NGD - Les Paul

Boromedic

Wow! Lovely that, much prefer a plainer top. Enjoy and HNGD!

Neil

Very nice indeed.

Lovely to actually get what you have always yearned for. 

CHRISB50

That is one marvellous looking Les Paul. Enjoy.

duotone

Very nice! Are you keeping the pickguard on?

RMJ

duotone said:

Very nice! Are you keeping the pickguard on?

Of course I am!!!

Musicman20

Plain tops are SO much nicer. Understated and cool.

usedtobe

Musicman20 said:

Plain tops are SO much nicer. Understated and cool.

Indeed.

meep-meep

RMJ said:

Ever since I started playing guitar I always wanted to own a custom shop Les Paul. I'm 40 in January so I was going to buy one as a present to myself then. But the Peach 24hr 10% discount on all stock made the temptation to pull the trigger now too much to bear!

Its a 2017 1958 standard in dirty lemon. Peach had several that were already discounted (presumably as 2017 'old stock') and I took the punt to buy without trying it. But its wonderful. The top is very understated, which I like, but it plays and sounds like an absolute dream. In fact I'm loving it more every time I pick it up. 

I've owned a 2013 Les Paul Traditional from new  (now in the classifieds ) - AB'd against this made me realise just how good the Traditional is. Whilst I love that guitar, I always had an itch for a Custom Shop, and wondered what the extra outlay actually buys you. For me its fine margins - they both weigh same, 9lb. The CS sound appeals to me more and the volume and tone controls provide such a wide variety of tones - the best sounds for me are with the volume and tone rolled back - flutey heaven! The CS is slightly more resonant and feels a tad nicer in the hand. I also prefer the VOS finish, though that's entirely subjective. Aggregated these things make it more appealing to pick up, play and improve, which for me justified the extra over cost. 
 
Anyway...I'm well happy.

It's pretty. Big fan of the subtler tops. Thankfully we've mostly buried the quilted maple nightmares of the 90's.