:) !!!

AWESOME! I love that guitar! The finish OMG! CONGRATS!
 
My wish list is one of these for Christmas since I can't afford a Gibson
 
P.S. note the engine near the Ice Chest. It's portable!

Great guitar Rain! Give your sweetie a MONSTER hung and kiss! 

Woot!
 

That's good.  I like the older stuff. 

Crossed posts.:) Nice selections, by the way.

You can be there where you sign for it also, or else it is not delivered in 3 attempts and then if not being there when you had to sign for whatever you get you could go to the FedEx place and pick up your package. It needs to be left nowhere except in your hands. I know signing when the FedEx (or UPS) person shows up can be a hassle but you immediately have it then to carry in place in your hands.
 
Might want to put some lemon oil on it, and please take some better lighted pictures.

 
 
 
 

As for pics, I'm afraid my old iPhone 3G wouldn't really give me anything significantly better than that.
 
But here are the Sweetwater pics of the actual guitar I've picked.
 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Man, that just screams out "Take me and play me!"

Very nice!  When are you going to post some sound samples of it?

First, I'd have to be able to put it down, wouldn't I?
 
I'd been wanting a SG for a while because it has lots of things that I dig in a Les Paul - tune-o-matic bridge, set neck, humbuckers, but, unlike the Les Paul, it has the switch moved out of the way, which is great. Not unlike the strat, it also has the contoured body, which is obviously more comfortable, and much better access to higher frets.
 
Another option was to have the strat upgraded w/ a humbucker, but ergonomically speaking, I'd still be stuck with the flat tremolo bridge and that darn volume knob in the way.
 
The problem was that every SG I'd tried did not work for me, because they felt so thin and frail (I'm a big guy with huge hands) - with the exception of one I'd played a few months back which made me realize that a thicker neck made all the difference. 
 
So this one is pretty much like all those things that I wanted wrapped into the same guitar. I love that neck and the satin finish is actually preferable to the standard glossy one - it just feels faster. Such easy upper neck access is insane - all 24 frets! The black covers on the pick ups means one less thing to worry about, and it all adds up to the understated elegance of this amazing guitar.
 
And it has the Gibson logo on the headstock to top it all. :P
 
My take on it - if you think you may have the slightest interest, go try one for yourself before they take them off the market.
 
Did I mention it looked amazing? (Those vintage looking tuners are a nice touch - look great and work nicely) Mine is already starting to show a bit of glossy wear where my arm and hand touch the wood - imho, it makes her look even more gorgeous.

As for recording it, I'm afraid it'll have to wait. There was an issue w/ my Focusrite interface's preamps so I had to ship it back last week for them to fix. 
 
I was that I hadn't sold my old M-Audio and thought there wouldn't be any down time - it worked just fine 2 or 3 weeks ago when I tested it. But what I didn't take into account was my recent upgrade to the most recent version of my OS. Apparently, it is not yet supported... :/ So I have to wait for Focusrite to send back my Scarlett.

There's a certain range in which the preamp actually generated noise - and that range was actually pretty much exactly the sweet spot where you want your level to be when you record.
 
It almost sounded like you were trying to tune in to a radio station or something. Even on its own with nothing plugged in, you could find a range where it was noisy - I recorded the actual noise but Tech Support didn't need it to understand that the unit needed to be fixed.
 

Hi,
 
What the heck is taking you so long?
 
We not gonna hear it?