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    Why Are The Les Paul Supremes Not So Highly Regarded?

    Kind of like a show pony…. Bring it out occasionally and to be admired i don’t hate that but I grab something more comfortable for every day use
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    What were they thinking!

    Back in the day they were tools, you altered them to suit you if you liked the guitar bloomfields tele from the early butterfield records was traded for the the gold top. The new owner was left handed and he had a cut away done to suit him tje other tele was painted by a friends daughter… it...
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    Volume pot only rolls to 1.5

    Just a short throw pot, but if it bothers you…..
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    What Voltage Do You Run Your Amps At?

    Brown box at 115 or lower
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    ES 330s underrated

    My buddies first electric was a 66 ish 330 in sparkling burgundy. Always loved the sound and playability. got my 2017 Memphis 59 reissue during the pandemic, love it
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    ES 330 not so long ago

    Have a great time in Nashville, cool guitar shops, great food and lots of live music. Arlington guitar show is supposed to be a really good one, my buddies in ft worth go most years if you have some time in Nashville don’t miss the guitar collection at Belmont university library, it is part of...
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    ES 330 not so long ago

    I believe my buddy paid $200 with the hard case in 66 during the plague I paid $3600 for mine:)
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    Amps you sold but should have kept

    2 parter…. I had a 66 super reverb that I bought in 73. Humped that bad boy from champagne, il to Chicago to buffalo to Denver and twice in Denver in the late 80’s I decide it was too loud with kids so I traded it for a badcat cub reverb with 2-10s which was fine except in a crazy search for...
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    2003 50th Anniversary Corvette Gibson Custom Shop LP Corvette

    I feel for you, you have 2 very expensive and time consuming hobbies;) never seen the corvette guitar before… definitely unique
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    My Dad's Gibson!

    Look like an early 60’s b-45 (y)
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    NGD - fact or fiction?

    At the moment I favor p-90s and singles, so it’s my 330 or my Nash tele, next month it could be the Lester same with amps right now in love with my new Columbia reverb, but could easily move to my lil dawg delux or the Aiken 18 watt Marshall type moves the the seasons, I usually take my time...
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    ‘60s pelham blue SG Standards - how many?

    When I was a kid a friend of a friend tried to sell me a busted body ebo bass in Pelham blue, I’m guessing 66 ish
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    '62 SG Special - OK to buy / any red flags?

    Doesn’t appear to have any breaks, finish on the back of the headstock appears original
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    '62 SG Special - OK to buy / any red flags?

    The value is totally dependent on a clean headstock, a crack or repair changes the value immensely
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    '62 SG Special - OK to buy / any red flags?

    I would say it seems very perfect for a 60 yr old, I’d guess a refin but an old one definitely check out the back of the headstock area
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