The Ultimate Gibsons Les Paul Custom Replica - A New Twist:

Robert Herndon said:
Interesting fellow John Fogerty is.
As CCR was coming to an end, Fogerty began working on a solo album of country & western songs, on which he produced, arranged, and played all of the instruments.
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Mhmm, i thought there was a creative break of about a decade?

And that guitar reminds me to John's...
 
Parts List - Ordered Today:

GFS VEH Gold Covered Pickups - 11.5k/9.5k

Gold Plated Gotoh Aluminum tailpiece

Gotoh Gold Tailpice Studs

Gold Metric Gotoh Bridge Studs

Gold Pointers

Custom Made Truss Rod Cover

Gold Speed Knobs

Gold Curved Jack Plate

Reproduction Bumblebees

:-)
 
Hey e.S.G...who does this sound like????

“Les loved all the controls on the Recording. I had two of them… but you have to be an engineer to understand all those controls! But Les loved his Recording models. Every few weeks [with the Les Paul Trio] Les seemed to come in with a modified one — he’d been changing the electronics and whatever.

“Les was… ‘fussy’ isn’t the word, but he was so into sound. He kept looking for his perfect sound… looking, looking, looking, even when he was 90 years old. He loved the Recording model for that. It was all about changing sounds.

“But I even think of his sound on those early records with Mary Ford… You can get close to that sound, but you won’t sound like Les Paul. No-one ever will.”
 
uhm.......................................damn it....................too much rum....... I can see the face..........no wasnt me.........

Les "fussy" buwahahhahhaaaaaaaaaa

Robert--- I am Changing your nickname to LEs !!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Chase that TONE baby chase it to the end! Fook the Dragon--- CHASE TONE --- !!!
 
A couple of custom touches...a Les Paul Recording truss rod cover and "ROBERT HERNDON" gold leaf inlaid on the pickguard the way Randy Rhoads had his name on his Custom....IMG_20170421_55857.jpg
 
Man,

What a pleasure to play. No fighting to keep it in tune. I can play notes all up and down the neck with my tuner (Korg Pitchblack) plugged in and everything is either right on the money, or the variation is so slight that my ear doesn't "red flag" the pitch. I also find that the ABR-1 intonates much easier than a Nashville, but that's just my personal experience. Time to get rid of all the other guitars... :-)

Really looking forward to trying the solid brass ABR-1 with Titanium Rollers...
 
so let me get this straight Robert,you new Les Paul Custom is a replica of a Gibson from what i understand right ? If its a replica then why does it say Gibson on the headstock ????? I really could give a shite less myself but if it is a replica and says Gibson on it im suprised you aint been tared and feathered and run out of town on a rail lol.
 
JohnnyGoo said:
so let me get this straight Robert,you new Les Paul Custom is a replica of a Gibson from what i understand right ? If its a replica then why does it say Gibson on the headstock ????? I really could give a shite less myself but if it is a replica and says Gibson on it im suprised you aint been tared and feathered and run out of town on a rail lol.
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Slash's Gibson-branded Derrig replica was one of my inspirations...

Most guys I play with professionally really dig the project. There are some who may not and that's cool too.

My wife gave me our black Amex card and gave me the green light to buy a Gibson LPC from my local Guitar Sinner on sale for $3,499. However, after playing it, I found all sorts of noise issues, scratchy pots, noisy switch, two-story high tailpiece, and I thought, why buy new Gibson #3 and turn right around and have to spend time and/or money to repair it???

Two studio guitarist's I know are playing '59 Les Paul replicas built here in SoCal. They have action and tone you just can't get from an assembly line guitar. That's how I got the referral which led to my LPC being built.

My dream was to have a Tuxedo LPC, but Gibson either cannot or will not build one that doesn't need a trip to the Luthier after shelling out almost $4,000, so I had one made.

Mine has visual cues that let you know its a replica, like my preference of rosewood to ebony, the metric posts, smaller, classier Epiphone style split diamond...but the '59's are totally authentic, right down to the grease pen marks under the pickups and #6/#8 straplock screws.

Gibson isn't a magical factory of some sort. Anyone skilled in the craft can beat them at their own game.

Its funny because I've had people treat you differently when you show up to a recording gig with a Gibson, as stupid as that may be.

Personally, I have always thrived more on people's disapproval of me than their approval of me...so I'm hard to manipulate through opinion and criticism.

I am already discussing a potential EDS-1275 replica.... :)

Honestly, I think anyone who has bought two new Gibson's and had to invest money to fix problems not encountered in a $250 Agile, should be considered to have paid their dues. I have no reservations over commissioning a replica. I have no plans to sell it.

Guys drool over my Gibson SG and I am quick to tell them, "Dude...there is nothing Gibson on it or in it..."
 
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JohnnyGoo said:
No Les Paul Custom trus rod cover ????
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Interesting you would ask!!!

Ok, the "Les Paul Recording" truss rod cover pays homage to Mom's LPR, my gold poker chip and switch tip pay homage to Randy Rhoads' 1974 LPC and the idea for the Tuxedo LPC arose from me seeing one in person at Buck Owens Studio in Bakersfield around 1977.

Kind of like these Texas knobs I got for Mom's 1959 Silvertone...since she is from Texas... :-)downloadfile-6.jpeg
 
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