"is that a REAL les paul?"

[Killed_by_Death]

Yes, Saul Hudson's first LP wasn't really a LP, but Gibson copied everything about it, even some burn marks.

I thought Eric Clapton was known for his Strat & IIRC Andy Summers sold it to him.

 

[gjohnson441496]

the guitar player (who i later started dating and we've been married for ages) paid $800 for his 1971 black beauty in rat condition with missing parts; he assembled some original hardware and it's complete but it's missing some paint, the hardware is missing some gold and he's received offers of over $3500 for it as is!

You were like, “Wow, he’s playing a Les Paul. I’m NLUV!”

 

[Son of Wobble]

You were like, “Wow, he’s playing a Les Paul. I’m NLUV!”

They are a husband and wife who share a guitar fetish. How handy is that?

Good idea for a thread, @pcake
I love how TB is always fresh yet always reassuringly the same. Like good pop music!

 

[gjohnson441496]

I have a modded '83 LP studio that is my fav. I can't use Strats because the volume knob gets in the way of my hand placement.

I love my Strat. It sounds really good. But, being relatively new to guitar, I’m constantly changing the volume and hitting the pickup selectors by mistake. Maybe I should buy a Les Paul. But they’re so freaking heavy.

 

[steve4765630]

I really despise it when people are judged by the brand of instrument, number of strings on their bass, the number of, or lack there of, pedals they use, etc. It's like, bro, I'm making music that I enjoy on gear that I really like. If that bothers you or think my music is horrible, then leave. I've heard guys kill it on a Squier and totally bomb on an Alembic.

I've seen people that got into a band and were told what instrument brands or types were and were not allowed. Unless it's a "look alike" band that is billed to look exactly like the Beatles, Stones, Zep, whoever, who really cares. Do they play and sound great on that "unapproved instrument"? Then let the poor fellow play it.

 

[pcake]

You were like, “Wow, he’s playing a Les Paul. I’m NLUV!”

not at all. i was like "he can play 16th notes really fast when we play metal and punk rock! - i'm NLUV"

 

[Member8675309]

I’ve asked people if they wanted to smell my bass before. The nitro smells like vanilla. Looking back on it I suppose it is kinda strange. Standing there, smiling while they smell my bass. Yeah, I think I’m going to put that one on the back burner for now.

Edit: I made my five year old son smell the Gibson this morning. His reply was, “Mmmmm, smells like candy.”

 

[Renaissance]

Is that you Bahama Bass?

 

[pcake]

I’ve asked people if they wanted to smell my bass before. The nitro smells like vanilla. Looking back on it I suppose it is kinda strange. Standing there, smiling while they smell my bass. Yeah, I think I’m going to put that one on the back burner for now.

yes, indeed - it is kinda strange

 

[Son of Wobble]

I’ve asked people if they wanted to smell my bass before. The nitro smells like vanilla. Looking back on it I suppose it is kinda strange. Standing there, smiling while they smell my bass. Yeah, I think I’m going to put that one on the back burner for now.

I bought a Gibson Melody Maker off Craigslist and the seller, who himself smelled like he had just bonged out, insisted I smell the guitar case to confirm how new and fresh it was.
I, being a guest in the seller 's home, dutifully obliged. Mmmmmm new case!

 

[GIBrat51]

You simply can never tell, when you deal with people. Shortly after I bought this '01 COY Rick, I decided to have the push/pull treble tone switch and the capacitor (which '2001's don't have) installed by the local dealer (Sam Ash). When I walked up to the front counter to get a check in slip, everybody there freaked out at the silver "vintage" Rick case (which all lefty Ricks ship with). Within 3 minutes of opening the case, to get the serial number and description of the bass, just about everyone in the store was crowded around it, like I had brought in The Holy Grail, or my pet Velociraptor... It took me 15 minutes to get it through the store, back to the service area - and, even then, I had to open the case twice more to get there. When the luthier opened the case(yes, they had one - a good one - at the time), even he just stood there with his mouth hanging open; so long, that I was afraid he was going to drool on it. His first words were a whispered, reverential "Ho-lee S**t... Desert Gold... and, OMG.. it's a lefty?!?" After that, I don't take it out of the house much...

 

[Member8675309]

I bought a Gibson Melody Maker off Craigslist and the seller, who himself smelled like he had just bonged out, insisted I smell the guitar case to confirm how new and fresh it was.
I, being a guest in the seller 's home, dutifully obliged. Mmmmmm new case!

