The Green Slime (Gibson M2 in Citron Green)

Have you seen the old sci-fi flick 'The Green Slime' ?

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CabanaBoy

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So, I picked up one of the Amazon Gibson M2's in Citron Green for $279.33 to the door. And, I got a good one. It sat up nicely, including intonation, etc. The string/nut height was great at the first fret with all strings hitting their proper 1st fret notes. The tuners work great, but they aren't exactly installed straight, but they are very smooth and hold tune. It came with a truss rod tool and even had a photograph of the actual guitar sitting on the Gibson tech's bench. The gig bag is nice, but it doesn't have as much padding as the gig bags you get with more expensive USA Gibsons that I've had. So, at this point I figured a call to Gibson to ask some questions sounded fun...

The Gibson rep said the pickups are Burstbucker Pro's and are imported, but they are a USA Gibson PAF design. Other than that the guitar is crafted and manufactured in the USA and is NOT simply assemble in the USA. I didn't pin the USA rep down about the where the tuners and bridge where made. But, the hardware on my guitar seems nice enough and of fairly high quality. I actually like the design of the bridge...

So far, so good, and I'm liking it - It's Grooovvvyyy, man...

So, with that I'd like to invite you to take a look at the pictures of my new keeper guitar I have dubbed - The Green Slime...

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How's it sound? This is kind of alluring in a way I can't describe. Cool guitar for the money.
 
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I agree. I like the look of it but I
can't explain why for the life of me.
I just like it.

Good luck with it.
 
I played it thru an old Yamaha G50-210 solid state amp and thru a 6v6 tube amp for a while and it sounded good to me. I'll spend some more time tomorrow playing it thru a couple amps and post an update on what I think. But, sound it pretty subjective. One person loves a pickup that another hates type thing. Unplugged it has a beefy/chunky tone if that makes sense...
 
glad you got a good one.say hows the quaility of the Leo Quan knockoff bridge ??? how bout a bridge close up pick when you get to it
 
I tried to get some pictures of it the bridge tonight, but they didn't come out well. I'll see if I can get some better pics tomorrow in the sunlight...
 
Here is a bridge picture...

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Very slimy. I like it.
And for the price of a used Epi you get an honest to God made in the U.S.A Gibson (with outsourced parts)
Punk rock is written all over that guitar.
Those Gibson maple necks are addictive too...
 
CONGRATS OWEGI!!! I know you been wanting a Gibo again.
that one fits the bill for sure!!!

Cant wait to try it out ;)
 
There are some similarities, but I think the Kingswood family of cars were an Australian design.
Holden is part of General Motors, and a lot of our cars are now built for the US market.
The newer Pontiac GTOs are re-badged Holden Monaros, built in Australia as left hand drive (we use right hand drive here) and sent to the US.
Our Monaros use US components, like the LS1 Chev engines, TH400 gearboxes etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Kingswood
 
Absolutely. A lot of the US GM cars were actually built on Holden's production lines in the 60s and 70s. We had a load of Chev Impalas assembled here from about 1965. I believe the components came from The US and Canada, and were sent here unassembled.
 
I continue to find it amazing how a guys NGD thread gets turned into a car discussion thread...or anything else for that matter???

...no offense, just sayin'
 
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