Guitar players corner!

[zontar]

Kind of cool, but if I were to spend that much on an acoustic I’d probably go with something more traditional. I would have to play one to say for sure.
still I wouldn’t turn one down as a gift.

Gibson brings back its wild Les Paul acoustic hybrid for the first time in more than 20 years – and it’s unlike any other version that came before it

The firm’s third attempt at converting its iconic single-cut shape into a campfire companion settles on a parlor design reminiscent of a scaled-down SJ-200

www.guitarworld.com

 

[zontar]

They first tried something quite different in the 70s with the Les Paul Jumbo, it didn’t do well.
this is more like the Epiphone Les Paul ukuleles, just bigger.
maybe there will be an Epi version.
who knows?

 

[Jeff Scott]

 

[zontar]

They kind of remind me of these

 

[zontar]

Apparently this was chewed by a dog

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[zontar]

The original official Les Paul acoustic

 

[zontar]

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[ajkula66]

A very dear friend of 40+ years - and an occasional contributor to my music projects - finally gave in a couple of weeks ago and bought a very well-preserved '96 Les Paul Classic, pictured here along my '70 Les Paul Bass....

 

[Jeff Scott]

The guitarist on a band I was in years ago has a"real" gold-top LP with mini-humbuckers. 1971 vintage or thereabouts. He's the original owner.

 

[ajkula66]

The guitarist on a band I was in years ago has a"real" gold-top LP with mini-humbuckers. 1971 vintage or thereabouts. He's the original owner.

Nice.

Strangely enough, my aforementioned friend owned a '73 LP DeLuxe with mini humbuckers in Sunburst which was unfortunately sold during the years of sheer hell that the late '90s were around here. His prized possession for the past 30 years or so has been a '71 Tele, custom-bound, stripped finish. A terrific instrument.

 

[zontar]

Not mine

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[zontar]

Fender did make a version of this later
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[zontar]

I found a spring that fits the vibrato bar on the Marlin guitar I am slowly reassembling.
It’s ot a Bigsby.
The multi packs seemed too excessive and cost more, and that’s all I have found from them and most companies.
This is one not a multi pack, so cost is lower, but I have checked and sizewise and heightwise if fits great, so it will work.
So one more thing off the list.
If I don’t find something for the tuners, or bridge before the fall, there is a guitar show with a vendor that has stuff like that.
He has vintage stuff and newer replacement parts.
He has a website, but it’s tricky to navigate, as I have looked there, and he doesn’t list everything
So I might just take the neck with me, and see what he has.
I expect the bridge to be the largest expense…

 

[zontar]

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[Gopherbassist]

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Those look cool, what are they?

 

[zontar]

Those look cool, what are they?

Mini Les Pauls Gibson made for Les, partly as a novelty, but apparently Les used them live for playing sped up parts live.
Above all else, Les was an entertainer

 

[Swipter]

This is the last one, a 1999 Fender Strat MIM Standard with a rosewood neck. I have no words for how good the neck is in this. I also have a 2014 Fender Strat MIM with a maple neck. Both of these are outstanding.

I have a preference for older guitars.

 

[zontar]

Gretsches.
This one tempted me when I was looking for a P90 guitar

 

[zontar]

A number of years ago I visited this guitar store in Victoria, I forget the name.
A bunch of cool old and/or oddball stuff.
I wish I’d had a good way to get some of it home.
No telling how much I would have bought if it were local

 

[zontar]

Mood lighting

(Yes the main one is a bass VI, but there are guitars beside it)
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