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"is that a REAL les paul?"

#62
Back in the 80's us sibs got together and pooled our cash and bought our dad a used LP with gold hardware and a three tone cherry burst. It was the first real electric he had ever owned. He told me a few months after we gave it to him he learned more about electric guitar playing in the time he had the LP then he did in his entire previous experience playing electric. He was not really up on the whole LP mythology so it came as a real surprise to him when he took it in to a local shop to get some new strings put on it and (in his words) everyone acted like it was the Maltese Falcon. In subsequent trips back to that shop he became "the Les Paul guy"
 
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#64
I had that experience too.

But it was back in 1976 when I first started playing. Back then only God could afford to own a Les Paul.

I still remember my first friend who had a Carlo Robelli Les Paul (they weren’t anything like the current Carlo Robelli). That guitar was gorgeous, and to this day probably my favorite guitar of all time. Or at least the experience of playing it back then. It was beyond awesome. And it cost $300. Much more than my parents would ever fork over for a guitar.
 
#65
i used to ride a vintage bicycle with a Brooks saddle that looked a bit like this:

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I was at the beach one day and came back to where I'd parked to see a guy LITERALLY caressing my bicycle seat. It was very disturbing.
 
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In my first "real" band (around 1974, I think), the two guitarists each had a Les Paul, one sunburst, the other black. I don't recall anyone, including any musicians we ran into, make a big deal of it (maybe it was because neither of them was really very good). I just thought "oh, nice that they could afford a Les Paul, and didn't have to settle for a Strat" Seeing something other than a Fender, Gibson or Rick was kind of unusual back then.
 
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Pirate Captain said:
i used to ride a vintage bicycle with a Brooks saddle that looked a bit like this:

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I was at the beach one day and came back to where I'd parked to see a guy LITERALLY caressing my bicycle seat. It was very disturbing.
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My old Brooks Saddle - that I've had since 1965 - is all I have left from my cycling days. And, it wasn't new then; it was on an old 5-speed that I got out of an English rubbish tip... a well cared for, broken-in Brooks saddle is a true joy... I'd probably have caressed your Brooks, too - if I didn't have one of my own to fondle...:whistle:
 
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AshInAmsterdam said:
Similar vibes in the retro gaming community. Patting someone’s back for buying something available to anyone to buy....
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I don't get that either, but I see it a lot when someone posts a photo of a great bass or guitar on FB. A few will call them lucky, but it's usually an easily acquired item that didn't require luck, just money.
Those folks who have the money to buy it aren't necessarily luckey either, maybe they just know how to save money.
 
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