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That's from the "dark era" of Norlin, when they decided to create new models like the Sonex, Corvus, this one etc.. these are bolt-on neck guitars with low quality wood and parts. I guess that can be cool in a "trashy/punk/garage rock" way if you find one for about $400-500 and upgrade the parts. Otherwise no.
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You know there is a big ass pool under that p/g. The bridge is interesting, wrap over tail. The headstock is odd too. Great color though looks like GT gold.
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Gibson logo is off center by quite a bit, that would screw with my OCD. Lol
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GuitarBilly wrote:That's from the "dark era" of Norlin, when they decided to create new models like the Sonex, Corvus, this one etc.. these are bolt-on neck guitars with low quality wood and parts. I guess that can be cool in a "trashy/punk/garage rock" way if you find one for about $400-500 and upgrade the parts. Otherwise no.
While I agree in general, If you can get a decent price, like under $500 I think it's a decent entry level Gibson. I've been playing the crap out of the Sonex I picked up last year. I like the chunky neck and the action is super low. The hardware and electronics on the Sonex are Japanese. They did it to save money. I suspect the challenger was the same. Only the Sonex custom had the Dirty fingers pickups that everybody thinks are in all the guitars. The Japanese pickups are weird, but I like them. They only read 8K or so, but they are super loud and trebly. I play the Sonex with the tone rolled off a bit and it sounds normal to me.
GuitarBilly wrote:That's from the "dark era" of Norlin, when they decided to create new models like the Sonex, Corvus, this one etc.. these are bolt-on neck guitars with low quality wood and parts. I guess that can be cool in a "trashy/punk/garage rock" way if you find one for about $400-500 and upgrade the parts. Otherwise no.
While I agree in general, If you can get a decent price, like under $500 I think it's a decent entry level Gibson. I've been playing the crap out of the Sonex I picked up last year. I like the chunky neck and the action is super low. The hardware and electronics on the Sonex are Japanese. They did it to save money. I suspect the challenger was the same. Only the Sonex custom had the Dirty fingers pickups that everybody thinks are in all the guitars. The Japanese pickups are weird, but I like them. They only read 8K or so, but they are super loud and trebly. I play the Sonex with the tone rolled off a bit and it sounds normal to me.
yeah, under $500 it's fine.
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ajaxlepinski wrote:Not sure why they didn't have a pickguard designed for the single pickup model.... it looks a lot better with two pickups...
I think a friend of mine in highschool had one of these - or it was at least pretty similar looking. I feel like I remember it having black plastic covered EMG looking pickups
Can't remember what model it was exactly but it played well
I know it was old
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My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger silver/black pickguard, single p/u. It was cheap, but the action was great and the tuning was rock solid. The p/u was horrible - I ended up installing a 500T I think. I wish I still had that guitar....
68sixstringer wrote:My first guitar was a Gibson Challenger silver/black pickguard, single p/u. It was cheap, but the action was great and the tuning was rock solid. The p/u was horrible - I ended up installing a 500T I think. I wish I still had that guitar....
Yeah I think that's how these guitars were marketed, to be a decent first guitar with the Gibson brand.
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