'70s Custom Les Paul Silverburst finish

[AutoBat]

Musicians Friend mag I got yesterday says 1979 was the first year for silver burst. That or they were just referring to the specific custom model.

 

[stubhead]

His are all like '81s, which is the year the paint fell off. So he found one sound he liked, how to do it well, and made sure that he could do it some more. Doesn't make 1981 a magic year or paint falling off required (though don't tell him that or he might get a complex and end up playing acoustic/electric Eagle covers in the Holiday Inn lounge. Do kids today even get complexes anymore, or is there drugs for that now... :icon_scratch

Of course some numbnut might tell you that late 70s and early-to-mid 80s Gibsons suck gaspipe, but that was before we found out that stealing wood from military dictatorships and lying about it made Gibson Great American Patriots and plywood fretboards are better and Henry got his Jukes back and all. Pretty much anything's true, if you just wish upon a star. Or find the right medication.

 

[thebutcher85]

Strange how this morphed from Silverburst finishes to philosphy over the creation of guitar amps.
Good enough for me, this is still a genious thread. :rock-on:

Yeah, we have hijackers amidst this thread 'aplenty. Anyway, back to silverburst talk, personally, I love the finish (even the old turned-green ones) Matt Skiba (singer/guitarist for Alkaline Trio) also has an old silverburst Les Paul that turned green. My buddy has a 1980 LP silverburst, and it sounds more magical than his other Lesters, (probably because it's a tad heavier in weight, but the finish adds some special voodoo to the tone too his didn't turn green though. Anyway, silverbursts kick @$$!!
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[DangerousR6]

This LP is pretty cool looking... :icon_thumright:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Player, magic paint, secret screw, truck bed sized effects pedal boards, massive gain, nah.  It's those mahogany vs. maple caps on the Les Paul Customs responsible for Jones' sound.  Nah, it's the secret screw.


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[thebutcher85]

This LP is pretty cool looking... :icon_thumright:

Thanks Doug! It was an eBay kit.

 

[jrfox92]

Player, magic paint, secret screw, truck bed sized effects pedal boards, massive gain, nah.  It's those mahogany vs. maple caps on the Les Paul Customs responsible for Jones' sound.  Nah, it's the secret screw.


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Hah, yeah, i'd figure. I like to imagine the little secrets are the trick to sounding like him, but more than anything it's the amps, effects, and just general good workmanship on the LP.

 

[stubhead]

Well, again, his perhaps (perhaps?) semi-comic obsession over the little secrets is indicative of his general state of attention including all the big secrets that matter too. The danger isn't for him, that he's going to forget to retube his $4,000 amp or something, it's for you, thinking that just the right secret screw will substitute for five years of 12-hour-a-day practice and $10,000 worth of the obvious stuff. Obsessive people get a lot of things done.

 

[thebutcher85]

Well, again, his perhaps (perhaps?) semi-comic obsession over the little secrets is indicative of his general state of attention including all the big secrets that matter too. The danger isn't for him, that he's going to forget to retube his $4,000 amp or something, it's for you, thinking that just the right secret screw will substitute for five years of 12-hour-a-day practice and $10,000 worth of the obvious stuff. Obsessive people get a lot of things done.

Let's not be "Tools" here ok?  :laughing7: :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Obsessive people get a lot of things done.

Hehe! Yeah. Back in the days before Prozac, Welbutrin, and Zoloft some people were heavy-smokin' hard-screwin' production machines <grin>

 

[fdesalvo]

Ahhhh the Bassman, the original British amp.

lol yep

 

[Nando Vallart]

This LP is pretty cool looking... :icon_thumright:

+1
I always liked silverburst but felt something was different than I wished, now I see, no binding... And it looks f'great!

 

[jrfox92]

Obsessive people get a lot of things done.

Hehe! Yeah. Back in the days before Prozac, Welbutrin, and Zoloft some people were heavy-smokin' hard-screwin' production machines <grin>

I find my Obssesive complusivism and ADHD help just as well as any drug to get me zipping around on whatever.
I literally spent an entire night trying to figure out a single pedal's settings on Jack White?'s pedalboard.