NGD: VOS R8

I know most of us tele fans also love Les Pauls, so I thought you guys might enjoy my new R8. It's a 2007, totally stock, and I do not plan to mod it. Not yet anyway. This is no case queen/collector. This will be my main gigging guitar for a while and I've got 4 shows in the next week so she'll receive a trial by fire. So far I am very happy with her. Her name is Gloria.

Here's a video I made:
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Some fancy studio pics:
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And one in natural light:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/chillman4130/_MG_1062WEB.jpg

Glorious!

ooh yeh! Looks like a very glossy VOS(sy) to me.

Very nice top. I'm not one for OTT flaming and/or too much red. That is just about purrfecht!

That is gorgeous!

Beautiful! Nice choice!

Just beautiful! One of my many "one day" guitars. Have fun with it.

Beast!!

Oh baby....drool.......

Les Pauls are alright. But I don't know the code. VOS = ??? R8 = ??

Thanks.

Bob Arbogast

Les Pauls are alright. But I don't know the code. VOS = ??? R8 = ??

Thanks.

Bob Arbogast

Vintage
Original
Spec

R8 is a 58 Reissue.

That's a beautiful guitar! Love that grain in the top. Lemon Burst is one of my favorite colors, right after Faded Tobacco.

That is probably my favorite combination in the Historic line.Give me a plain top any day.Congrats,real sweet looking.

That is probably my favorite combination in the Historic line.Give me a plain top any day.Congrats,real sweet looking.

Thank you. I actually love flametops but I couldn't see myself actually bringing one on stage. They are beautiful as sculpture, but as a tool of a gigging guitarist they are just too purdy.

Les Pauls are alright. But I don't know the code. VOS = ??? R8 = ??


To go into a bit more detail, VOS is a finish option that Gibson historic offers, which is basically a soft diffuse gloss instead of a mirror polish. It's intended to make the finish look like it has been played a lot, but it is not a "relic." Just a little less than glossy. On VOS guitars all the hardware is ever so slightly patina'd too. And historic Les Pauls are nicknamed R and then the ones place of the year they are based on, so R2 is a '52 reissue, all the way up to R0 for a '60 reissue.

I have a 2006 R8 VOS and love it. Best guitar I have ever owned.

Congrats on yours.

http://www.marcondo.com/marcondo/guitar/58vos.jpg

Vintage
Original
Spec

R8 is a 58 Reissue.


AHHH..

Now I understand it... So a R9 is a 59 reissue..

What a beautiful plain top! Congratulations!

wanna trade for a classic vibe????

http://www.marcondo.com/marcondo/guitar/vos.jpg

Bob this tells about the VOS.

The R8 and R9 are the same except the 9 has a flame top and thinner neck the R8's have a huge neck.

That has got to be one of the prettiest guitars I've ever seen!

I gig with a sleazy rock band so I bought a cheap pickguard and a decal to go on it for those gigs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/chillman4130/667ec719.jpg

Thanks, code breakers!

Stunning guitar man.

An R8 is my dream guitar. Yours is absolutely beautiful chill. Enjoy it.

CC

Whats to mod !! Enjoy that beauty.

Beautiful R8. I love the grain. "Plain" tops are anything but. what's the name of that finish?