Author Topic: Gibson Les Paul Custom (Read 19941 times)

Davey · « **Reply #45 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:38:34 PM »

Quote from: Benmartin1977

On a slightly difference note, does anybody know of any pre-lawsuit 70's Flying V Copies?
I'd def pick one of those up for a reasonable price.

ibanez. IMO .. though i cant recollect how the necks on those things were.

Davey · « **Reply #46 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:40:48 PM »

Quote from: Bird

Some interesting and enlightening reading about Gibson.

http://www.dinosaurrockguitar.com/interviews/MrX.shtml 8)

that dude DOES have some valid points.. but he's very very grumpy about it

Underground_Player · « **Reply #47 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:48:27 PM »

I bought a 1980 Greco Super Real last week and it's pretty good. The prices for all the '78 to '83 jap guitars have been rising slowly for about five years as far as I can make out, and such a guitar, which is still cheaper than a secondhand LP Standard, would make a better investment than a new Gibson or a totally 'custom' Les Paul, if you get the right one.
Check out japanguitars.co.uk to see just how much some people are selling vintage jap stuff for...most people agree this guy's charging really top-whack prices, yet his guitars still sell within weeks. I noticed about a month ago he raised the price of one of his less popular guitars he'd had hanging around for months by £150, and it then sold within a couple of weeks. I think you can draw your own conclusions from that!

Remember too though - and I'm trying not to sound corny here - that every guitar is different no matter who it's made by. This is something I've finally realised after years spent on internet forums taking advice from people who say 'this guitar make is better than that one', and is partly the reason why this is my first post on this forum for weeks.

Nobody makes totally rubbish guitars these days.

If I could go through the LP buying process again, I'd take my mate's advice and just go to Denmark St and try out 30 Les Pauls and buy a genuinely 'flukey' special one, instead of hedging my bets on one guitar by one maker which the guitar forum community says is really good.
He went through the Denmark St process for a Strat, and ended up with the most ridiculously resonant (for no apparent reason) strat I've ever played. The whole thing shakes and feels like it's about to self destruct, while at the same time feeling completely solid. It's amazing. It cost him a grand second hand, but we played about half a dozen other custom shop strats in that shop which cost a lot more money, and they all felt dead in comparison.

If you're really bothered about getting an above average guitar, which you probably are if you've gone to the effort of asking on a forum, just try as many guitars as you can and wait 'til you find one that feels great to you.

Underground_Player · « **Reply #48 on:** June 23, 2007, 09:48:56 PM »

Double post, I'm out of practise :lol:

Jp. · « **Reply #49 on:** June 24, 2007, 12:55:03 PM »

Quote from: Benmartin1977

I had considered Feline, and still intend on get somethin made,but I liked the idea of a well worn in guitar with a bit of history. Maybe the name does appeal a little bit - even if its just psychological, but to be honest I am impatient person and I dont think I could wait 9 months to have one built! especially as this is a 30th B day present (and unfortunately my 30th b day is not 9 months away!)

Ben welcome to my world!!!

BTW, a couple of interesting coincidenses for Wide World of Webbing.

1) Your name is Ben. Thats my sons name.

2) you turn 30 this year. Same as me.

3) your looking to buy a Gibson Les Paul for a 30th present to yourself. Me too!

and here is the Killer....

4) you really want a Silverburst. Same here!

Mate have you been following me. I know I live on another continent but man this is just freaky.

I have not bothered with posting the same type of post as this before as I, well kinda know just about everyone 'round here hates gibbo's . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I do have to agree with some people about inconsistency issues. I spent ages trying out some Les Pauls in a major "supermarket" type music shop.

They had about 15 LP's and some of the detail work was pretty Lousy. The Binding on the neck of a LP classic had "shrunk" into the grain.

anyway keep us posted. I started looking at the GT range as I'm a bit of a sucker for the classic car Hotrod era.

