NGD: Les Paul Custom

xscaramanga

Just taken delivery of a Les Paul Custom that I bought on eBay. It arrived via Parcelforce so I was preparing myself to discover that I'd bought several pieces of Les Paul, but apart from coming out of the case at approximately -200°C everything seems to be in order.

Picture here (it's on Instagram so I don't think I can embed it).

I'm trying to decide whether to keep the pickguard on or off, and (when I inevitably change the pickups) whether to go open coil or covered humbuckers. Please post pictures of customs in all configurations to help me decide!

First impressions are that it's way lighter than my other Les Paul and much more midrangey both acoustically and plugged in.

Serial number is CS-3xxxxx, which I believe makes it a 2003. I don't know whether it's an all mahogany body for that year or a mahogany/maple job. From the acoustic tone, I'd guess mahogany. Can anyone tell me for sure?

Blaendulais

Happy NGD Customs are the best!

Bucket

Gooooooorgeous.

Black Customs are purest win.

xscaramanga

I'm really happy with it so far. Not letting myself play it too much because I have a few rewrites to do on my PhD thesis. I've bought it as a bribe to myself to get the thesis done. I'm going to hide it under a bed at my mum's house and not let myself touch it again until I've finished!

It weighs about a kilo less than my old R4 black beauty, which my back is happy about.

gusman2x

Wow.

stickyfiddle

Lovely!

Brize

Sweet. Keep that pickguard and the pickup covers on.

xscaramanga

Brize said:

Sweet. Keep that pickguard and the pickup covers on.

Sorry Brize, I'm leaning strongly towards the opposite conclusion! 

thebreeze

Very nice.

I imagine you've just typed........"So in conclusion then and having considered all the arguments...........". 

CHRISB50

Good man. I really miss my black Custom.

And removing the pick guard shouldn't even be a consideration! It's a Custom, not a Standard 'Burst

Enjoy!!

Voxman

HNGD - can't beat a LP Custom in ebony with gold hardware for classic rock 'n roll looks!  

merlin

Every ex BIMM students needs one of these! Congratulations!

Voxman

As you can see I embedded the pic for you.  On an instagram its easy to do.  While viewing the page, just to the right of the comments there's a three-dot icon; click on it. A dialogue pops up, asking if you want to report the content as inappropriate or if you want to embed the media. Click embed, then just copy the embed code link. You can uncheck the caption box if you'd rather just post the photo.

breakstuff

Love it,congrats.

xscaramanga

See, they look wicked without pickguards. And it's not like I can't put it back on.




Ignore the Donald Trump binding on that one: my guitar is not afflicted with it.

DLM

Gorgeous.

Brize

jonnyscaramanga said:

See, they look wicked without pickguards.

Nope.

Marshall_stax

Pick guard off - Open coils! They don't look any better than that. Happy NGD mate. 

stickyfiddle

Guard yes. Covers nay!!

Voxman

Its not a proper LP without the pup covers and guard - just accept it.  Anything else is a perversion! 

AndyR

Just google "Brian Robertson Thin Lizzy" you'll soon see what you need to do...