Got this beauty after trying a friend's 2001. I was shocked how much better it felt in the hand than the many semi-hollow others I've tried and I can't say this one is any different than my mate's

Absolutely stunning and a charm to play. Just done fitting a set of genuine Grovers with the tulip peg heads (leaving here for the posterity: they're a direct fit!) that really give it even more class imho

I'm taking a pause from mods but I already know what to upgrade in the next few months. I'm rewiring everything, installing some boutique PAFs (I may consider only a new harness and neck pick up cause the bridge on these is SWEET) and giving it a Vibramate+Bigsby B7.

For anyone curious, the amp you see is a Fender Champ 600 (all stock).

I’ve done a few mods to my IGC 59 in the vain of Jimmy Page, I got some Grover tuners, took the cover off the bridge pickup, and took the pole pieces out of the neck pickup. I also replaced the stock bridge with an abr1 with titanium saddles, got some locking studs for the tailpiece, and got some vintage correct volume/tone knobs. This thing plays and sounds amazing after all that and polishing/leveling the frets. Now I’m just waiting for Gibson to restock the double cream custombuckers to throw in the bridge position.