Gibson Les Paul Collector Choice Melvyn Franks VOS "Peter Green" replica

[d1dsj]

Awesome!

[PeterMoore]

[PhilKing]

6.5 pounds weight - non-chambered - how do they do that?  Or is it just the body weight!!

[PeterMoore]

It is just the body weight.

8 lbs 14 oz for my guitar. ;)

[Ted 'N' Leo]

Looks great with the exception of the 2 types of knobs? Is there a reason for that or just personal choice?

That's just echoing the original Peter Green/Gary Moore Les Paul.  I don't know if it already had the mismatched knobs when Green owned it.

Thats quite bizarre! I've never actually seen Gary Moore when he was young!

[Philly Q]

Here's an even older one, 1978:

[Ted 'N' Leo]

I must admit I have been toying with the idea of getting a set of PG Blues for a while now. But I could only put them in my 339, and I like the inbetween sound in that too much, so I think I would miss it.

So probably a new SG or LP would be my best bet (funny how GAS works isn't it?), but I have been thinking about going all Tokai for this one... :roll:

[Twinfan]

Looks great with the exception of the 2 types of knobs? Is there a reason for that or just personal choice?

That's just echoing the original Peter Green/Gary Moore Les Paul.  I don't know if it already had the mismatched knobs when Green owned it.

Gary Moore fitted the mis-matched knobs  ;)

[Elliot]

. . . but the Sperzel metal butter bean tuners (as opposed to the Kluson tulips) were on it in Greeny's day.  Was this original or a later addition?

[PhilKing]

. . . but the Sperzel metal butter bean tuners (as opposed to the Kluson tulips) were on it in Greeny's day.  Was this original or a later addition?

They're Grovers in the picture, Sperzel didn't start making machine heads until the 90's.  I think they were switched out to Schallers at one point.

[Philly Q]

Sperzel didn't start making machine heads until the 90's. 

I'm being pedantic again, but I think they started in the late '70s and introduced the locking ones in the '80s.

[PhilKing]

Sperzel didn't start making machine heads until the 90's. 

I'm being pedantic again, but I think they started in the late '70s and introduced the locking ones in the '80s.

I stand corrected, I was going by when I started to see them in the aftermarket area.  However, they are still Grovers on the pic of Gary Moore  :)

[Philly Q]

Agreed!  :D

[Elliot]

Oh yes, you are right, got my brands wrong - but they also can be seen on pictures of Greenbaum himself holding the guitar.

[PeterMoore]

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