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    So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    ...and since we'll be playing some heavy stuff, I'm bringing Jackie this time.

    Let's hear how she growls and bites the audience...




    Pics and impressions will be shared.

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    You Git-slinger, you. Go get 'em Sérgio!

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    how does that roasted maple feel compared to a rosewood fingerboard? Is it raw or finished?

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    It's raw, and feels more like rosewood than typical finished maple boards.

    But maple isn't as porous as Rosewood, so it feels a tad finer in touch. I'd say if you closed your eyes and played for a bit, it'd remind you of ebony.

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Quote Originally Posted by DanTheBluesMan View Post
    how does that roasted maple feel compared to a rosewood fingerboard? Is it raw or finished?
    Some from the 2012 era have laminate--not sure what my 2012 LP Trad has, but it's got one of the best feeling necks and fbs that I've played.
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    nice!

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Dirty deed done.

    My SG isn't a virgin anymore.


    We played a small gig in another of the old buildings I love so much. A few shots of the place, it was built in the late 1920s









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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Cool pics. Looks like you were in the zone.
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Quote Originally Posted by ch willie View Post
    Cool pics. Looks like you were in the zone.
    Yeah, I love to rock this kind of place. So, did I understand correctly? Your Les Paul Trad has a baked maple board too?

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    I'm not sure whether it's baked maple or laminate. Either way it's an extremely smooth fretboard. It seems a little darker than yours. Does it mean mine has laminate?
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    I have no knowledge of Gibson using any kind of maple laminate, only rosewood.

    Your guitar is a 2012, and they were using maple that year... Which is perfectly ok, since Maple is a great tonewood. Post a pic and we'll be sure, yes?
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Quote Originally Posted by Sérgio View Post
    I have no knowledge of Gibson using any kind of maple laminate, only rosewood.

    Your guitar is a 2012, and they were using maple that year... Which is perfectly ok, since Maple is a great tonewood. Post a pic and we'll be sure, yes?
    It could be baked maple. Just not sure.



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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    that is definitely rosewood. The whole laminate thing was overblown. There was no reason Gibson had to do it, nobody knows why they did. The purists basically had a conniption and the sales were in the tank. Frankly I doubt if 1 out of a 1000 guitarists could even tell blindfolded if they were playing a laminate or one piece rosewood fingerboard.

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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Dan, you're right. I couldn't give two shits whether it's rosewood, laminate, or tile flooring. It plays and sounds great.
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Nice Gig pics Sergio -

    lighting looks nice too
    Kenny Belmont
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    Re: So, I got a gig next Friday night...

    Yes, it's definitely rosewood.

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