The "In before midnight" NGD... LP Traditional Antique Burst...Better pics added!

Legionreturns

Just to avoid further accusations from @Alnico I've broken out the more powerful lamp and taken some slightly better pics! 

It may not be everyone's cup of tea but I really like the finish, and it plays beautifully. 

I am a very happy bunny tonight! 








**Edit**

I've now been able to take some much better pics with my decent camera. Natural light shows off the finish so much better!

Wazmeister

Nice finish and nice photos mate ! Congrats

Schnozz

The colours are right, but the grain could be better in all honesty; however!! That doesn't mean it's not a beast of a guitar. Canadian Maple can be ugly, but my favourite guitars have been made of it, so there.

This is the best Les Paul I've seen and there's very little flame in sight too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOzXvjgdQc

Legionreturns

Schnozz said:

The colours are right, but the grain could be better in all honesty; however!! That doesn't mean it's not a beast of a guitar. Canadian Maple can be ugly, but my favourite guitars have been made of it, so there.

This is the best Les Paul I've seen and there's very little flame in sight too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOzXvjgdQc

I actually went for this precisely because it's not just another flame maple. It's hard to show it properly in this light but it looks slightly distressed and faded. It's also a stupidly solid block and sustains forever. This is the T Traditional (Traditional Traditional?! Whatever Gibson!) and has no weight relief at all. It's a beast, and I like that. I tried several standards, a couple of classics and a few traditionals before settling on this. 

Schnozz

Legionreturns said:

Schnozz said:

The colours are right, but the grain could be better in all honesty; however!! That doesn't mean it's not a beast of a guitar. Canadian Maple can be ugly, but my favourite guitars have been made of it, so there.

This is the best Les Paul I've seen and there's very little flame in sight too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeOzXvjgdQc

I actually went for this precisely because it's not just another flame maple. It's hard to show it properly in this light but it looks slightly distressed and faded. It's also a stupidly solid block and sustains forever. This is the T Traditional (Traditional Traditional?! Whatever Gibson!) and has no weight relief at all. It's a beast, and I like that. I tried several standards, a couple of classics and a few traditionals before settling on this. 

Good on you - I'd love a Kossoff-esque Paul, but I just can't lift em, so I have to look for SG-like alternatives.

Alnico

That's lovely Chris.

I totally agree about the top, it's nicer for not being flamey.
The lack of pickup switch surround adds to it's look too, very smart.

Well done man, looks awesome and different but still really familiar.

richardhomer

Very nice - congratulations. And if we could all avoid saying ‘poker chip’....

WezV

richardhomer said:

Very nice - congratulations. And if we could all avoid saying ‘poker chip’....

Argh... you said the forbidden words!!!!

p90fool

I really like that, it has the look of a much-loved stripped gold top or something. 

ellwood

Very very nice indeed!!

Teyeplayer

One problem... it’s not a gold top.

Teyeplayer

Piss taking aside... I rather like the unusual grain too. Good choice dude.

darthed1981

Nice!

not_the_dj

Nice. Bet it looks fantastic in the flesh. 

Legionreturns

I'm going to attempt some daylight shots with my nice camera, it might actually do it more justice! 

rlw

My Classic has very little flame and I far prefer it to the Standard I sold - it looks far more, well, classic, like a proper thing to play than to look at.  I really like the way the antique burst looks anyway and this one is very pretty indeed.

Legionreturns

rlw said:

My Classic has very little flame and I far prefer it to the Standard I sold - it looks far more, well, classic, like a proper thing to play than to look at.  I really like the way the antique burst looks anyway and this one is very pretty indeed.

Indeed, that was my thinking. If I'd wanted pretty I'd have gone PRS... I wanted a great guitar to just play. This has 2 tone, 2 volume, 3 way switch and a solid, heavy body. No taps or boosts or any of that stuff. Just a pure players guitar like they used to make. It sounds epic! 

Plus I'm really into natural wood grains, and this has that in spades. 

Legionreturns

I've now added some much better pics to the first post. Natural light really shows this guitar off beautifully 

mikeyrob73

Has someone boil washed a Burst? Where’s all the colour gone??






very nice 

Legionreturns

mikeyrob73 said:

Has someone boil washed a Burst? Where’s all the colour gone??






very nice 

I blame you. If you'd let me buy that studio  

TTony

Ignore the others, I like that grain pattern.  Looks "real".



So, when does the goldtop arrive?