Well folks, since there have been two very impressive new dream PRS threads, i thought i'd add my baby :)
i actually got this a little while ago, and some other bits and pieces too, including a couple of Juan Solo pedals. i'll detail them in another thread. this is about my dream guitar!
i've long wanted a guitar from the year of my birth, and the ideal was a Gibson Les Paul. unfortunately, they weren't officially making Standards then, only Deluxes and Customs. so, a few years ago i managed to get a Deluxe. unfortunately, a moronic "luthier" destroyed the fretboard on it. cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
then, a couple of months ago, a guy i know who sells guitars appeared with a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Standard. not a converted Deluxe, an original, factory made with full size humbuckers. and more than that, in beautiful condition! records from the time are not clear, but i know Gibson didn't officially make standards until 1977. but from '72 to '76, you could special order them, basically a Deluxe with PAFS. in '75, only one was made in Kalamazoo! this is not it :) it would have a mahogany neck, this is maple. there are no definite records of how many were made in Nashville. my guy reckons only 18! but others have said there could have been a few hundred. i don't really know, but it's the first I've seen.
so it's the guitar i've been after for a decade, and i've got it, and as a bonus it's a bloody great guitar! and here it is...
