New old Gibson day

[BRENTrocks]

I picked this up last weekend. It just arrived yesterday.

It’s a 1985 Gibson Les Paul XPL DC.

It came factory equipped with a Gibson/Kahler Flyer tremolo system. Luckily, those systems utilized the standard bridge and tailpiece posts. So it’s a piece of cake to convert it back to a stop tailpiece and Nashville bridge. You just have the cavity route in the body.

So I ditched the Kahler. Put a set of TonePros on it, set it up and it was ready to rock!!

The stock pickups were intact. Shaw Dirty-finger in the bridge and 2 Gibson singles.

Medium/slim bound neck with an ebony board. Mahogany body with a carved maple cap. Weighs about 7.75 lbs.

I took it to band practice tonight and it sounded really good!! Plays great too!!!

 

[BRENTrocks]

 

[Devin]

Is that a BC Audio amp??

 

[headlessdeadguy]

Awesome guitar! I own 2 of the 3 LP XPL's that I've ever seen.

 

[VH4_BigRig]

Whoa, that's a cool axe! Literally have never seen that model before. What's the little switch above the pickup toggle?

 

[gtrwun]

I love everything about that. That explorer headstock and the pickups combined with the double cut. Super unique.

 

[BRENTrocks]

Is that a BC Audio amp??

The ammo can amp is a 12 watt made by moose amps in Detroit

 

[BRENTrocks]

Whoa, that's a cool axe! Literally have never seen that model before. What's the little switch above the pickup toggle?

Thanks bro! It’s a coil split for the bridge pickup

 

[That1Guy]

That thing is hilarious, in the best way possible. I've always wanted to know what a Gibson with single coils sounds like...I mean how close to Strat tones are we talking here?

 

[Devin]

That thing is hilarious, in the best way possible. I've always wanted to know what a Gibson with single coils sounds like...I mean how close to Strat tones are we talking here?

I've always been tempted by that limited edition SG they put out a few years back with the three single coils; never got to try one though

 

[BRENTrocks]

That thing is hilarious, in the best way possible. I've always wanted to know what a Gibson with single coils sounds like...I mean how close to Strat tones are we talking here?

Not really close. Lol