I HATE when this happens!

[Jamvan]

So I pulled out my Les Paul to clean and oil the fretboard only to discover that the poly on the headstock has gone kaput!

It's not like it's a mint '59 Les Paul Standard but it still makes me very sad. It's a '94 that I picked up for a song in '96 as it had a cracked neck that was poorly repaired. The neck has been rock solid for the nearly 20 years that I've owned it and I did a little modification to it a couple years ago.

I guess it's now officially 'road worn!'

 

[bholder]

So that's just finish cracks and delamination? Could get it touched up, I think I'd leave it, "character".

 

[FilterFunk]

So that's just finish cracks and delamination? Could get it touched up, I think I'd leave it, "character".

^This. It actually looks pretty cool.

 

[bholder]

I have to admit, I'd probably have to restrain myself from just chipping off the flaking bits..... (but I guess on poly, that might just cause the delaminating to spread)

 

[bignote]

That, my friend, is called MOJO!

 

[BboogieXVII]

Do you want to sell it?

 

[Jamvan]

Do you want to sell it?

Haha! No.

 

[BboogieXVII]

Haha! No.

Well, it never hurts to ask.

 

[HeavyDuty]

Are you sure a '96 is poly?

 

[Jamvan]

Are you sure a '96 is poly?

It's a '94 and I had assumed it was poly but in doing a little research, it may be nitro. I'm not positive but the fact that it's checked in lines versus a spider web makes me think that it might be.

 

[GBassNorth]

Jam - its a sweet looking LP! If possible keep as is and let the mojo grow.
BTW - what rig are you using with it (Marshall by chance)?

 

[Jamvan]

BTW - what rig are you using with it (Marshall by chance)?

Kind of. I'm running it into the British Stack in my Fender Mustang Floor multi-fx with stereo outs directly into the power amp section of my 1990 Crate G120C-XL 2x12 Limited Edition combo amp. The amp doesn't color it at all and gets plenty of crunch from the modeler that it sounds (almost) convincing!

 

[GBassNorth]

Kind of. I'm running it into the British Stack in my Fender Mustang Floor multi-fx with stereo outs directly into the power amp section of my 1990 Crate G120C-XL 2x12 Limited Edition combo amp. The amp doesn't color it at all and gets plenty of crunch from the modeler that it sounds (almost) convincing!

Sounds awesome!
I tried and really liked the Marshall rig sound with my LP. My Fender super reverb sound incredible with my single coil strats but didn't play well with my humbucking LP. After a few iterations the best bang for the buck half stack I put together for the LP was a Blackstar HT20 with a B52 4x12. Very Marshall sounding at a fraction of the price.

 

[P. Aaron]

There are many threads here on TB of folks wanting to do that very thing among others, to their new basses.