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I thought about getting one to replace my fairly old and noisy Rumble 25 as the amp to use traveling. A hotel amp. But the price, and that it required the external 19 volt DC power supply, were concerns. Then Covid happened and I stopped having to travel. When I played through one, I thought it sounded really good. I may revisit them as an amp to use with a Jackery or similar power station.
Well, Kirstin could definitely pull it off.
What the? Who would do that? I do love the color though. Glad it found its way to a good owner Blaze.Been a while since I owned a Gibson, but this 2015 Les Paul 100 Studio was in dire need of help.
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Somebody installed these lights and routing out part of the body to do so.
View attachment 5261954 Yeah, given the size of that backplate, I was under the impression that there was some elaborate circiutry hiding there. More about that later...
View attachment 5261955 Probably the most hated spec of those 2015 Les Pauls: the Robot tuners. The music shop I got the guitar from said that they would like to keep those, since they could use them as spares. I happily took them off right there and then in the shop.
So, about that circuitry behind that big hardboard plate...
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I don't know if it ever worked, since there was no connecting to be found that could power them, let alone a battery of some sort. But they were meant to make the instrument light up like a Christmas tree, for real.
Well, I decided to get the lights out of there.
View attachment 5261971 Which I did by using a wooden dowel and tapping that with a mallet. So you can say that I punched its lights out.
Those carvings you see which expose the maple top is the body's weight relief.
I put it back together as it is now, although I DO intend to make it more presentable.
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Could be worse, have you ever seen Ace Frehley's famous smoking Les Paul?
So what ended up being the issue?
60.0001Hz - the bass wasn’t quite intonated correctly and the clocks drifted.
Shoulda took one. Play some bass and calm that savage beast right down.
FWIW, I have a set on a heavy 200 watt x 15 (b200) GC Acoustic branded combo I got used some years ago. They’re fine.
