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^^^ Great point. Mesa's combos are ridiculously heavy. If you're looking for a portable, compact amp, I would advise you to pick up a head and add a 2x12...

I would say the biggest factor is where the FX Loop comes in the tone stack. If it's post EQ, I'll use the EQ Pedal/Rack to dial in my lows/mids/highs while the EQ controls on the amp are used to shape the character of the gain (either making it grainy or smooth). I do it this way because I can...

Based on tone, your best bet is a Mark III (or a IIC+ if you have the budget for it), but it's going to be more limited than the Mark IV, due to shared channels. I can dial all of my Mark IIIs (3 or them ironically) to have a pristine, Fender-ish clean while having a raging Lead channel. There's...

I have a thing for Gibson Les Paul Customs! The finish looks great, and I figured since it had 3 sets of the double creams for pickups, they were the Dimarzios you were referring to earlier in the post. 9 pounds is pretty average for the weight. Mine range from 8lbs to 9.5lbs, so yours is right...

That clip sounds great Michael! But, something doesn't look quite right about that LP... Is that LP made with a long or short tennon? What's the weight like?

I voted for the Mark III based on the Coliseums I own, and how they perform. Compared to the Mark IIC+ (which is arguably Mesa's most critically acclaimed amp), it had the same "feel" and even better range of gain. I will add that if I compared the Mark IIC+ to a normal "100 watt Mark III", I...

Well, at least the majority of guitarists avoided the 2015 offering to show Gibson we aren't going to put up with their shit. I would like to think that Gibson is choking on some humble pie, but seeing that most of their profit (over 90%) comes from their technology products, I don't think they...

Any of the options mentioned would be good for a Trem-equipped guitar. For the fixed bridges, I would have to go with a used Gibson LP Studio, or maybe even an older Classic...but the Classics are becoming harder to find. If you you will only buy used, I would say the Japanese LP copies are...

The IIBs don't have nearly as much gain as the Mark III or the Mark IIC, by comparison, but they are considered a high gain amp. Post up pics when you get it. I would be interested to see what transformers came stock on these early Coliseums.

It's hard to find a decent LP in your price range unless you find a good early 90s LP. Even the Studios during this period were pretty awesome guitars. If you're looking for a guitar that has the same aesthetics as an LPC, I would say Edwards is up there, but I'd be searching for a Greco or...

Mark III

Actually, there are some 68RIs that are chambered. I may not work for Gibson, but I do have access to an x-ray machine. Just to be clear, this wasn't weight relieving (that has never been performed on any 68RI), only chambering. They typically weigh between 7.5 and 9 pounds. You can identify...

I'd say it's guitar-dependent. All my 68RIs sound different than the others. Some are more resonant, while others are more "focused". They all sound great and have their purposes so I hang on to them all. The LPC may sound thicker, which may be attributed to the thicker slab of mahogany on the...

You'll want to stick with a reissue if you go the Custom route. That way, the features will be the same as your R8 (long neck tenon, ABR-1, period-correct materials, ect.). The LPC Reissues are the best bang-for-your-buck option in the entire Gibson line, and they are every bit as great as the...

I've researched the BKPs quite a bit, but I was looking more into the Miracle Man and Painkiller models since I'm a guy that likes the active pickups, but I didn't even consider the VHIIs or Emeralds since they come with an Alnico Vs, but I'll have to find a way to try those out if you say they...

I'm glad someone else hears the same thing I hear...and can understand what I was describing! I'll add those Marshallheads to the short list of PUPs to look into. Thanks for the recommendation!

If this amp was modded by FJA, wouldn't FJA add some sort of marks to it that clearly state it was modded by them? I've never heard of anyone modding a Dual Recto into a Triple Recto and removing everything that makes it a Rectifier (like removing the tube rectifiers), so I wouldn't touch it...

I wouldn't make that trade. The value just isn't there. One recommendation regarding Boogies...if you find that the tone seems to vary each time you play through your Mark V, you may want to try plugging in to a quality power conditioner that will deliver the same power output each time you...

It seems like the headstock is a "love it or hate it" kind of situation. I can't stand the way it looks (I think it would look great with an Explorer-style-hockey-stick headstock shape), but if this is the exact same headstock EVH had on his guitar (and based on the previous thread a few months...

Thanks for sharing! I used to take the 57 classics out of all my 68RIs and replaced them with High Output Active Pickups, but I had a session scheduled at a recording studio and brought one of my bone-stock 68RIs to the studio and I was able to get this amazing grind that I hadn't heard out of...