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And I’m fine with that seeing as it none of my damn business in the first place!!!!
and tbh
it’s no one else’s business other than the OP’s!!!
the work has been done, it looks great, that’s all that matters...
I don't see it for sale yet. Then it will have a price tag.
It will be either worth it or not worth it according to the buyer....or more importantly, what the Internet thinks it's worth.
and, unless you are the op’s business manager, bank manager, accountant or wife. It’s not really any of your business...
it is however the op’s business and I’m sure he is in business to make as much money as possible... so, you can surmise that the guitar now is worth more than the value of the original iteration plus the value of the doner guitars used in the conversion process... or he wouldn’t have done it...
Now, that final value has cock all to do with me, you or anyone else... unless of course me, you or anyone else is actually going to buy it!... in which case I’m fairly certain a deal won’t be struck on this thread on a public forum for the entire world to see...
get over it, move on and just sit back and admire the craftsmanship that went into turning a butt ugly les Paul into something that looks great and is probably now more desirable....
If you really must put a value on it, check the compleated listings on eBay, sometimes that’s quite a good barometer of used guitar prices!...
Long before I was a luthier, focused on the specific niche of vintage Gibson restorations/conversions, I worked on Denmark Street 40-50hrs a week, up to my neck in ‘50s/‘60s Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, Gretsch, D’Angelico, Guild guitars and amps etc day in day out, maintaining, setting up and most relevant to this thread, authenticating and valuing for insurance purposes.
From doing this daily, for several years, as well as buying scores of vintage guitars for myself from my late teens, I have a very, very strong grip (albeit conservative I find..), on the real world values of any guitar in my spectrum of interest, as well as individual parts, regardless of condition or originality.
All that rolls over into my current role, as I buy and restore/convert husks and populate them with vintage parts, and tally cost against ‘value’ as a completed guitar, and in the context of other examples for sale or sold.
Suffice to say, and pretty much regardless of anyone else who isn’t a seasoned collector, dealer or vintage expert, I know exactly what this guitar IS and also it’s worth simply from about 20 years of obsessive focus and hands on experience in the field, and the pretty privileged vantage point of being an extremely experienced buyer, seller, restorer and field expert all rolled into one.
I don’t really feel compelled to comment beyond that, as I’m not motivated to convince strangers and casual spectators why I’ve come to my conclusions from the thousands thousands of hours I’ve lived and breathed this stuff, when they’re just shooting from the hip, but suffice to say in my expert opinion, this is the best thing that’s ever happened to this guitar, and it’s in its most desirable incarnation to date
Having said that, what has blown me away is the workmanship. If I hadn’t seen the “during” photos, I would have had real difficulty believing the “after” photos. The matching of the grain on the replaced binding, the filling of the back binding channel, and especially the filling of the pickup hole are almost beyond belief.
This is a fantastic thread - it’s been just so wonderful to see it. Thanks so much for sharing.
Of more import - does this mean you have a spare PAF floating around? Trade for a boxed anniversary DS-1? :-)
top work
Amazing work OP. What a stunning guitar and fabulous talent in making it so.
I’d guess doing what the op does he’s encountered all kinds of silliness before, and he’s still going, so has grown a thick skin.
Good on you man. It’s amazing.
And obviously quite polarising!
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
Keep 'em coming
Rob
Absolutely love your work and knowledge. Fantastic guitar!
Genuine question: What's going on with the neck pickup location in relation to the fingerboard end?
I know the ring is not screwed down.
It's not just the gap, it appears that the pickup ring sits quite low compared to the end of the neck.
The only thing I can think of is maybe the neck angle on a 60 LPC is different to a 59 Burst? I'm not nit-picking as I am genuinely interested!