Oh believe me I expect super human things from the two big package guys when waiting. UPS actually has a feature (or did) that lets you actually see where the truck is through GPS once it gets close to your area. There were times where it was in my neighborhood and I’m all ready waiting at the door and all of sudden it would head to the close by business area and do deliveries or whatever and I would be ready to start stalking the driver in my vehicle.No doubt!
Sometimes I need to kick my own ass a little bit when I’m getting impatient. Hahahah I’ve got 35-week lead times on AC units at work because of all the shipping issues going on right now, I really can’t be bitching about waiting 24 hours to get a guitar.
It’s out for delivery now and my buddy is waiting at my place for it!
Eventually he would swing back around and all would be good.
Oh believe me I expect super human things from the two big package guys when waiting. UPS actually has a feature (or did) that lets you actually see where the truck is through GPS once it gets close to your area. There were times where it was in my neighborhood and I’m all ready waiting at the door and all of sudden it would head to the close by business area and do deliveries or whatever and I would be ready to start stalking the driver in my vehicle.
Part of my psyche with package delivery is I use to do electronic repair from my home and was always waiting on parts to complete a repair. So I’ve been hooked up with accounts and apps, etc. for a while now.
Hope your soon to be acquaintance is all you hoped. From the looks I’m sure it will.
Haha! I was working very close to my house, and did the same thing, only to have the driver tell me he wasn't on my route. (I lived like 3 miles away, and this is out in the country, so I naturally thought my guitar was on his truck. But I had to wait until I got home.)Hahahaha I’ve chased a few UPS trucks thanks to that tracker! I was getting a guitar delivered to my office and watched the driver take off from the building and I chased him all across our campus until he finally got away, only to return a few minutes later.
Man that looks like candy. Congrats
It’ll look great once it’s in, though!
Man, that looks NICE - photo finish or not - congratulations!Guitar got delayed, but it arrived 5 minutes before I got home from work! I had my buddy hang at my place to sign for it since I took yesterday off already.
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The action was so low I couldn’t really play it until I set it up. For being 25 years old, this thing is in excellent condition. I’m not sure I’ve ever played a Les Paul Standard that felt as good as this does. The feel of the fingerboard and the construction of the thing is just solid from top to bottom. Big chunk of maple on the top-
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It’s a fotoflame and the finishes almost inevitably crack on the face of the guitar. It’s not pretty when it happens, either. It’s not like nitro checking by a loooong shot, so if it happens, I’ll most likely just refinish it.
There are things I dig about the pickups, but overall they’re a bit too timid. I have an Aldrich for the bridge but I did something really stupid tonight (we’re not gonna talk about it) so I have to fix it before I can get it in.
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It took me a little while to get used to it, I’ve been playing S-shaped guitars my entire life and there’s obviously a bit of a difference. I’ve played a few great LP’s that were set up really, really well, but I’ve never played one set up how I want it set up, so it’s been a fun night. Once I ‘got it’ and started finding the guitars strengths I started having fun with it.
There’s a really awesome air around the notes with both pickups, I hope that doesn’t change when I switch it out. While they’re timid, playing my FM9 rig with real cabs, I just switched from Marshall to Marshall and almost every single one sounded good at the stock setting with all the knobs up the middle. I can’t say I’ve had that happen with other guitars and the LP/Marshall thing makes a bit more sense to me now.
It’s been GnR and Zep riffs in here all night!
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That’s a beauty !Guitar got delayed, but it arrived 5 minutes before I got home from work! I had my buddy hang at my place to sign for it since I took yesterday off already.
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The action was so low I couldn’t really play it until I set it up. For being 25 years old, this thing is in excellent condition. I’m not sure I’ve ever played a Les Paul Standard that felt as good as this does. The feel of the fingerboard and the construction of the thing is just solid from top to bottom. Big chunk of maple on the top-
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It’s a fotoflame and the finishes almost inevitably crack on the face of the guitar. It’s not pretty when it happens, either. It’s not like nitro checking by a loooong shot, so if it happens, I’ll most likely just refinish it.
There are things I dig about the pickups, but overall they’re a bit too timid. I have an Aldrich for the bridge but I did something really stupid tonight (we’re not gonna talk about it) so I have to fix it before I can get it in.
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It took me a little while to get used to it, I’ve been playing S-shaped guitars my entire life and there’s obviously a bit of a difference. I’ve played a few great LP’s that were set up really, really well, but I’ve never played one set up how I want it set up, so it’s been a fun night. Once I ‘got it’ and started finding the guitars strengths I started having fun with it.
There’s a really awesome air around the notes with both pickups, I hope that doesn’t change when I switch it out. While they’re timid, playing my FM9 rig with real cabs, I just switched from Marshall to Marshall and almost every single one sounded good at the stock setting with all the knobs up the middle. I can’t say I’ve had that happen with other guitars and the LP/Marshall thing makes a bit more sense to me now.
It’s been GnR and Zep riffs in here all night!
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No probs mate , pretty poor show from Gibson to be fair. At least honour the orders placed
I think some people spend large sums looking for airy-ness, so Simeon may be on to something.
Amazing. Look at how thick that maple cap is! Enjoy it!Guitar got delayed, but it arrived 5 minutes before I got home from work! I had my buddy hang at my place to sign for it since I took yesterday off already.
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The action was so low I couldn’t really play it until I set it up. For being 25 years old, this thing is in excellent condition. I’m not sure I’ve ever played a Les Paul Standard that felt as good as this does. The feel of the fingerboard and the construction of the thing is just solid from top to bottom. Big chunk of maple on the top-
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It’s a fotoflame and the finishes almost inevitably crack on the face of the guitar. It’s not pretty when it happens, either. It’s not like nitro checking by a loooong shot, so if it happens, I’ll most likely just refinish it.
There are things I dig about the pickups, but overall they’re a bit too timid. I have an Aldrich for the bridge but I did something really stupid tonight (we’re not gonna talk about it) so I have to fix it before I can get it in.
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It took me a little while to get used to it, I’ve been playing S-shaped guitars my entire life and there’s obviously a bit of a difference. I’ve played a few great LP’s that were set up really, really well, but I’ve never played one set up how I want it set up, so it’s been a fun night. Once I ‘got it’ and started finding the guitars strengths I started having fun with it.
There’s a really awesome air around the notes with both pickups, I hope that doesn’t change when I switch it out. While they’re timid, playing my FM9 rig with real cabs, I just switched from Marshall to Marshall and almost every single one sounded good at the stock setting with all the knobs up the middle. I can’t say I’ve had that happen with other guitars and the LP/Marshall thing makes a bit more sense to me now.
It’s been GnR and Zep riffs in here all night!
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