Les Paul's first Les Paul

WezV

Up for auction

https://guitar.com/news/les-pauls-number-one-auction/

guitars4you

wow - that is some piece of history - would not have a clue as to what price it might acquire

earwighoney

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

I imagine someone will buy it and have it converted into 'A Burst'...

Grangousier

And would it have fetched even more money if he'd left it stock?

( /jk )

bencowling81

Would def want to know weight and neck profile before bidding

Grumpyrocker

I expect Kirk will be wahwahing with it on the next Metallica tour. 

oldhorsemurphy

Or Joe B will buy it and lock it up somewhere 

Offset

Grumpyrocker said:

I expect Kirk will be wahwahing with it on the next Metallica tour. 

That would be tough to stomach.  I fervently hope it ends up in a museum where it belongs so it can be seen by as many people as possible, rather than languishing in some rich collector's vault.

Philly_Q

That hyphen in Vib-Rola seems particularly unnecessary.

Skipped

earwighoney said:

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

I imagine someone will buy it and have it converted into 'A Burst'...

A Conversion is a heavily modified Gibson Les Paul.

It seems amazing that you didn't notice that Les Paul started modifying this guitar as soon as he received it, or..... that all of his working guitars were heavily modified Gibson Les Pauls.

Unless of course you are posting to attack Les Paul the man.

guitargeek62

Offset said:

Grumpyrocker said:

I expect Kirk will be wahwahing with it on the next Metallica tour. 

That would be tough to stomach.  I fervently hope it ends up in a museum where it belongs so it can be seen by as many people as possible, rather than languishing in some rich collector's vault.

I'd rather see it bought by someone (like Kirk) who's likely to take it on the road and play it to an audience

Grumpyrocker

Offset said:

Grumpyrocker said:

I expect Kirk will be wahwahing with it on the next Metallica tour. 

That would be tough to stomach.  I fervently hope it ends up in a museum where it belongs so it can be seen by as many people as possible, rather than languishing in some rich collector's vault.

Kirk would play it, as it does with the Green/Moore guitar. And while I'm not a huge fan of him, I thought it was brilliant he plays it live rather than leaves it in a cabinet. 

impmann

Thats the guitar I always said was the coolest Les Paul on planet Earth.

Nothing else comes close, for me. 

terada

Pick guard isn’t aligned perfectly. I’m out. 

earwighoney

Skipped said:

earwighoney said:

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

I imagine someone will buy it and have it converted into 'A Burst'...

A Conversion is a heavily modified Gibson Les Paul.

It seems amazing that you didn't notice that Les Paul started modifying this guitar as soon as he received it, or..... that all of his working guitars were heavily modified Gibson Les Pauls.

Unless of course you are posting to attack Les Paul the man.

No, it was a pithy joke in reference to how a few 50's Les Pauls (eg Gold Tops) have been converted into HB routed 58-59 sunburst replicas.

Personally I think the 50's P90 Les Pauls are the ones I like the most.

Hottubes

Wonderful piece of history right there. Thanks for posting.

GSPBASSES

Or of course Gibson will serve papers and claim it's rightfully theirs, as Les didn't pay for it, or it was only on loan to him as a prototype and they want it back. And most likely charge a fee for having on hire for so long.

AK99

impmann said:

Thats the guitar I always said was the coolest Les Paul on planet Earth.

Nothing else comes close, for me. 

'Tis a lovely looking old thing too. Fantastic.

Barquentine

I'd get it reliced.

rossi

All that ....and a Ford too.

jca74

Is that a Murphy labs finish?

Oh no...hang on...it's still attached...