Man, they do smell good. I guess it’s kinda like saying, “Hey, check out this cologne.”

Gibson should put that scent in a bottle, but then I supposed QC would be such a mess that some people would be walking around smelling like poo.

 

[James Collins]

I've had the opposite happen.

A kid came up to me on a gig and asked if my Sadowsky Metro Will Lee was a copy of a Fender. So I told him yeah, it was a Japanese copy.

I think that is how everyone playing an Alembic, G&L, Warwick, Fodera, etc feels. Have you ever considered swapping the headstock decals with some Fender ones?

 

[Spectrum]

Rickenbackers definitely get attention. They look cool and sound good but for some reason they have some kind of mystique around them. It's not like they're super expensive, really, and they aren't hard to find if you look around. But they are popular attractions.

Reminds me of a guy I played with back in the 80's. He had a tobacco sunburst Les Paul that was quite beat up. I noticed it had a ring of chunks out of the lacquer around the edge. When I asked him about it, he said that he would have the people he played with, and some semi-celebrities, BITE the edge of his guitar. "It's just a chunk of wood" he'd say.. "A tool. Nothing more".

Along with my own bite marks, his guitar had bite marks from members of Sweeney Todd, Trooper, Prism, BTO, Loverboy...

You actually put your mouth on that?

 

[Engle]

Yes, Saul Hudson's first LP wasn't really a LP, but Gibson copied everything about it, even some burn marks.

I thought Eric Clapton was known for his Strat & IIRC Andy Summers sold it to him.

In the 60’s Clapton played SGs and Les Pauls.

 

[Lo-E]

I had a friend in the 80s who played aHondo copy of a Hamer. Hondos were reviled back then (unfairly, IMO) and a lot of players covered the headstock logos on them to avoid the stigma of playing a Hondo.

My friend, tongue firmly in cheek, covered the logo on his and replaced it with the logo of a brand he deemed more respectable: Crayola!

 

[Gluvhand]

In the 60’s Clapton played SGs and Les Pauls.

And a ES335.

 

[Herrick]

I just play in my church these days. Rehearsal is Wednesdays after work so I tote my bass to work on Wednesdays. Beautiful tweed case with a small Fender logo. And invariably, anyone that walks in my office when it is here does the very same thing... Is that a REAL Fender? Can I see it??....... I have a forty year old bass that sits in a stand wide open for anyone to see. It's my lunchtime stress reliever. It's a cool restored old bass (my first). I cannot think of anyone that has ever even mentioned that when they come in here.

Are they still impressed when they find out it's a bass instead of a guitar

When someone asks, say "It's real, and it's spectacular!".

If that's Terri Hatcher, I've seen them in a movie before and while they were real they were not spectacular.

 

[shwabilly]

View attachment 2840591 You simply can never tell, when you deal with people. Shortly after I bought this '01 COY Rick, I decided to have the push/pull treble tone switch and the capacitor (which '2001's don't have) installed by the local dealer (Sam Ash). When I walked up to the front counter to get a check in slip, everybody there freaked out at the silver "vintage" Rick case (which all lefty Ricks ship with). Within 3 minutes of opening the case, to get the serial number and description of the bass, just about everyone in the store was crowded around it, like I had brought in The Holy Grail, or my pet Velociraptor... It took me 15 minutes to get it through the store, back to the service area - and, even then, I had to open the case twice more to get there. When the luthier (yes, they had one - a good one - at the time), even he just stood there with his mouth hanging open; so long, that I was afraid he was going to drool on it. His first words were a whispered, reverential "Ho-lee S**t... Desert Gold... and, OMG.. it's a lefty?!?" After that, I don't take it out of the house much...

When I was about 17 years old, in around 92', I saved up money from my part time job and bought a used 73' Ric 4001. I recieved quite a bit of attention with that bass. I was actually gigging bars at that age, and I got asked about it a lot. A few years later, that Ric would be stolen out of my band's van after a gig. Luckily insurance covered it and I got another one.

 

[superdick2112]

Rickenbackers definitely get attention. They look cool and sound good but for some reason they have some kind of mystique around them. It's not like they're super expensive, really, and they aren't hard to find if you look around. But they are popular attractions.

This ^
I have a pair of USA Spectors that cost more than my 1st car, but they don't get a fraction of the comments & compliments that my Rickenbackers do.