NGD: little bit of Les Paul goodness.

earwighoney

Gassage said:

NGD....light as a feather...

Wonderful and I can assure the pics don't do it justice.

The fence could do with a bit of Ronseal. 

Nice looking guitar though. 

richardhomer

earwighoney said:

Gassage said:

NGD....light as a feather...

Wonderful and I can assure the pics don't do it justice.

The fence could do with a bit of Ronseal. 

Nice looking guitar though. 

It’s a relic’d fence....

guitars4you

Gassage said:

Honestly? Clive B (I was told) reliced 2004 standard. Now, if you know your LP's, 2004 was a fine year. Relic job is fantastic as the colour is right.

that 2002 to around 2006 period are good LP Std - without getting into all the replica market, this is a good period for LP Std's

bodhi

Very cool - congrats!

stonevibe

Needs robot tuners and a hologram... 

Jez6345789

I think we are talkin more than a little Les Paul goodness here lol

bloody lovely

JD50

stonevibe said:

Needs robot tuners and a hologram... 

And a bigsby....

Danielsguitars

miserneil said:

Clive Brown?!! More like Mrs Brown!

Lol i thought the same, I've only seen one of clives refinishes on a strat and it was bloody fantastic 

sawyer

 nickel covers if it was mine. Nice lookin guitar.

Adam_MD

guitars4you said:

Gassage said:

Honestly? Clive B (I was told) reliced 2004 standard. Now, if you know your LP's, 2004 was a fine year. Relic job is fantastic as the colour is right.

that 2002 to around 2006 period are good LP Std - without getting into all the replica market, this is a good period for LP Std's

Why is that @guitars4you? ;Genuine question btw.  

Fortheloveofguitar

Nice score that 

i wouldnt of bought it as his pics didn’t sell it well. Yours look much better

richardhomer

Adam_MD said:

guitars4you said:

Gassage said:

Honestly? Clive B (I was told) reliced 2004 standard. Now, if you know your LP's, 2004 was a fine year. Relic job is fantastic as the colour is right.

that 2002 to around 2006 period are good LP Std - without getting into all the replica market, this is a good period for LP Std's

Why is that @guitars4you? ;;;Genuine question btw.  

2002 was a significant year for LP Standards; more ‘vintage’ sounding pick-ups (Burst Buckers), correct ‘narrow’ binding in cutaway, vintage style tuners, narrow headstocks, figured tops, more ‘vintage correct’ sunbursts and a general uplift in fit and finish.

These things were maintained for a few years, before two-piece backs, cast machines, locking jack sockets, coil taps, et al were introduced.

Adam_MD

Interesting @richardhomer ;I didn’t know any of that.  

Danielsguitars

i always got the impression 2002 was a good year for gibson too

Aidanspaghetti

I had a belter of a 05 std that i had to sell... Constantly keeping an eye out for it.. Lovely les paul Gassage!

guitars4you

richardhomer said:

Adam_MD said:

guitars4you said:

Gassage said:

Honestly? Clive B (I was told) reliced 2004 standard. Now, if you know your LP's, 2004 was a fine year. Relic job is fantastic as the colour is right.

that 2002 to around 2006 period are good LP Std - without getting into all the replica market, this is a good period for LP Std's

Why is that @guitars4you? ;;;Genuine question btw.  

2002 was a significant year for LP Standards; more ‘vintage’ sounding pick-ups (Burst Buckers), correct ‘narrow’ binding in cutaway, vintage style tuners, narrow headstocks, figured tops, more ‘vintage correct’ sunbursts and a general uplift in fit and finish.

These things were maintained for a few years, before two-piece backs, cast machines, locking jack sockets, coil taps, et al were introduced.

sorry for late reply but Richard has covered key points - Remember during the 70's, 80's and 90's and LP Std's had plain tops, so very little in the way of 'vintage character' - I'm not saying bad guitars, as some are better than others in this era, but not Gibson's finest according to many - 2002 was a turning point as the spec was changed and the 'wow' level went up in many players eyes

Yet despite getting so many features correct, Gibson started to muck around with the LP Standard - that jack socket, printed circuit board for pots, with clear control back plate, neck profile etc etc

Can't recall which year Gibson started with the 'chambered weight relief' models - some say 2004 some say 2006 - Without an x-ray machine it is sometimes hard to tell if it is chambered or not