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[eSGEe]

ever wonder what is UNDER the giant pickgguard on a Gibson SONEX 180-Deluxe ????


well me too---
pots had some scrat5ch and the switch too -- and a HUM had been rpesent since arrival-- so I pulled the guard : which came OFF in my hand --------- NO GROUND attached!!!! well THERE is the HUM!!!



AND LOOK at the size of this cavity

ODDLY with all that AIR under the PG -- it still weights a TON!

"Resinwood" is heavy chit man

so all back together -- ground connected-- and scratchy gone......what a classic ODD BALL this is

 

[eSGEe]

FYI thems REAL Bill LAwrence VELVET BRICKS-- hated and ridiculed by the faithful--- they sounds amazing IMHO
they sound like this ------

 

[BlackSG91]

Now that's one FUGLY geetar.


;>)/

 

[eSGEe]

Well the way I see it----Im NOT looking at it when I play it-----and it SOUNDS wonderful.....

 

[jtees4]

I always liked having something a bit different, and that one qualifies for sure! Nice!

 

[eSGEe]

thanks jtees--

AND WELCOME to the madness....

many of mine are "odd balls" and weirdos like he SOnex -- I find them much more fun--just if not MORE functional-- ( and WAY CHEAPER to buy) than the "traditional models"

 

[eSGEe]

it is a RESINWOOD body --- a wood core sandwiched between 2 pieces of resin/
Gibson Sonex - Wikipedia

 

[gball]

I dig it. Have always had a weird attraction to these guitars. If I run across one in good condition like yours one day I will probably pick it up.

 

[CabanaBoy]

I like the odd/off Gibson stuff - the Sonex would be a cool guitar to have in the personal guitar herd.

 

[eSGEe]

Most my herd is oddball stuff.....apples dont fall far from the tree!!! lol

I highly recomend it Gball-- its a quirky blast of fun for sure --- mines bone stock great low frets-- thicker than my USUAL neck preference but still playable for me-- zero complaints its a proper Gibbo with as much --maybe more lester sustain........................reeeessssoooonnnnnwwwoooodddddddddddd

 

[eSGEe]

not sure-- never seen one cut in half to tell ......

 

[eSGEe]

seems Fender took a stab at resonwood as well.
Resonwood

 

[gball]

Most my herd is oddball stuff.....apples dont fall far from the tree!!! lol

I highly recomend it Gball-- its a quirky blast of fun for sure --- mines bone stock great low frets-- thicker than my USUAL neck preference but still playable for me-- zero complaints its a proper Gibbo with as much --maybe more lester sustain........................reeeessssoooonnnnnwwwoooodddddddddddd

Best sustain of any guitar I have ever played is Firebirds.

 

[eSGEe]

Dean active DEMONATOR bass ------ it sustains till the battery dies-------

 

[Chubbles]

I sold mine in 1998. Mine was a black Sonex 180 deluxe. I think I still have a dent on my knee where that thing sat during the time that I played it. Dense is the word I would use to describe it.

 

[eSGEe]

that fits yes---- dense-- solid---

 

[BlackSG91]

Dense & fugly.


;>)/

 

[eSGEe]

lol-- well the "fugly" goes away when I look at the current selling price----- and know I can double the $$$ I put in that big pickguard and ugly headstock logo just look like GREEN to me