The Kris Derrig Les Paul Replica:

[Inspector #20]

Great story, but about that tuner install……

You have seen many of the antique Gibson's??? Tuners are all over the place on the vintage guitars. Very common...

Here's "good" Gibson tuner placement

 

[Don O]

You have seen many of the antique Gibson's??? Tuners are all over the place on the vintage guitars. Very common...

Here's "good" Gibson tuner placement

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Jeez, I use a simple 6 inch metal ruler as a straight edge when I install tuners.

 

[Inspector #20]

Jeez, I use a simple 6 inch metal ruler as a straight edge when I install tuners.

The vintage Gibson's had a lot of varaibles...including fret placement errors that grow expotentionally up the neck, crooked tuners and bridge placement anomalies.

If the builder was good, you got a good one...

The tuners were so crooked on my 2016 Gibson Gold Top 50's Tribute that I had enough room to straighten them and redrill them without cutting into the original holes.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Jeez, I use a simple 6 inch metal ruler as a straight edge when I install tuners.

I just eyeball it

 

[Inspector #20]

It's addictive for playing alone, that's for sure. It's also the number one culprit when you get lost in the mix. If I can't hear myself properly when playing with the band I don't turn the volume up, I turn the gain down.

My approach has always been to increase mids...

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

My approach has always been to increase mids...

Mids, presence, treble, for me.

 

[IconicTalisman]

Peter "Max" Baranet holding the Kris Derrig Tribute build with serial number 9 0605.
Photo taken April 6th 2021 in Laguna Beach by Scott Sheldon.

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Peter "Max" Baranet Passed away Thursday March 9th 2023. Rest in Peace Max.

 

[Inspector #20]

Peter "Max" Baranet Passed away Thursday March 9th 2023. Rest in Peace Max.

Damn....

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

R.I.P. Peter (MAX)

 

[DangerousR6]

Great story, I seen the interview of Slash telling the story about that "Les Paul"....

 

[ibmorjamn]

Ding Ding Ding!!!!

Hard-To-Find Seymour Duncan APH1NJ and APH1BJ pickups - This is the Appetite for Destruction tone.

8.21kΩ Bridge...

Oh no, not more unicorn pickups!
Hell

 

[Inspector #20]

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

I did not build this one from scratch - This started life as a Chinese Slash Replica.

I built this black one from a bare body and neck, under the apprenticeship of a Luthier chum. My Mom's Mother's Day 2017 gift.

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I know we are talking Les Pauls, Replica Les Paul's, Chinese Knockoff Les Paul's, and maybe even the occasional mention of LES PAUL himself,
BUT NOTHING is more BADASS that a lifetime musician who is a

MOM that rocks her own LES PAUL(s)

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Great post and welcome to the forum Talisman.

 

[Inspector #20]

It's for sale....

The Les Paul Slash used during the writing of Appetite for Destruction is up for auction with bids starting at $1 million

Slash’s Hunter Burst Les Paul guitar, which he used for recordings and live shows between 1985-1986, when Guns N’ Roses were penning some of their most popular hits for Appetite For Destruction.

guitar.com

 

[Inspector #20]

@IconicTalisman

 

[IconicTalisman]

This French website posted an Obituary for Max holding my guitar. It's just over a year since he passed.

Peter “Max” Baranet : disparition d’un sublime faussaire

guitarextrememag.com