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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    Adamski said:
    Having issues uploading from Imgur on my phone! Hold tight..



    I couldn't load to imgur from my PC the other day.  Someone else on here said they had a problem with it the other day as well.  I ended up setting up a TinyPic account to show off my new R9.  There is a picture of it somewhere in this thread.
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  • lp59boylp59boy Frets: 73
    Where did you get your R9
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    lp59boy said:
    Where did you get your R9

    GuitarGuitar.  it was one of the very first reduced R9s.  They only had about 5 at the time, so I took a chance online.  If I'd known they were going to end up having 60 in stock, I would have waited and made a trip to Epsom.

    It really is a great guitar though.  I'm committed now as my 14 days is up to return it.

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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1111
    edited September 2018
    Folded and added a nice bit of Lemon to my Iced Tea courtesy of the classifieds.

    Lighter than my Iced tea, and not quite as well set up. For some reason the G saddle is reversed, so waiting on the seller to confirm. Medallion is back on it too...



    With my R4 and Ryder Lemon..


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  • John_AJohn_A Frets: 3773
    @ellwood ;

    Totally off-track, but is that a Trademark 10 or 30? and do you want to sell it?
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1111
    It's a 60 actually. I've got 2, and am thinking of selling one. The one underneath (which doesn't have a badge). £150 - drop me a pm if interested.
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  • lp59boylp59boy Frets: 73
    I got my first 58 from GG last week, that one has a bit of flame, yes mine was not setup either, terrible buzzing
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    ellwood said:
    Folded and added a nice bit of Lemon to my Iced Tea courtesy of the classifieds.

    Lighter than my Iced tea, and not quite as well set up. For some reason the G saddle is reversed, so waiting on the seller to confirm. Medallion is back on it too...




    Nice!  The one with the flecks from Ben - good choice  :)

    I think saddles can be reversed to get the correct intonation so it's not wrong.  You can flip it round if you want to and can still get the required intonation.
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  • sweepysweepy Frets: 4005
    edited September 2018
    Damn Andertons and their 3 yr interest free naughtiness
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    lp59boy said:
    I got my first 58 from GG last week, that one has a bit of flame, yes mine was not setup either, terrible buzzing
    Peach went over and above with setup tweaks on the R8s before the guitars went out.  I still had to tweak mine to suit my tastes, as you would expect.

    My R9 came from GG and probably hadn't been touched since leaving the factory.  I did a fairly comprehensive setup on it as soon as it arrived as it was awful to play.
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    Twinfan said:

    My R9 came from GG and probably hadn't been touched since leaving the factory.  I did a fairly comprehensive setup on it as soon as it arrived as it was awful to play.

    The set up on mine (came from GG) is pretty good.  The A string has a small amount of buzz on some of the lower frets if I dig in, but the action is very low - lower than any of my other guitars.  It's actually a bit too low for my tastes.  When I change the strings I'll put the bridge up a touch, which should fix the buzz.

    It's a lot better than 3 other Gibsons I've had.  It doesn't have any tuning problems so it would appear the nut has been cut competently (unlike my ES Les Paul), the neck angle is good (unlike my old 2010 R8), and it's not cutting out intermittently so I assume the wires are actually soldered onto the volume pot (unlike my old ES339).

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  • bodhibodhi Frets: 1309
    Twinfan said:
    The 7lb 15oz superlight I've christened "Duane" - it has an Allman Brothers vibe about the tone:



    Wow.
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    bodhi said:

    Wow.
    Cheers!  You should hear it - it's very, very nice.  The light weight really gives it an acoustic quality and the pickups, being a little hotter than normal, give a slight 'honk' and real vocal quality to its amplified voice.  I'm well pleased with it  :)
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  • brownovichbrownovich Frets: 417
    You guys are gonna lose your shit when you do see @adamski ‘s R8....
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  • OssyrocksOssyrocks Frets: 1660
    brownovich said:
    You guys are gonna lose your shit when you do see @adamski ‘s R8....
    I'm prepared.......

    There weren't many figured R8's in the whole lot. I was quite pleased with the subtle figuring in mine, so in preparation for @Adamski 's guitar, I give you mine.....again.

    Rob 
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58485/
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    That's lovely Ossy - really cool  :sunglasses: 
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  • OssyrocksOssyrocks Frets: 1660
    Twinfan said:
    That's lovely Ossy - really cool  :sunglasses: 
    I still don't have a favourite between my two, they are quite different, but both excellent. These have actually made me play guitar about twice as much as I had been doing before I got them too.
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58485/
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    edited September 2018
    Yours are from the first batch I assume - is that Iced Tea the one you got first?
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    GG have one R8 in stock if anyone is still after one they just emailed me 
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  • OssyrocksOssyrocks Frets: 1660
    edited September 2018
    Twinfan said:
    Yours are from the first batch I assume - is that Iced Tea the one you got first?
    Sort of. I bought and paid for one from the first batch at Peach. But Peach emailed with pics to say it had a gouge on the back edge of the body and gave me the option of choosing one from their second batch. I was emailed all of the Iced Tea's in the second batch before they went on the website, and this is the one I chose.

    Then I waited a few days and watched everyone choosing and buying theirs, but still had a nagging feeling that I should have bought two. I kept coming back to a washed cherry in the second batch, but resisted, until at the end of a long day, it was the last remaining guitar on the site, so I figured it had been waiting for me to buy it. So I did.

    Both guitars were delivered together.
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58485/
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    Gotcha - you did well sir  :)
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    Washed cherry for president 
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1111
    Twinfan said:
    ellwood said:
    Folded and added a nice bit of Lemon to my Iced Tea courtesy of the classifieds.

    Lighter than my Iced tea, and not quite as well set up. For some reason the G saddle is reversed, so waiting on the seller to confirm. Medallion is back on it too...




    Nice!  The one with the flecks from Ben - good choice  :)

    I think saddles can be reversed to get the correct intonation so it's not wrong.  You can flip it round if you want to and can still get the required intonation.
    Yep - understand that. Had one or two Les Pauls but never seen one set up like this one when done properly. Did anyone else have anything similar on their set up?
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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    I noticed a couple of pics posted of others that had the saddles flipped including that lovely lemon. Guess there wasn't enough space for the intonation?

    My head said brake, but my heart cried never.


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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    Aye, mine arrived from Peach with the G saddle reversed


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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 1965
    edited September 2018
    I'm not sure I buy into the lighter = better thing with les pauls. Some of the really, really light ones I've tried actually sounded pretty crappy, likewise there are plenty of 11 or 12 pound customs that sound like Armageddon. 

    Also is there any theory around the mahogany to maple weight ratio. I believe they only sort for light mahogany on the R9s.......
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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    One really anal thing I have noticed on mine is that on some of the saddles the slot is off centre?
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1111
    dbphoto said:
    Aye, mine arrived from Peach with the G saddle reversed


    Thank you! Mind now at ease...
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  • mli3mli3 Frets: 206
    Another cherry popped up at G G 

    https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180814331291008--gibson-custom-shop-les-paul-standard-1958-figured-top-washed-ch
    Trading feedback: http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/131002/mli3
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  • StuartMac290StuartMac290 Frets: 1268
    dbphoto said:
    One really anal thing I have noticed on mine is that on some of the saddles the slot is off centre?
    That's deliberate, don't worry about it - Collings do that as a matter of course, for example
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