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I bought it new in ebony color and I'm really impressed! The overall quality is top notch, the setup (except for little tuning) was spot on. Despite the fact I always was a strat-supestrat/sg guy the guitar sat right in! If you're in the hunt for a new les paul, give it a try!

From crystal clean to absolute high gain and everything in between, this 2 channel, hand build all tube preamp delivers. Plain and simple. You will just need some time and fiddling to figure out its sweet spots, but as soon as you find them you will have a huge arsenal of sounds, to play everything you want. Metallica, Nirvana, Dream Theater, The Who are just a small sample of great bands with legendary tones who used it both in studio and live. I personally own one for about ten years now and although it's made at 1989 and still running on the original tubes, it never let me down and I don't think it will any time soon. Its notorious, American made Mesa Boogie build quality, is beyond any criticism. All in all, a great sound unit ready for recording, live shows or your bedroom, this thing is an absolute tone beast!!!

I have put a set of 3+3 on my gibson sg special and they worth every penny. Tuning stability is fantastic and string change is a few minutes work, it can even be done on stage, if something goes wrong.