The Gibson Les Paul Custom Guitar Blog

Les Paul Collector Tom Wittrock tells the wonderful story how he bought his first Burst, a 1960 Gibson Les Paul Standard, for $2000. Everybody called him “the crazy guy who paid $2000 for a used guitar”! In 1972 he met with Billy Gibbons and got infected by the Vintage “Burst” virus. Due to their beautiful sunburst finish, these rare guitars are referred to as “Bursts”. Prices for these Gibson Les Pauls exceed $ 500.000 Enjoy the beauty of “Curly” in close-up shots. Extremely rare interview with the man who knows them all.

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This medium weight Les Paul Custom weighs 10.70 lbs. and has a solid mahogany body with a slightly arched top. One-piece mahogany neck with a nice medium profile, a comfortable nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Ebony fretboard with 22 original thin frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. The top of the guitar has seven-ply binding, the back of the guitar has five-ply binding, the headstock has five-ply binding, and the fretboard has single white binding. Headstock with inlaid pearl “Gibson” logo and five-piece pearl split-diamond inlay. Two-layer (black on white) truss-rod cover with “Les Paul Custom” engraved in white. Serial Individual Grover Roto-Matic tuners with half-moon metal buttons. The serial number (”010513″) is inked in yellow on the back of the headstock. Three really hot PAF (double-black) humbucking pickups with very strong outputs of 8.16k, 8.14k, and 7.76k. Five-layer (black/white/black/white/black) plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. Black plastic bell-shaped “Bell” knobs. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. All hardware gold-plated.The potentiometers are all stamped: “134 6043″ (Centralab October 1960). There is some very light belt buckle scarring on the back of the guitar (nothing down to the wood), a small piece of binding (1/2 inch) is missing from the edge of the headstock just above the “G” tuner. There are a couple of surface chips on the edges of the guitar, the most significant being on the treble-horn where there is also a small (3/4 inch) cut. A few tiny surface marks on the front of the guitar, and some very minor tarnishing to the gold-plated hardware. The original frets show little-to-medium wear. That all said, this totally original ‘60 Custom — with a neck and a sound to die for — is certainly one of the finest that we have ever seen. At just over ten-and-a-half pounds It is on the medium-to-heavy side for a Custom - but the extra weight shows most positively in the sound. This is an amazing one-owner guitar in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition and this is the first time that it is being offered for sale. Housed in its original (very worn) Gibson black pebble-grain “black beauty” hardshell case with orange plush lining (7.50).

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Les Paul Collector Tom Wittrock explains the differences of the Gibson Les Paul Standard 1958, 1959 and 1960. Due to their beautiful sunburst finish, these rare guitars are referred to as “Bursts”. Prices for these Gibson Les Pauls exceed $ 500.000 Enjoy the beauty of “Curly”, “Sandy” and “The Other Woman”. Extremely rare interview with the man who knows them all.

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Les Paul And Mary Ford - The Guitar Battle!

With a Gibson guitar named after him Les Paul is of course the one best known for his guitar playin’, but in this particular video singer Mary Ford is showin’ of some incredible guitar skills herself.
Perhaps the first female guitar hero?
Anyway, this one’s dedicated to all girls out there who want to learn how to play the guitar in a world that seems dominated by male guitarists.
Don’t let anyone tell you girls ain’t supposed to play guitar!
Just pick up that guitar, start practising and don’t ever give up, don’t ever give in!

*home, sweet home…home is where the heart is and my heart is here with you*

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This ex-celebrity owned forty-nine year old Les Paul Standard weighs 9.30 lbs. and has a fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a ‘nicely-flamed solid carved maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with a typically thin early ‘60 profile. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets. Inlaid pearl trapezoid position markers. Two PAF humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.60k and 9.14k. Original Gibson four-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (8.50). The top has uniformly faded-out to a lovely lemon color and is strikingly unique with the grain being a combination of quarter and flat sawn and a distinctive ‘eye’ on the left-side, yet still having that characteristic fine wavy interlocking figuring across the face. A 100% original example. Ex Howard Leese of Heart and Bad Company.

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http://www.myoldguitars.com 1959 Gibson Les Paul Burst vs 1960 Gibson Les Paul Burst. Rhythm provided by 2006 chambered gold top 57 reissue.

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This ex-celebrity owned forty-nine year old Les Paul Standard weighs 9.30 lbs. and has a fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a ‘nicely-flamed solid carved maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with a typically thin early ‘60 profile. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets. Inlaid pearl trapezoid position markers. Two PAF humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.60k and 9.14k. Original Gibson four-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (8.50). The top has uniformly faded-out to a lovely lemon color and is strikingly unique with the grain being a combination of quarter and flat sawn and a distinctive ‘eye’ on the left-side, yet still having that characteristic fine wavy interlocking figuring across the face. A 100% original example. Ex Howard Leese of Heart and Bad Company.

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This medium weight Les Paul Custom weighs 10.70 lbs. and has a solid mahogany body with a slightly arched top. One-piece mahogany neck with a nice medium profile and a comfortable nut width of just under 1 11/16 inches. Ebony fretboard with 22 original thin frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. Three really hot PAF (double-black) humbucking pickups with very strong outputs of 8.16k, 8.14k, and 7.76k. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. This is an amazing one-owner guitar in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition and this is the first time that it is being offered for sale. Housed in its original Gibson black pebble-grain “black beauty” hardshell case with orange plush lining (9.00).

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As the title says, Original 1959 Gibson Les Paul and Vintage DiMarzio PAF36 Pickup Demo, off of Guitar World.

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my MYSPACE page:
http://www.myspace.com/kfirs
unfortunately, not my guitar.
take a look!

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