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Inspector #20

Inspector #20

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See a few crazy ones every now and again....

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Strange looking tag on the back of the headstock....the 'i" reappeared in 1976, but is absent from this one...really looks suspicious to me....

Esg could probably trade him out of it for a Fender Sidekick 35....
 
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That's a clean one, and probably worth the money. They also had a wine red stained version:

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BTW: at those prices it might be useful to order Your custom guitar from a luthier with a small shop. At least if the guitar is to be played and not only collected. Well, it'll not wear the label Gibson but thats all.
 
bea said:
BTW: at those prices it might be useful to order Your custom guitar from a luthier with a small shop. At least if the guitar is to be played and not only collected. Well, it'll not wear the label Gibson but thats all.
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These The Les Pauls were really pretty special guitars. They were basically handmade by one man in K'zoo, luthier Dick Schneider, just as a small builder would. He was one of Gibson's old-guard guitar builders, even then, and this was his vision of a truly custom, hand-made guitar. I've never played one but they are purported to be among the very finest guitars that Gibson has ever built from any era.
 
Yes, i noticed that this was a very special guitar. And i would better not see its price tag. But honestly - what would You do if You would like to have a Les Paul of such quality? As a player? If Your not a dentist, lawyer or boss of a large company?
 
If I had that much to spend on a guitar it would have to be "the one" and these could be in the running. I suspect the majority of them are now and have always been in the hands of collectors, although Steve Howe is one well-known player/owner of one of them and has evidently used it on several Yes recordings.
 
A well made Gibson is an AWESOME guitar to say the least. The wine red one above is one nice looking guitar...
 
Yes a well made Gibson is indeed awsome. And that The Paul is among the very best i have ever seen from them. I have heard great custom shop Gibsons, and i have actually played some that did not convince me at all. Custom shop ES335s.

And i do myself own two Gibsons: a bass (which needs to be modified until it is really awsome...) and an SG (which only needs nut compensation and a better wraparound bridge allowing me to play flatwounds with a wound G).

Although i am somewhat intrigued by the present semihollow les paul shortscale bass, these two will remain my only Gibsons. Regarding guitars i have all i need, and regarding basses i will follow my ideas and do my own instruments.

Back to Gibson and my remark: a good luthier will be able to make a guitar as great as the one shown above, in any respect, and that for a fraction of the price of that collectible. It would be, say, in the range of the present custom shop Les Pauls or slightly below.
So if You are just interested in a great playing guitar for a fair price and can live without the famous label, the self employed luthier is often the better choice.
 
bea said:
Yes a well made Gibson is indeed awsome. And that The Paul is among the very best i have ever seen from them. I have heard great custom shop Gibsons, and i have actually played some that did not convince me at all. Custom shop ES335s.

And i do myself own two Gibsons: a bass (which needs to be modified until it is really awsome...) and an SG (which only needs nut compensation and a better wraparound bridge allowing me to play flatwounds with a wound G).

Although i am somewhat intrigued by the present semihollow les paul shortscale bass, these two will remain my only Gibsons. Regarding guitars i have all i need, and regarding basses i will follow my ideas and do my own instruments.

Back to Gibson and my remark: a good luthier will be able to make a guitar as great as the one shown above, in any respect, and that for a fraction of the price of that collectible. It would be, say, in the range of the present custom shop Les Pauls or slightly below.
So if You are just interested in a great playing guitar for a fair price and can live without the famous label, the self employed luthier is often the better choice.
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bea said:
Yes a well made Gibson is indeed awsome. And that The Paul is among the very best i have ever seen from them. I have heard great custom shop Gibsons, and i have actually played some that did not convince me at all. Custom shop ES335s.

And i do myself own two Gibsons: a bass (which needs to be modified until it is really awsome...) and an SG (which only needs nut compensation and a better wraparound bridge allowing me to play flatwounds with a wound G).

Although i am somewhat intrigued by the present semihollow les paul shortscale bass, these two will remain my only Gibsons. Regarding guitars i have all i need, and regarding basses i will follow my ideas and do my own instruments.

Back to Gibson and my remark: a good luthier will be able to make a guitar as great as the one shown above, in any respect, and that for a fraction of the price of that collectible. It would be, say, in the range of the present custom shop Les Pauls or slightly below.
So if You are just interested in a great playing guitar for a fair price and can live without the famous label, the self employed luthier is often the better choice.
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behold...for I have walked thine path...I once had a 1968 Gibson SG....and though its tone was almost magical. it was plagued by tuning problems...in 2003, I bought a new SG....problems with feedback and squeal....and then in 2016, history repeats itself...Gibson's are like people....some are good and some are not.....
 
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