Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

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Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by gaussgunn » Mon May 23, 2016 10:00 pm

Heya dudes! I`ve always had a dream of this guitar :

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But the original one costs like a good car. Modern reissue costs like a sh*tcar Just can`t allow it to myself.
So I was living my sad life without it until I met this guy on japan auction for 400bucks :

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Alright, I bought it. In original condition it sounded like a crap, those ceramic pups are awful ( to my taste ). Bridge , stoptail, electronics, tuners - JUNK But I liked the neck, almost identical to slimtaper, which I got on my gibson firebird V.
I decided to make it look like my dream with a decent sound. Here's the list of things that I changed :
+ gibson '57 classics neck+bridge pups
+ roller bridge
+ mojotone electronics set
+ locking gotoh tuners
+ maestro vibrola set
+ gibson knobs lol
+ levi's strap of glory

This is how she looks now :

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Yep it`s still not a gibson , but I love it

here`s the little sloppy clip

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by JakobLyngbo » Tue May 24, 2016 12:04 am

I never really liked the middle-pickup on SG Customs, I tend to hit it when I strum, and I never use that sound anyway.

That being said... God, that's hot as fuck... Wow...
Totally digging the idea of getting a nice replica, when you can't afford the real deal - most of these Japanese copies are really good instruments!

Congrats dude, that thing is awesome!
I just really, really like gear...
Gear and beer.

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by Mechanical Birds » Tue May 24, 2016 12:06 am

That is awesome!

I've wanted a LP Custom for about a year now but a good Burny/Greco is about the only way I'd actually go through with it. I've tried to learn a little more about them so I can actually start trying to find one but I've had kind of a hard time. Hopefully one day I can have an experience similar to yours because that is just great. I'd love to hear it!

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by mackerelmint » Tue May 24, 2016 12:56 am

SGs with vibrolas are shit hot. You done good.
This is an excellent rectangle

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by HorseyBoy » Tue May 24, 2016 12:59 am

Looks great! An old bandmate of mine had a white Gibson SG custom just like that one. Broke my heart when he hocked it at a pawnshop. Never saw it again. :'( :fp:

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by MKR » Tue May 24, 2016 3:24 am

ya that is a SERIOUS guitar WIN right there.

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by Trout » Tue May 24, 2016 3:35 am

I'm no gibson or gold hard ware fan, but this is nice. Really nice!
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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by RuffiansFC » Tue May 24, 2016 4:05 am

my dream guitar as well. I've always had an eye on the epi version, but Japanese copies are never out of the question. Alas, I have other priorities, so I will vicariously live through your experience.

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by rhythmjones » Tue May 24, 2016 6:30 am

That's hot as hell!
- Mitch

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by gaussgunn » Wed May 25, 2016 12:19 am

thank you mates ;)

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by Pacafeliz » Wed May 25, 2016 3:59 am

oh feck yeah!!!
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by HH1978 » Wed May 25, 2016 2:20 pm

Those Burny have good reputation.
Great mod!

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by repoman » Tue May 31, 2016 1:10 pm

Amazing axe

congrats

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by preservation » Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:03 pm

unff

i've a line on this Burny via local CL and i'm really debating it:

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it's an '80s model with PAF-style "VH1" pickups - i really want to try it out but
i generally dislike humbucker guitars - would hate to waste his time...

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Re: Burny SG Custom Maestro Vibrola review

Post by jbiscuti » Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:11 pm

Oh hell yes!! :w00t:

I LOVE these guitars - you have your SG tones, with the added bonus of a fatter Strat quack.

Well done!

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