1952 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop For Sale - not mine

tony99

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2537785483103329/

that's got to literally be worth billions surely?

badlydrawnbanjo

Rick's got some stunning vintage stuff just come up. There's a 345 and a SG special in particular that caught my eye.

clarkefan

Wow, case queen or what? 67ish years old and hardly a mark on it, or the case lining, no discolouring on the inlays, wow again. Would have liked to see the back of course.

artiebear

Looks lovely. Having previously owned and sold a '52 conversion and an all original '54 ( nothing like as clean as that ), I would say that is a really fair price for a nice piece of history. 

ICBM

'52s aren't worth that much, because of the odd bridge - which if it's the original, makes the guitar very hard to play because the strings wrap under the bar. That one has a modern replacement bridge with a lowered bar fitted, so it can be strung normally (and intonated properly as well).

The price is pretty much what I would expect for one with the amp.

tony99

ICBM said:

'52s aren't worth that much, because of the odd bridge - which if it's the original, makes the guitar very hard to play because the strings wrap under the bar. That one has a modern replacement bridge with a lowered bar fitted, so it can be strung normally (and intonated properly as well).

The price is pretty much what I would expect for one with the amp.

he states that the original bridge is included though

clarkefan

ICBM said:

'52s aren't worth that much, because of the odd bridge - which if it's the original, makes the guitar very hard to play because the strings wrap under the bar. That one has a modern replacement bridge with a lowered bar fitted, so it can be strung normally (and intonated properly as well).

The price is pretty much what I would expect for one with the amp.

Actually not really, it's a technique thing, like adapting to switching between a Tele and a Super 400 or something.  But, yes, a modified bridge makes things a lot more straightforward.

ICBM

tony99 said:

he states that the original bridge is included though

I know. It probably doesn't increase the value though, it's purely for completeness - most players wouldn't want to put it back on.

If I remember rightly the cases from the '52s aren't worth stupid money either, because they were made for the flatter neck angle of the guitars and hence don't fit a later model with the stopbar or tune-o-matic.

Not putting it down at all by the way, I like these exactly because of the low neck angle... but I still don't have £20K to spend on a guitar.

tony99

ICBM said:

tony99 said:

he states that the original bridge is included though

... but I still don't have £20K to spend on a guitar.

well we'll go halves then, I'll work out a rota

sawyer

Awesome!!!