90s "good wood " era vs post 2013 era ....... ?

[hopkinwfg]

So does it resemble a western big leaf or eastern sugar maple? Lol

 

[Subliminal lanimilbuS]

Being that it is a 2006 I would assume Eastern Maple as that was spec. Most likely Silver Maple, Red Maple, Black Maple or Sugar Maple. The Hard Maples Sugar and Black that grow in areas with a high mineral content, generally rocky or mountainous regions, will quite often have some degree of mineral streaking in the wood. Gibson most likely used all of those woods in the 50's when they were building Les Pauls as they all grew close to them. Generally speaking the harder maples give a brighter sound and the softer maples a darker sound.

 

[Patrick Ginnaty]

I bought this quite a while ago. It's a '98 R8.

 

[hopkinwfg]

I bought this quite a while ago. It's a '98 R8.
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Really sweet !! How does it weights? I have a R8s 2008 era at 4.4kg plain top and neck is real chunky... just like what they describes baseball bat ...

 

[L.A.Man]

Ah, the “good wood” years….another delusional term put on an unknown number of guitars made during a non definable era.

1959 was the good wood year, 1999 no. Those were the reissue years.

Take your good wood guitar and compare it in person to a fifties les Paul, your good wood will not be as good.

Every guitar from any year can be good, I own good wood from the nineties, and 2022. Not to be confused with good being better than other years,that is the implication

Good wood years are always referred to in the classifieds, that is where the fable costs you more money.

 

[KangaBlue]

I jumped into this game in 2003

missed out on the 90s good wood guitars completely and have never even played one

so my question for you Les Paul nuts and gurus is how do the good woods compare to the hide glue custom bucker models ???????

My theory is that it became called the "good wood era" as both Gibson and Fender in that era had a flame and curly war using very vintage incorrect woods like intensely flamed western maple as opposed to Eastern HARD rock maple which never was as flamed as much. This '96 R0 depicted is a monster top but definitely period incorrect for a Burst, and the rosewood is very light compared to a burst (as well as not being Brazilian). The mahogany is way lower quality than, say, the mahogany in my '17 wildwood spec R0. So, one needs to look at the big picture. Does hard rock maple sound different from softer, flamed western maple tops? There is no doubt. Does Brazilian RW sound better? Just tap it, and you will know yes, it does. Is the '96 a great sounding guit acoustically for sure and swapping out the Classic 57 pickups for boutique handwound replicas it's even more monster.

 

[AA00475Bassman]

How much will I save buying a shitty wood era Gibson ?

 

[World's Worst Guitarist]

No that is a truthhood. You can hardly hear an electric guitar without one! Especially if you playing a big venue.

Well - that's true! And you can hardly hear an amp without an electric guitar!

 

[World's Worst Guitarist]

How much will I save buying a shitty wood era Gibson ?

Now that might depend on how long you wait. Although ... like old porsches and Ferraris, maybe at some point people will realise that the very worst models are not now worth what the very best models were worth a wee few moons ago...

 

[El Camino]

My approach 90's and 2013 good wood eras looks like more related to good pickups debut: 90's Tom Holmes vs 2013 Custom buckers.