*edit*

I just re-read that in your first post you have seen some reissues of the Silverburst. I just looked through gibson.com and cant see that referred to. care to share a link?

Twinfan · « **Reply #50 on:** June 24, 2007, 01:21:11 PM »

I think the LP Silverbursts were part of the GUitar of the Week series, the SGs certainly were...

lulusg · « **Reply #51 on:** June 24, 2007, 05:33:44 PM »

Great article Bird, thanks. Jp there's an store in Atlanta (midtown music ), that has 2 Silverburst from the batch of 40 made( that's front , back and neck )like the originals.

andymac · « **Reply #52 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:06:39 AM »

I have 4 Les Pauls and like all of them. I also have 2 Charvels made in Japan and these are more "perfect" than the Gibson's i.e. no file marks or signs of a human having made them.
It's all up to personal taste. Having grown up seeing people play Gibsons and Fenders I want one. I am sure the copies today are as good or better than all of the big names. But if Bare Knuckle switched manufacture to China and flooded Woolworths with pickups would everybody here still feel the same about them????????? Even if quality was exactly the same.

Andy

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 25, 2007, 09:34:18 AM »

Jp

At least I'm not alone in this apparent madness!

Seems the only place you can find a silverburst is on ebay, problem there is obviously you can try before you buy - enhancing the possibility of getting a turkey. - Most of them are from the US too.

The earlier link to that les paul article was very interesting though, however I'm now paranoid about buying any les paul that does not weigh beween 8-9lbs.

On a seperate note - saw Aerosmith last night at Hyde Park Joe perry only used a les paul for a couple of songs - and it wasn't his boneyard signature model!

apmaman · « **Reply #54 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:43:21 PM »

I just read through that interview. Good reading but when he says "a pretty finish sells a guitar quicker than tone"

My eyes shot over to my Desert yellow ibanez...... :lol: :lol:

dave_mc · « **Reply #55 on:** June 26, 2007, 02:49:11 PM »

^ haha, ditto, my ibanez rg is glittery pink/purple. even when i was brand new to playing, i (luckily) had the good sense to buy a guitar based on its tone and playability.

shame i didn't have the same sense about amps, though. :oops:

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:02:03 PM »

I've done a bit of scouring over the internet and it seems the likelihood of getting my hands on a sweet piece of gibson ass is pretty remote, unless I can sit down in a shop and try a few hundred. Thats seeming very unlikely as they only made silverburst customs for about 3 years i've decided against the ego boosting gibson name.

It also seems that epiphones are even worse! I think balsa wood and glue was one description i came across. Saying that I have two epi's and the difference in quality between them is massive.

In order to satisfy my lust of the silverburst I've decided to get a feeline custom build - hopefully with the oxidised silverburst colour - based on the specs of the les paul custom.

In addition to have something to play for my 30th my girlfried has purchased me a lovely Greco 1983 mint series black beauty custom. Long neck tennon and all. And it only cost £240 with shipping!

Sweeeet!

Any suggestions for a Bareknuckle three pickup combo?

Mr Ed · « **Reply #57 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:32:47 PM »

Be careful with the 3PUPs, some people complain of finding them a bit arsey to play because - when picking - you hit the middle pickup. I think they look great but I don't see the point in the 3rd pickup to be totally honest.

WARNING! THIS LINK CONTAINS FILTHY ARTICLES OF GIBSON-REPLICA GUITAR PORN BY EDWARDS!

Fit.

Catalyst77 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 28, 2007, 01:42:02 PM »

I know what you mean about the middle pick up getting in the way.

But since I'm having one custom built and I already own two epis (which I'll prob sell) i wanted something a little different.

Plus I'm a weirdo when it comes to pickup wiring. I have all my pickups wired to volume. This means I can effectively have all three pickups on in the middle position and them blend them all together for that sweet sweet spot.

Woogie · « **Reply #59 on:** June 28, 2007, 04:08:34 PM »

Yey there is one lefty LP in that link!! $769 or something..