Help les paul folks

Triple 8s says karma/fate is for you to buy it ! A few years ago I had my eye on a Gibson V. Was watching for a few weeks and one day I looked at the serial number and googled what day it was made. Turns out is was my wife’s birthday. I bought it right then.
 
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JohnnyGoo said:
Yes i do iblive.My former landlords that own the RV park we lived in own a small diesel bulk terminal fueling place and theres a old cement slab i rent for the Bus.Its only a couple blocks from our apartment se works out well.now we use it for camping like its supposed to be.Winters are harsh here.No place to live in RVs but people do it.
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Of course, harsh winters are subjective!
Everyone here move to West coast to avoid winter.
But if from the south, it would seem to be!
 
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Don O said:
Triple 8s says karma/fate is for you to buy it ! A few years ago I had my eye on a Gibson V. Was watching for a few weeks and one day I looked at the serial number and googled what day it was made. Turns out is was my wife’s birthday. I bought it right then.
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Shes mine
Mr. Potato Head already gave me the custom poker chip
ACES for Rhythm
EIGHTS for Treble
In gold lettering
probably inbound next week on guitar
 
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4406Pack said:
Kept being drawn to this one guitar
Anyone superstitious ?
Found out the The number 8 is associated with wealth, prosperity, success and status in Chinese customs
This one ends in 888 and looked to me from pictures to be the best i have seen out of a good 12 guitars
The Triple 8

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That is correct! The number 8 is very lucky in Asian culture. That is one reason I used it on my license plate and user name "SP8CTRE"! Of course it also begins with "E" which was the missing letter in SPECTRE...
 
Gibson uses 500k pots most all of the time.
Unless it's some vintage or retro model.

If your guitar has 500k pots and is too bright, switch to 250k pots. I have never used caps, but a lot of people do. If it's too dull, jump up to 1meg pots.

I just know that after a million different pickups in every guitar I've ever owned.... The distortion is the best passive pickup for the Les Paul (unless it came with a 500t already installed, because that pickup is nearly identical to the SH6 tonally. It just sounds "right"

I always wire straight off the Seymour Duncan website for schematics. And I'm not smart enough to do anything other than that ha ha.

Other than that, I use whatever is in it until it goes bad, I prefer CTS pots when I replace them. And switchcraft output jacks. That's just how I do it.

I agree that the graphtech is great!

My humble 2 cents worth.
 
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Neck Pickup​

Epiphone ProBucker™ 2

Bridge Pickup​

Epiphone ProBucker™ 3

Controls​

2 Volume, 2 Tone - CTS® potentiometers

Pickup Selector​

3-way Epiphone toggle

Output Jack​

1/4"
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4406, My 2010 Epi LP STD Honey Burst had the EPI buckers in it from 2010 and Alpha pots and the thin Epi wires. Epi Toggle and Jack.

I installed 2- 1979 T Tops into the existing wiring, before I got good at making up my own upgraded pots, caps, jacks, wires etc.
I won't complain on how the whole guitar sounds. The only thing I am not the happiest on is that the router work for the pots is uneven enough that some of the Knobs sit super flush to the body and some are up a bit and easier to turn.

I plan to swap in 500 Kohm CTS or Bournes Pots and upgrade the Caps to Orange drops or PIO's like I did in my Faded SG when I did 50's wiring.
 
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