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Tough crowd! I'm on my work computer, so, for some reason I can't reach Matt's Guitar Shop home page. Here's the facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=zappa%20les%20paul
Looks to me like a late 53/54 with the wrap-tail removed and the bigsby/tuneamatic added, tele bridge pickup added, some weird switching/controls. Does anyone know anything more about it? It looks like it sold at auction and Matt's Guitar Shop now has it. It was discussed here back in 2012...
This is definitely in far worse shape than my 59 was (bigsby removed, one solder joint touched up, really faded). That took a while to sell. It was definitely over $200k, but add up refret, replaced bridge, heavily rewired, needs new pickguard, Bigsby scars, little figure, bad fade... I don't...
Thanks MF! Yeah, I'm not really short of vintage Gibsons. Still got the 58 BB with the Mueller neck, a single cut and SG Jr. Single cut and double cut Specials. 330, 335, 175. And a few reissues-Firebird, 335, 330. Plus Gibson inspired old PRS, Hamer and others. I'm happy!
I should preface this with thanks to the folks who helped me with this stage of my life: Wittrock, Ganzler, Terry Mueller, Andy Yonke, Dave Rogers and many others. My thanks to you all for a LOT of fun!
More than 20 years ago, I stopped collecting oddball Americana (Microfets, Robin...) and...
I saw some threads about these guitars and decided to haul mine out. Some good stuff I'd forgotten and some problems:
1. Weights 8#12oz on my shipping scale!
2. Finish is nicely weathered, with buckle wear but intact where it needs to be.
3. Missing a few of parts: waffle back tuners, screws...
I'm interested in getting a slightly more accurate one than I currently have. The Custom Shop is cheaper, Dave says it's quite accurate. The Bartlett is probably more accurate, nicely aged and has better pickups. Any thoughts about which might be closer to the real thing?