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Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
Formerly TheGuitarWeasel ... Oil City Pickups ... Oil City Blog 7 String.org profile and message
They're comfortable to play: light & resonant body & pleasingly chunky neck.
The stock pickup is hotter than I expected- think hot tele to almost P90 tone.
The finish is THIN & dings easily though- definitely a "players guitar".
Despite liking mine, as it falls somewhere between my LP Jr and telecaster (both tonally & in the way it plays) it never seems to be first choice... With small kids & no band currently I can't justify having "spares".
I've got a horrible suspicion that I'll regret it; as @theguitarweasel says they COULD become collectible- they're certainly not common.
http://i1295.photobucket.com/albums/b625/stimpsonslostson/Mobile Uploads/84D5BDE6-F5AC-4FC0-9FAE-109D12025AC9_zpsgq6rslfm.jpg
Pretty nice really. You probably are paying for the name a bit, but it's hard to think of anything much cheaper with the same feeling of quality and character.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
With regard to the old ones: A Les Paul Junior was a budget guitar. A Melody Maker was a very cheap budget guitar. So they are great if they are cheap enough.
I've got a 1965 MM in the Pat Travers/Joan Jett body shape. It's my only vintage guitar. Super-light, super-resonant, it's a great little guitar.
I've often been tempted to get one of the recent ones in an Explorer shape, just for a laugh since I'm very unlikely to ever buy a "real" Explorer.
For all the criticism they get, Gibson are actually very good at making no-frills budget guitars. I'd rather buy a crude looking, badly finished Melody Maker and get a few splinters than pay the same money for some shiny, plasticky Epiphone or something.
I like them like this ,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Melody-Maker-Les-Paul-P90-/231584886835?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item35eb88f033
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein