Ok, so these threads are going good. And I've kinda found that maybe I don't need a Gibson Custom. Thorpy made a good point in one of the threads that a good Standard with decent pickups could potentially match an R8/R9.
So, what say you? What are the main differences and is there any special sauce that makes the Custom Reissues any better than the Standards? I personally love my Standard and am wondering if I'm missing out on anything specific?
This is the last, I promise. But in the interests of completion and to bring us full circle back to the Fender standard vs Custom Shop...a Gibson version would be cool! Ta.
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It’s less on a reissue meaning it not only feel very different to your left arm playing it but also to your right as the bridge sits considerably lower than a standard.
This might or might not bother you but they feel like completely different guitars to me.
That said, I have no issues with the slightly high bridge on my 2017 Standard.
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Lovely neck with a great profile. If it was me if refret with 6105 and stick a set of montys in there. Easily as good as a lot of reissues I've tried.
I think Gibson custom shop is pretty much considered a separate entity to the main Gibson company and I think their build quality is better but you certainly pay for it. Their prices have got too high in my opinion now when you can buy something handmade in the UK for a similar price or even less.
IMHO I would probably go for a very early 90's Standard and put in a set of Wizz PAF replicas.
A standard i changed the pickups on had very loose bridge bushings and one even fell out, not good
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The 335’s and semis are a different story however
As has been mentioned, the neck angle was "better" and the tailpiece flat to the body. There may have been a discrepancy in the weight between the two, but that's expected given that one was a reissue. The Custom Buckers also sounded nicer than what I think the Burst Bucker Pro's do.
That's about the extent of it, to my uneducated and inexperienced mind.
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A good guitar is a good guitar.
You are always best off owning a guitar you enjoy playing the most.
All the specs and and accurate plastics, neck angles, top wrapping, break angles and all that other jazz don't matter if the two points above are true.
loke I said the 335’s were a whole other story
Again, aside from personal preference, I'm not sure either of us has anything tangible on which to base our comments. Have the plastics, woods, production methods changed post-2010 to make this happen, do you think?
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