Les Paul apprecitiation thread. Show what ya got.

[big bob]

future heritage 140

current Heritage 150 custom

 

[swarfrat]

I don't regret selling my elbow digging shoulder killing unbalanced  sucky clean toned beast that hangs in a radically different location from where it sits - one of the few guitars I made a profit on. Bought a used LP Studio dotneck in 89, sold it for a small profit a few years later.  I can't say there's any aspect of clean humbuckers I like.  Still it was my first decent guitar before I learned I was a Fender man

 

[OzziePete]

Whoa! Is that a one piece bengal burst top?!!!!! Stunning!

I just have this 'ol thing lying around.

1956 Les Paul Special.

Uh-oh that is collectors' material......how many years have you had it? And does it sound as good as the reputation they have?

 

[dNA]

The "Dad" LP, or, The Reason Why I Am a Great Son

minus the knobs, i think this has to be my favorite LP i've ever seen

 

[T50]

Okay, here are mine:

 

[kboman]

Black Customs and goldtop Standards - I'm like:

 

[nexrex]

I know I am a bit late on this one. My Warmoth Mahogany dragon burst LP. SD PhatCat (p-90)m equipped.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=14223.0

 

[bagman67]

Here's mine - still awaiting a little work to make it playable, but it'll happen eventually:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

My latest Brand Name acquisition I traded for recently:

2008 Gibson Les Paul Standard Cherry Burst built to 2002 specs.

 

[DangerousR6]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

Me too, weird but cool coloring and grain pattern.  ccasion14:

 

[DangerousR6]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

Me too, weird but cool coloring and grain pattern.  ccasion14:

You usually don't see LP's with weird tops, plus it looks like it has a one piece back... :dontknow:

 

[kboman]

That's a sweet LP Custom Bagman, would you mind telling us a bit more? What vintage, the bridge, pickups etc.

 

[bagman67]

That's a sweet LP Custom Bagman, would you mind telling us a bit more? What vintage, the bridge, pickups etc.

Thanks, kboman.

That's a 1972 Limited Edition Custom.  It belonged to my father in law, Leon, who passed away earlier this year.  He gave it to me before he went.  He was the second owner, and I happen to know the original purchaser as well.

The guitar is a replica of a 1954 - some accounts suggest that there were a bunch of P90-routed bodies lying around the Gibby shop for years and years after they switched over to humbuckers as the standard offering. In the early 1970's they did a limited edition run of these.  The bodies are solid mahogany - no maple cap.  The pickups are a P90 bridge and an Alnico 5 (I think) staple-pole-piece soapbar in the neck.  The original purchaser was a jazz player and decided to retrofit a rosewood archtop style bridge with a bone saddle.  This was, it turns out, a dumb idea, as far as playability is concerned - the saddle is not radiused and is only adjustable using the thumbwheels on the studs.  I'm planning to refit it with TOM, which shouldn't be hard, since the rosewood bridge mounts on the original studs. 

The guitar is also one of the fabled Fretless Wonders - it has the tiniest frets I've ever seen and they are almost completely rectangular - the are not crowned like most frets.  I'm considering a refret as well with a more conventional vintage-style fretwire, but with the bound neck it's more costly - Frank Ford's shop is across the street from  my job, and they quoted $450 for the job.

Despite its abundant playability issues, however, when plugged in and cranked up, this guitar sounds like God His own self.  It will be worth the effort required to make it play right, for sure.

Peace

Bagman

 

[simple]

Giggers

 

[ozyonum]

My first and only Warmoth LP, sitting in between his brothers..

 

[Superlizard]

Agile 3100 CSB and 3010 Goldtop; both with slight modifications.

- HighOrder custom-wound (my specs) pickups.
- One-piece mahogany bodies; unlike those press-a-wood multi-ply ones Gibson puts out.
- Mahog necks
- Long neck tenon
- Ebony fretboards
- 1 5/8" nut width
- 14" radius
- Grover tuners
- Aluminum tailpiece on the CSB
- $399.99 each (stock).

I've yet to rewire, swap out pots/toggles etc...

Tonewise, just like an old-school LP Custom from the 50's (they didn't have maple caps).

With typical mods, these guitars make Gibsons look like overpriced whores.  :icon_jokercolor:

Side shot:

Classic combo:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

Me too, weird but cool coloring and grain pattern.  ccasion14:

You usually don't see LP's with weird tops, plus it looks like it has a one piece back... :dontknow:

It's two piece, just a really good match.

I agree, it is as close to a "wild maple" top I've seen yet.

 

[DangerousR6]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

Me too, weird but cool coloring and grain pattern.  ccasion14:

You usually don't see LP's with weird tops, plus it looks like it has a one piece back... :dontknow:

It's two piece, just a really good match.

I agree, it is as close to a "wild maple" top I've seen yet.

Ahhhhh, so it 'tis...I just didn't look at it closely enuff... :doh:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

That's awesome.....Love the top... :icon_thumright:

Me too, weird but cool coloring and grain pattern.  ccasion14:

You usually don't see LP's with weird tops, plus it looks like it has a one piece back... :dontknow:

It's two piece, just a really good match.

I agree, it is as close to a "wild maple" top I've seen yet.

Ahhhhh, so it 'tis...I just didn't look at it closely enuff... :doh:

Forgot to mention, it's chambered too.  :icon_thumright: