NGD - Bone's 1996 SG '61 Reissue

Tony M. said:
That's a really nice guitar.
With a good backstory too.
Congratulations.
Enjoy it.

What with the history of it and all if it were me I would not,
I say again, NOT modify it in any way.

...and if it isn't your cup of tea...
Standing offer.
$1,200.00 and a promise to take good care of it.
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beat me too it---and well out bid me as well...... :)

ITs o.k. I put in a "standing offer" on the one he is expecting tomorrow--- ACTUALLY gave the eSGEe "guarantee" ----IF you dont like ti I will buy it from you for what you paid-- SO he has nothing to fear but fear itself!!! wait no---
 
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Yes, a toast to the Bone indeed!!!

That guitar is AWESOME!! Congrats, I'm sure you'll do it proud. Love the color, I've seen one similar recently....hummm??

What year is the guitar?
 
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RVA said:
Thank you! It is a 1996, when they did not have a Gibson Custom shop, so this was the top offering.
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Thanks man...dughhhh, I just saw the Subject header which had the date and model. My bad. Guess I was to busy drooling to notice.

Either way, love it.
 
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smitty_p said:
That is really, really nice!

What about pics of the amp?
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Thank you! I will take more pics of the amp. I did not get much of a chance to spend time with it. It is a 65W 1x12 solid state. I always wanted a fender amp, so this is really a double bonus for me!
 
I thought you had a fender amp?
...and having zero to do with that,
Do you have a Roland Micro Cube?
 
Tony M. said:
I thought you had a fender amp?
...and having zero to do with that,
Do you have a Roland Micro Cube?
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I do not have a Roland. I never even played through one.

I have never owned a Fender amp. I got a Peavey Classic 50 instead, which is nice (except for the infamous fan), but it is not a Fender!
 
I wonder if that fan is even needed.
My Classic 30 has 4 EL-84s and no fan.
It runs hot but it runs without any problem.

Twin Reverbs have no fan either and there are 4 6L6s
and a whole bunch of preamp tubes in there.

Not to mention Dual Showman heads.
 
They must need the fan because you have to push 4 EL-84s
harder to get 50 watts out of them than to get 30 watts?

C'mon people. Time for someone who knows something
about amplifier electronics to chime in here.
 
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400Volts at the plates, fixed biased, and tubes set at maximum dissipation. One hot box....but that’s how they get a 50watt classification on a 4X el84 amp.
 
Nice gear pick up with a meaningful backstory; I like stuff like that.
Power tubes make a lot of heat.
Maybe someone just decided a fan would be a sensible design feature, makes sense to me.

EDIT: yep el84 is a 12w tube so they are claiming 4 x 12 =@ 50w max.
 
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Time to build yet another warehouse Ray. Your old one is getting over-stocked! Congrats on your axe...it sure looks sweet, especially a '61 reissue and the beveling on the horns are really deep and nice looking.


;>)/
 
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...and I just happened to have owned that same model amp for a number of years.
It actually does a pretty good job as a clean pedal platform and
the pre out and power in function very nicely as an effects loop.
I think you're gonna like it.
 
Beautiful 61RI & great story Ray.
I too will lift one & cheer Bone!
That guitar has found a loving & caring home.
 
That is spectacularly nice - look at those deep cut bevels!

You should, RVA, being the gentleman you are, send that to me as it'd be a perfect buddy for my 61-ish (maybe) junior; you have too many guitars anyway, this beauty won't be played enough.

I will raise a glass to Bone this evening.

Congrats on a lovely new guitar.
 
RVA said:
Thanks! This will not be modified in any way except for strap locks.
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