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I can't see how all the sweat, piss, smoke and diddly-dong can be added retrospectively. Get a new guitar built to quality specs, from great wood, with great attention to detail, pickups, hardware and soft stuff, made with care and play it's ass off until you're close to dead (or at least older than you are now) then sell it to some young guy who thinks it has "mojo"....
Or am I being cynical?
i played a massive gig (well for me) last weekend. Other members of the band remarked on how good my sound was- 'you can tell those are nice guitars.'
The crowd was ace and didn't give a shit. I was happy as you like to be playing a gig with my rig cranked up.
Absolutely no no one remarked that 'the sound was good, and it's really close, but it's not really authentic'
Here’s a couple of my recent projects, a ‘53/‘59, ‘52/‘56 and 2012 R9 makeover...guess which ones produce some of the greatest electric guitar tones I’ve ever heard in person, and which one sounds flat/harsh/cheap?
Or it could be the other way round, depending on who's listening.
I'm not trolling but taste is so deeply subjective that I would suggest posting some sound clips so we can all decide.....
Is it subjective opinion?
I dunno.
I tell you what tho, when I played my 64 Precision and a CS 64 reissue side by side, they were similar but not the same. Is that a problem? No.
They were/are both very good basses.
I've played some basses that cost £300 that have been exceptionally good. Some bass players have played my 64 and described it as "sublime", I suspect there are some out there that would describe it as utter tosh. If you like a Jazz bass then you'd think the wide nut and silly string spacing on my P was utterly ridiculous.
So is a reissue as good as a 59? I've owned an R8 and it was excellent. TBH I don't care if it's as good/bad as a real 1958 Les Paul.
When it comes to guitars of any sort you have to play lots and decide which individual one makes sense and talks to you.
Everything else is just thin and watery gravy.
It is not just the sound or playability that makes these guitars special, it is a combination of so many factors that all work together to produce an instrument that more often than not, a truly wonderful thing to have.
If you get a good original 59, 58 or 60 that has not been messed around with too much, you will have one hell of a guitar that I guarantee no R8/R9 will be able to touch.
FFS have Gibson got it that wrong?
Even Tom Murphy's creations?
I'm with yukki any of the good vintage mij guitars would be where I'd go, in fact i had a 1980 greco super real, i could've bought gibson but didn't and never would unless it's old
(formerly customkits)