Do you think the PLEK system at Gibson is good?

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Do you think the PLEK system at Gibson is good?

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Sky Blue Lou said:
I can only comment on what you post. You are bitching about the Gibson PLEK job particularly the bridge slotting. You allege that Customer Representative Roger Ball of Nashville told you the bridge was PLEKed. I have provided evidence that refuted that. One of you is dissembling.
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I have 5 Gibsons that were not PLEKed, never had to tweak a thing except the trussrod and intonation, now I get 2 SG-12 strings with terrible action and buzzing strings. Maybe I am "Biased" but I dont think the PLEK system at Gibson is good. Do you have any experience with Gibson guitars pre and post PLEK?

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I do. PLEK and non-PLEK'd guitars from Gibson seem fine to me. Of course bad ones get through, as with any company or forum member from Mar 2009, but by and large they're good.
 
Victory Pete said:
I have 5 Gibsons that were not PLEKed, never had to tweak a thing except the trussrod and intonation, now I get 2 SG-12 strings with terrible action and buzzing strings. Maybe I am "Biased" but I dont think the PLEK system at Gibson is good. Do you have any experience with Gibson guitars pre and post PLEK?
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Why yes as a matter of fact I do. I have two pre-PLEK LPs that are thirty and forty years old. They have been set up by pros and play very well indeed. I also have two post-PLEK Custom Shop guitars; a 2008 R4 and a 2011 ES-359 that play beautifully. As well I have a 2011 Gibson USA SG that was set up horribly when I bought it new. I did my own set up on it and it plays great now.

Gibson Custom Shop = Good.

Gibson USA = Not so much.

Neither has anything to do with the PLEK system.
 
This thread is why I buy my guitars from a local shop. If I ever buy online I'm going to make sure they accept returns at least until the warranty runs out.
 
ido1957 said:
This thread is why I buy my guitars from a local shop. If I ever buy online I'm going to make sure they accept returns at least until the warranty runs out.
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Depends where you buy them. Private sales; fleabay, Craigslist, you take a chance. Get lots of pics first and know what you're buying. Retailers - no problem. The only ones I deal with have good return policies.

You gotta figure you may have to do some set up, or pay a pro. A good quality guitar can be brought from shit to great with a good set up. If you can save three or four hundred bucks the set up is small beans. Some guitars you just won't get if you wait to see 'em in person. My R4 LP, ES-359 and especially the Yamaha SG2000 are just not something I'll ever see within a few hundred miles of here if that. I bought the Yammy from Vancouver on Ebay after looking, and bidding on one other one, for almost a year. Took a week to get through customs and another week to get to NH but well worth the wait. Pristine 1980 vintage SG2000s do not come up that often.

YMMV and not for the faint-hearted but ya' gotta do....
 
I agree if you're looking for something vintage or just used and you're willing to take the risk eBay works fine. Paypal disputes are great if you get them in on time...
 
Another thing you can do to find nice beat up guitars for cheap as hell is at pawn shops. Sometimes they'll have piles of guitars in the back that they just haven't brought out to sell. If you can get them to let you in the back you might find some real winners :D

I never have gotten a "pro" set up. I have a hammer and just bang on the guitars till they play right. Sometimes you have to beat a guitar into submission and then it'll do exactly what you tell it to. You say jump, it says "how high". Dance you filthy animal!
 
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