The Gibson Theodore… a lot of people hate it. I… I guess I… I guess I don’t hate it. I sure don’t love it, but I don’t think I hate it. I almost think it’s cool.

I’ll embed a video below that goes into depth, but the deal is that a few years ago Gibson unearthed a guitar design that was unused back in the golden era of the 1950’s and did a short, very expensive, run out of their custom shop. Recently they released a standard production model that is also grossly expensive, but a whole lot less expensive than the original version.

Yeah the body shape is kinda dumb. I liked the custom shop’s use of P90 pickups rather than the USA version’s use of humbuckers. I like the four knobs on the custom shop over the two master controls on the USA. I very much greatly prefer the bridge on the USA version.

I don’t know. Like I said, I don’t love it but I don’t really hate it. Weird, huh?

Change of subject: unrelated, both the Bruins and the Red Sox won today. The Red Sox snapped a really ugly four game losing streak. The Bruins… I think… clinched the Atlantic Division title… I think… didn’t they? No… did they? I knew they needed a win over Pittsburgh tonight, but I can’t remember if it was a win OR a Florida Panthers loss would clinch things, or was it a win AND a Panthers loss? Also, did the Panthers need to lose, or lose in regulation? I don’t remember. The Bruins won in regulation and the Panthers won in overtime. I guess I’ll find out the answer to this question in the morning. Whatevs, both of my teams won today. Happiness.

Back to the main topic. Where does the Theodore sit on my Gibson Guitar I-Want-One list?

• Les Paul Junior
• Les Paul Standard 50’s with P90 pickups
• Firebird, but not a studio. I want the Firebird mini-humbuckers, not standard humbuckers
• Les Paul Deluxe
• Insert the Theodore here? Maybe.
• Les Paul Special, or SG Special, or SG Junior
• ES-330

Damn… that’s a long list. It’s also an insanely expensive list. Come on, Gibson USA. Help a brother out. Bring those prices down. I don’t want to start thinking about Epiphones. I’m a Gibson snob after all.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/13/i-dont-hate-it/

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Are there any #guitar #wiring #diagram #schematic or #pickup installation people here? I need #help with finding a wiring diagram for a Seymour Duncan #HSH setup with 1 volume and 1 tone pot and a 5 way import blade switch. Both pots are push/pull, each working as a coil split for just one of the #humbuckers

It's for a Brian Moore i1 (no piezo or midi). Nobody seems to have a schematic/diagram for this thing online.

Gibson SG Humbucker Hunt - Total Gravy Guitarworks Early PAFs (feat. Gibson SG & Benson Monarch)
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#Guitar a day. 66 #Guild #Starfire. I bought this in the mid-90s for $200. It was cheap because the kid who owned it had “refinished” it using a brush and one of those varnish/stain combos. It looked like someone had globbed melted chocolate all over it. I took it to #RyanGadow, who did a great job of resurrecting it. The #humbuckers are from an early 70s #LesPaul. Replaced the broken #Bigsby tailpiece with the harp one you see in the photo.

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