The Gibson Les Paul Custom Guitar Blog

More demos: http://www.youtube.com/user/NoisyStrings
Just playing a melody a came up with on this beautiful piece of wood. I’m using Ionian, Aeolian and the Lydian mode.

Amp: Vox DA 5 (clean, with some compression)

LES PAUL FEATURES:

BODY
Top Species: Carved maple top
Back Species: Mahogany

NECK
Species: Mahogany
Profile: ‘59 Les Paul Rounded
Neck Joint Location: 16th

FINGERBOARD
Species: Rosewood (Ebony on Classic White, Alpine White & Platinum)
Scale Length: 24 3/4″
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1 11/16″
Inlays: Pearloid trapezoid, none on Platinum

HARDWARE
Plating Finish: Chrome or Gold (Brushed Chrome on Platinum)
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Knobs: Black Speed
Tuners: Green Key

ELECTRONICS
Neck Pickups: 490R Alnico magnet humbucker
Bridge Pickups: 498T Alnico magnet humbucker
Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch

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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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Done by Frederick Oster on an April 30 2007 Antiques Road Show

http://www.musicman.com/mp/mp.html

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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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I visited my friend’s music store “East Village Guitars” Fool around with this 1955 Vintage Gibson Les Paul guitar. Wow! A lot of feeling from this guitar. It’s really clear tone. I really enjoyed this.

Tomo

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Here is Rics Vintage Guitars as featured on the t.v. lifestyle program POSTCARDS W.A. (west australia) showing some of the shop and an interview with Ric about vintage guitars and how were the most isolated vintage guitar shop in the world

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This very light guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. and has a very fat nut width of over 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body with a solid carved maple top covered by a bookmatched highly figured maple veneer, one-piece mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets (expertly refretted) and inlaid pearl crown position markers. Headstock with inlaid pearl “Gibson” logo and “Les Paul Model” silk-screened in gold. Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with single-ring Keystone plastic buttons. Serial number “5 0520″ inked on in black on back of headstock. Two original double-black PAF humbucker pickups with outputs of 7.51k and 8.08k. Cream-colored plastic pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout, plus three-way selector switch on upper bass bout. The potentiometers are stamped “134 738″ (Centralab September 1957). Gold plastic bell-shaped “Bell” knobs. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. This guitar is in mint (9.50) condition, with a fantastic veneer maple layer over the solid maple. It sounds absolutely unbelievable. Housed in the original 1955 Gibson brown hardshell case with maroon plush lining (8.00).

This conversion was done ca. 1995 by Scott Lentz for a Southern California University professor. The wiring harness, the PAF pickups, the ABR-1 bridge, and the stud tailpiece are all 1958 to 1959. The following parts are not original to a 1959 Burst: the pickguard, which has been cut to size, and the control covers are from the original 1955 Goldtop; the pickup rings are the facsimile English rings, which are virtually indistinguishable from the originals; the tuner buttons, the switch ring, and the jack plug cover are later.

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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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Here we go folks-Ultimate vintage overdrive amp Marshall plexi 50 watt ‘68 and ‘69 with two incredible Les pauls ,my ‘68 Goldtop with PAFs and original ‘69 Custom with super huge neck .

amps on full blast..little shuffle in A recodred with my killer cellphone(Nokia should pay me these ads).

Thanx for watching and enjoy

Tomi nd D.B.(the one with the hat)

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This incredible totally original one-owner guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. Solid mahogany body with a carved maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful thick profile, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original frets and pearl crown position markers. Two incredibly hot P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.28k and 7.85k. Combination “wrap-over” bar bridge/stud tailpiece. This totally original ‘55 Les Paul Standard Gold Top — with a neck and a sound to die for — is the one of the best that we have ever seen. At just eight and a half pounds, it is a real lightweight. This one owner guitar is housed in its original Gibson four-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (9.00).

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