My Les Paul is 30 today!

Guitar_Slinger

I have a late-40s parlour acoustic and an Antoria lawsuit Strat from April 1977.  BUT my favourite guitar was stamped at the Gibson factory 30 years today.  It's the Les Paul you can see peeking at the bottom of this pic and it could probably do with a re-fret.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9riM1WIcAEDoun.jpg
 
If anyone knows me on FaceBook, there are pics of my playing it on there.

I bought it in the summer of 1993, took it on the first date me and my wife went on in 1994, gigged it 2-3 times a week for over a year and took it to every IGF summer school from 2002-2010.

While my childhood in Liverpool was all about football, the birthday guitar was with me during the times in my adult life that shaped who I am today. Rock n' fucking roll. \m/

Strangefan

Cool story bro..... But If you bought it in 1993 it would be 24?  

mudslide73

You took it with you on a date?

Guitar_Slinger

The guitar was five years old and belonged to a mate of an ex-girlfriend, who used to let me play it when we were at his/his girlfriend's flat. There was no way I could afford a new LP back then and when I told him I was saving up for a new one, he offered to sell me it - the deal was done on the spot!

Months later, I'd dumped the girlfriend and was chasing some Italian au pair and asked if she wanted to see "my band" who had played our first gig the week before. I took her to a jam night where me and the guitar left her alone for 10 minutes when it was our turn to play, before driving her home.

mikeyrob73

@Guitar_Slinger ;
your guitar is exactly 13 years younger than me :-)

BigMonka

Great story :-)
Have you seriously had a guitar since 1993 and the only photo you've got is where it's photobombing a strap photo???

Guitar_Slinger

Lol. No, I don't have a photo hosting place and don't put pictures on Facebook anymore, so there are two old ones on there and the GasFest video which @fretmeister uploaded.

Happy birthday @mikeyrob73 ; *bumps*

rico

Nice story and black Les Pauls sound the best

Use postimages.org and copy there direct link  

Freebird

You had better insure it now that it is has become vintage 

Guitar_Slinger

Ooh!  I've been covered for years, the last few years with Allianz. They didn't mention the vintage thing with another guitar I've got that's 10 years older.  But vintage it is

Sassafras

mudslide73 said:

You took it with you on a date?

She married him, didn't she?

mudslide73

It all makes sense now. Well done and congratulations. It sounds like you're stuck with each other

I've got an eBay search set up for 90s LPs (I've got a 95) as I think it's a great era despite what the internet might say. I've had mine 20 years and it's still my main guitar. 

thomasross20

I know that guitar!

Guitar_Slinger

@thomasross20 video of us playing at GasFest in 2005, from 2m 36

thomasross20

Haha - we deserve an Oscar  
I often think back fondly on that
EDIT - 2005... jesus..