Tonight I'm supposed to sell my casino and close the SG deal on friday - or thursday at your side. I read it in the Gibbo web that setting up a guitar with slightly higher action contributes to better tone.
I checked for the action and was told it was done perfectly - but it seemed higher than what I'm used to - as i set my casino very low. My runs didn't felt as smooth as it did on the casino just hours before. So it's safe to say it's the 60's slim profile. It seemed a tad fatter and wider than the casino, but when compared to a SG 61 RI it was exactly the same - same thickness, nut width, etc. The pups were the acclaimed VH-1s!īUT - it was a neck problem again. I had it tested with the Gibbo '61 RI and it sounded IDENTICAL! the bridge pickup nails nails NAILS that late 60's Clapton and after some fiddling I managed to even coax a 335 tone out of it! The neck pup didn't seem to shine as much but then again I hardly used it during my short test. I went on to test the SG and the thing roared into my face! It was so so sweet. The night before I went to test drive the burny, i played my casino for one last time, and as if in revenge the casino played so sweet and buttery - I always had problems getting used to the guitar - after 4 mths of playing and I wasn't used to the neck, ready to let it go. I was about to sell my epiphone casino to get a 70s burny SG until.
