Judicious use of chrome (also - metric FTW)

Aussie Mark · November 20, 2014, 02:59:34 PM

Quote from: uwe on November 20, 2014, 01:55:00 PM
pints, gallons

To complicate things further, the Americans have different sized pints and gallons to the Brits. A British gallon is 4.55 liters, but a US gallon is 3.9 liters. Don't ask me why though.

neepheid · November 20, 2014, 03:05:57 PM

Quote from: Aussie Mark on November 20, 2014, 02:59:34 PM
To complicate things further, the Americans have different sized pints and gallons to the Brits. A British gallon is 4.55 liters, but a US gallon is 3.9 liters. Don't ask me why though.

Ha, I thought everything was bigger in the USA. Seems not in this case

Highlander · November 20, 2014, 03:24:54 PM

That US Gallon used to play havoc with Aircraft quantification...

66Atlas · November 20, 2014, 04:37:58 PM

That's a good looking "ugly duckling", don't change a thing

Ive got its twin, luckily Gibson was nice enough to deliver mine with a chrome bridge so I only had to get the tuners.

uwe · November 21, 2014, 08:15:49 AM

Did they really mix the hardware black and chrome?! The mind, it doth boggle!

66Atlas · November 21, 2014, 02:39:19 PM

Indeed they did, came new from Sweetwater that way. They also had a couple that had upside down lefty TRC's.

Ever since Stevie Wonder took over the quality department things have been slipping through I guess...

uwe · November 21, 2014, 03:44:55 PM

Quality check card obviously sloppily filled in and then signed, sealed and delivered!

I have a Custom Shop LP Bass with four different finish tuners, but I always thought that was an inside joke. I'm not so sure anymore.

TNF · November 22, 2014, 03:02:46 AM

What tuners are you using on it?

I'm interested in doing the same to mine...

66Atlas · November 22, 2014, 06:03:58 AM

I just used chrome versions of the stock Grovers so everything lined up and no need to drill.