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Fuck's.
Sake.
This thread...
Then get a new burst made from scratch to those specs. (or make one!)
Saying that, awesome job!
What I'd be a bit concerned about is, if it was to be sold at any point, eventually you don't know who might get their hands on it.
Is there anything could be done to it to make sure? Some discret mark in the cavity or something?
That cavity though! When I seen that gaping hole I never thought it would have looked that good.
What a sublime talent @jumping@shadows has.
I don’t know what’s the price is on this guitar but at least the work and what been done to it has been well documented.
It is also a stark reminder that a LOT of people shouldn't have access to the internet.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1
Fortunately I'll probably never have to worry about these things anyway
The guitar looks brilliant.
Customs are rubbish.
Black LPs are rubbish.
It's a guitar that had an interesting story and now continues to have an interesting story and a new life. It still plays. Nothing about it is ruined.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
I'll never be able to afford anything from a junior up, let alone custom shop stuff so I don't worry about it, I just make mine because I can
(formerly customkits)
That makes the custom 50% more expensive than the standard, so "wasting a standard body on a custom before knowledge that either would have any kind of vintage guitar cachet, makes sense as it would end up on the more expensive guitar.
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
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Not all of them have the Gibson logo actually branded into the wood, some had the same silkscreened gold logo as The Paul.
All mahogany, then it's a Firebrand or Deluxe, all Walnut it's a 'The Paul'.
Both types had ebony fretboards & are great guitars for the money.
Not claiming Wikipedia is the source of all wisdom, but it's fairly clear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_The_Paul
Edit https://www.tdpri.com/threads/ngd-gibson-firebrand-the-paul-deluxe-1981.879760/
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Ah nuts!
It says on it Gibson Firebrand "the paul" Deluxe. No burnt bits though. All 'hog (ebo.brd).
Sure I read somewhere that they just used old firebrand trcovers to save money. The whole point of these was a cheap but gig worthy guitar so I thought that was alright (Gibson do these kinds of guitars well imho).
Could be a parcel of pish.
I went back to the first few pages to refresh my memory about what was being discussed in this thread. I think it is sad to read the negative and questioning posts. First things first, it is the owners guitar and he is free to do what he likes with it. In this case he took a restoration guitar and rebuilt it to what he wanted it to be. And while I never saw the actual guitar, it looks a superb job he did and IMHO the finished guitar is way more interesting than when it had three pickups.
I am fortunate in that I got a chance to play a few chords on a real '59 burst a few years ago. For the five minutes it was in my hands, I held what Gibson were capable of building, a Les Paul that actually wanted to be played. The balance between the pickups was simply amazing, no new Gibson I tried since came anywhere near that standard. So for someone to have the skills to assemble a guitar from guitars and 'bits' from that era, and the result would be in that ballpark is truly inspirational.
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