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westtexasred
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by westtexasred » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:15 am
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by Richard » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:40 am
I honestly can't decide how I feel about these. I love the look of the front of the body, but from the neck plate on up the neck they look Matsumoku as fuck(which isn't necessarily a bad thing- just unfamiliar for a Gibson). That said, I won't pass judgement until I've played one.
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by Doug » Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:32 pm
Wow, nice find. Never even heard of the Challenger. Sort of a LPSpecial with a Strat pickups array. And a nice case...OHSC?
So how do you like it?
Cheers,
Doug
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by cur » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:13 pm
Wow look at that neck. So chunky. Look how thick the heel is in it. It is as thick as the body.
Cool. I have never seen one of these before.
westtexasred
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by westtexasred » Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:22 pm
Thanks! Here is a video review from youtube. If you skip ahead to 6:00 you can hear what it sounds like.
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westtexasred
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by westtexasred » Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:48 am
I found this photos of the electronics of a Challenger III that looked the same as mine.
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by oldcanuck » Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:19 am
Is it just me, or does someone else think the Corvus looked like a big heavy duty bottle opener ????
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by damienblair17 » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:13 am
oldcanuck wrote: Is it just me, or does someone else think the Corvus looked like a big heavy duty bottle opener ????
I said the same thing in an older thread. I don't want the guitar, but I do want the giant beer it would open.
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by westtexasred » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:50 pm
I found a Gibson 1984 pricesheet. Both the Corvus III and the Challenger III are listed in the American Series section so I think the story that the Challenger III was made out of left over Corvus parts is just a myth.