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    Should I stay or should I go? (0 7437 content)

    I would leave it as is. Now myself. I have a 57 TV Model with an incredibly ugly neck repair. A part of me kinda wants to keep it as is but I really should get it touched
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    Why do some people hate vintage guitars?

    I went down the rabbit hole of vintage around 2017 - up to then the idea of owning a real 50s Gibson or Fender was an impossible dream. I totally get what you mean when you write about things being in your head or not. I have played some custom shops that kinda had the feeling but most of the...
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    First 50s Les Paul?

    50s Les Pauls Here are the 50/ Les Paul’s I had last year. All gone now :( The 52 had been converted to 56 specs. The 55 Custom had some kind of headstock repair and neck refin. Great guitars but I became a Fender convert so swapped them for 50s Fenders
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    What's on TV? Show your TVs.

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    What's on TV? Show your TVs.

    Just got my 57 TV a couple of weeks ago. Heavy! 9lbs!! But amazing tone
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    Les Paul Juniors. Is everyone insane?!

    Indeed crazy..... A few days I bought a 57 TV (neck repair) for more than I thought I would ever pay - which will mean at least that I will have had all the different LPs from the 50s - a 52 Goldtop, 55 Jr, 56 Special and now a 57 TV Model - I'm assuming I'll never get to have a PAF Standard or...
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    Here’s something you rarely see show up on a gig these days

    With just the amount of aging and green copper that I love
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    Authentic PAF ??? How to tell ?

    Are these the best pics you have ? I can’t see the lettering clearly
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    Necks on 1952-1960 Les Pauls

    Had a 56 special - very full neck not quite baseball but getting there. Had a 55 Custom that was pretty standard. Played a few other early Customs that were the same. A 55 Jr had what felt like a narrower nut width but a little chunky profile behind it. Quite comfortable and very much like a...
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    Advice on a '53

    Oh ok then. That means you start around 30k+ instead of 22k So refin and repair brings you down to maybe 15? The pickups then another 1 to 2k and that get you to a max price that might take a while to achieve. I think 10-11k is a really good price for both of you.
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    Advice on a '53

    Ok we’re talkings about a trapeze Goldtop? Headstock repair would bring it down from around 20-22k to about 13-14 max. the refin then hurts you quite a bit and would bring it down to 10k max. the rewound pickup again hurts the value. I would say around 8-9k is a fair US value. - in Europe you...
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    My 52 (convert or to convert 2)

    I just traded this one for a 59 Esquire - don't hate me ! Its a 52 that was converted to 56 specs - I got a Mojoaxe bridge and tailpiece but the new owner is getting the more authentic parts to make it a 56.
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    54-58 Les Paul Junior

    I had a 55 Jr (with the bridge close to the pickup) and currently have a 56 Special - the 55 Jr came with a compensated bridge so can't say how well the stock was - it was fine. But the Special is incredibly well intonated and is to be honest more true and clear than most of my other guitars
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    How much do repro tuners affect value of a 1956 Les Paul Special?

    Hi all - first off this isn't about playability or which are the "better tuners" - I just received a guitar that was sold as having original tuners and they aren't - no brass posts, DELUXE instead of single line Kluson Deluxe and no PATENT stamp underneath etc etc. I'm more than annoyed because...
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    Beauty of The Black Beauty - The "Alnico" Custom thread

    This is the second one I checked out - played wonderfully - really blown away. Supposedly a refinished 1954 - it's got the speed knobs at least. But what's bugging me is those last inlays - they don't seem to be the same size - kinda like the reissues.... what do you all think?
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