It’s DAMN hard to find a slim taper neck, ~9 lbs, Standard Gold Top… so I upfitted my own.
Meet “MariGold.” 🤩
She started life as a Gibson Mary Ford Signature Standard and somehow became my No.1.
Huge shout out to Worth at Mojotone for the insane-sounding 44 Magnum (21k passive) bridge pickup and vintage slim 500k CTS pots. Absolute fire. I also swapped out the floral guards and just added Kluson Locking Revolution Series G-Mount tuners for rock-solid stability.
Strung up with 60–10g SIT Strings — feels perfect.
Franklin at Linker Guitars walked through hell with me on this project. His magic touch on the neck/fretboard roll makes it feel like it’s been played for 40+ years. Pure butter.
I never liked buying Les Pauls online, but Brian at Haggerty’s Music Works made sure I was completely taken care of — even tracked down the case candy and COA.
MariGold is home. 🏆
Hello, my name is Justin Driscoll and I call the wonderful state of North Carolina home. I might have taken your photo at some point or met you at a Rock N Roll show? However, I also have many other facets of my life I am passionate about. I started this site to talk about some of those things.
Whether it be guitars, guitar gear, Harley’s, Jeep stuff, photography, vinyl or travels, I’ll be on here to chat about it.
Stay Weird, Stay Creative!