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Originally Posted by PR_Tom
Robbie, what year is that gibson lp? Looks like a nice diverse collection you have there.
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The Les Paul started life with me in 1978. back then it was
a brand new Gold Top Deluxe. But of course around 1980 I just had to rip out the soapbars and put some real humbuckers in it.
After playing it all over the country 7 nights a week I "retired" it in 1984 from active duty and moved to the yellow BC Rich Warlock (that's a "real" warlock not the cheap ones) It sure looked cool back then for the hair band days. Moved on to the Charvel Model 6 in '85 and stuck with that up until 1990 when I was touring in a band called Subway. That was when I embarked in my Ibanez years. Those fucking Ibanez's sure do play well and fast. And replacing the Ibanez/Dimarzio pups with Duncans was the best thing in the world.
About 4 years ago I got my first Jackson Soloist. I outfitted it with the new Floyd Speedloader trem. Bro, those things are fucking awesome. And then I stuck a Bareknuckles pickup in the bridge and that damn guitar plays and sounds like a dream. Then I went and got a Redmond Series Model K Floyd guitar a year later. Replaced those pups with a bareknuckles in the bridge and a couple of duncans in the mid and neck.
Then I went way overboard with the Beck Strat. Most expensive guitar of the lot. And definitely the one I'm most satisfied. Plays fast...but not TOO fast like the Ibanez...makes me work for it. And after changing pickups to some Duncan Beck rails..it has all the juice I need.
I'm playing through a Bogner Ecstasy into a 4x 12 Greenback loaded Bogner Cab and using a G-System for effects. So I'm damn happy with my sound too. Only problem is...I'm so damn busy making money that I just don't have time to play out as much as I'd like to.