! They both absolutely scream and have very distinct personalities.
The Black Beauty is a 1998/57 reissue and has a slightly thinner neck. The gold one is a 2016 Gibson Fort Knox Custom. This one is slightly brighter sounding and seems a bit louder.
Super fun week coming dialing them in with the axefx!! Any LP people out there with any recommendations for presets?

 

[ML SOUND LAB]

Wow that's a lot of gold right there! You're a lucky man.

 

[zecure]

cool nice guitars !

 

[Hellbat]

Those look great. Wouldn't you want a roller bridge with a Bigsby? I'd think tuning could be problematic with the wound strings on the sharp edges of a TOM.

 

[dpeterson]

is the black one all mahogany or have maple cap? might account for less bright, or maybe the bigsby adds something.

 

[VegasGuitar]

..... Any LP people out there with any recommendations for presets?

Any Friedman, cranked, into a couple of 4x12. Dimed SLP100 Jumped into a stack of vintage cabs. last favorite is a cranked RV50 into a pair of Citrus cabs ........

 

[svl]

That goldtop is beyond beautiful.

Plus one on putting roller bridges on those babies- not only will the TOMS give you tuning instability, but string breakage at the bridge will be an issue (and a painful one- learned that lesson years and years ago)...

 

[Tailstop]

is the black one all mahogany or have maple cap? might account for less bright, or maybe the bigsby adds something.

All Mahogany ...

 

[Tailstop]

I never considered rolling bridges... I just priced them and they seem to be an obvious choice for and guitar with a `Bigsby? Good Call.

 

[RushOvGY]

Oh wow! These are gorgeous! You sir have good taste, the best!

 

[Hotplate]

I'm typically not a fan of gold hardware on anything but a Black Beauty, but that gold top with all the gold is pretty sexy. I've never found a Les Paul w/ Bigsby that I could get along with though.. always too heavy. But those both look fantastic.. congrats!

 

[jesussaddle]

I agree. That particular use of gold works very well for me.

 

[cobbler]

They are both gorgeous! I also agree with the others on the roller bridge. I have a Taylor T3/B and Epiphone LP both with Bigsbys and roller bridges. No issues at all. I have had a couple other Bigsby loaded guitars with non rolling bridges and they were tuning nightmares.