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Rex Rocker

Rex Rocker

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Not as fancy as some of you guys have, but I love it! It sounds absolutely gorgeous. Very loud acoustically!

I already swapped the pickups in it. The 490T and R were horrible, LOL. If it were a 498T, I would've kept it, but I had a Black Winter and a Super 2 laying around, so...

Has a nice flamey neck too!
 

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The black winter is such an underrated pickup. Congrats on the Les Paul and finding a good one that rings out acoustically! I bet it screams now with some hot pickups in it
 
My friend had a Les Paul studio in the 90s. It had an epic ebony fretboard and played great. It also sounded really, really, really good. I could not believe how good it sounded. Once in a while
You can find an epic guitar at a great price.
 
So I swapped the pickups out for a Black Winter/Super 2, and I also added Grover locking tuners. Also Schaller straplocks!
 
Nice! I wouldn't be able to stick with black pickups in it though. I would want to get something chrome or zebra in it.

I love black winters but if you are ever thinking about putting other pickups in try the suhr aldrich in it. I put them in my classic then put grover locking tuners on it and God it's damn near perfect. If it had stainless frets I wouldn't have any complaints.
 
ClintN667 said:
Nice! I wouldn't be able to stick with black pickups in it though. I would want to get something chrome or zebra in it.

I love black winters but if you are ever thinking about putting other pickups in try the suhr aldrich in it. I put them in my classic then put grover locking tuners on it and God it's damn near perfect. If it had stainless frets I wouldn't have any complaints.
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I'm happy with the X2N/Evo combo in the Gibbo, but for the Epiphone 1959, yeah. I might actually have to get some zebras, LOL.
 
ClintN667 said:
Nice! I wouldn't be able to stick with black pickups in it though. I would want to get something chrome or zebra in it.

I love black winters but if you are ever thinking about putting other pickups in try the suhr aldrich in it. I put them in my classic then put grover locking tuners on it and God it's damn near perfect. If it had stainless frets I wouldn't have any complaints.
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I agree the black doesn't like right in that particular guitar.

But congrats on the new guitar!
 
I've got some black reflector knobs on the way to compliment the pickups a bit better. Plus the switch tip is also black. I like the whole vintage shell/modern engine hybrid look, personally! :)
 
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Those are actually pretty cool guitars. I almost bought one instead of the LP Classic. I really wanted to save some cash and mod the hell out it. I really dig the cherry sunburst.
 
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