All original (look at that crazy TP-6 Tailpiece!), including the Bob Moog designed electronics. These guitars were only produced for a few years, like a lot of the 'strange' ideas Gibson had in years past. Short-lived but very likely the first active-electronics electric solidbody. Similarly, from 1981, we have this incredible (and quite hefty) Gibson E/2 Explorer in worn cherry sunburst:
Same tailpiece. I'm seeing a theme here. :) The original series Dirty Fingers were removed by the owner and instead the guitar sports a Seymour Duncan Distortion in the bridge and Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck in the neck position. When I saw this guitar I went totally googly-eyed, as I'm a huge fan of Explorers, and the E/2 is certainly the king of Gibson Explorers.
In the new category, something we thought was pretty awesome was the new, very limited run "Triple-Stained Les Paul" model. Sporting a 5A flametop and gold hardware, this is a pretty striking version of the Les Paul Standard:
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Anyhow, enough of that. :) I may have some news to share once I know details, but we might, and I put emphasis on might have another PRS-related event sometime before the year's end. I'll be sure to let people know.
In other news I just played the new Marshall JVM205H, the 50-watt, 2-channel, smaller brother to the flagship Marshall JVM410H. I think that overall, with MIDI implimentation, a great foot controller, excellent digital reverb, and extremely authentic cleans and crunches, this is the new Marshall to look out for. With the JVM2-series, Marshall has hit the ball out of the park. Versatile and organic, the JVM205H has a lot of volume, great clean headroom, but brings in the balls early and fast. We test drove it with a Paul Reed Smith Modern Eagle I and it was just a dream. More to come on this front!
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