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    1959 Les Paul Guitar Player Magazine 1982

    I agree. The real magic is the hand craftsmanship in the older pieces. The weight and mass may have been and accident but what a good one! They’re much easier to play letting the artist express themselves with better results. The PAF is a weak pickup allowing it to be closer to the strings one...
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    1959 Les Paul Guitar Player Magazine 1982

    I’m not sure about the extra thumb wheels. I had two others one 59 burst and a 57 gold top with humbuckers the back of the tuning head was black on the 57 both of these were players they all would sustain indefinitely but the neck pickup in curly was the best any of us had ever heard. Bob was a...
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    1959 Les Paul Guitar Player Magazine 1982

    I know the history of this 59. I owned her from 84 to 2000. Bob and l renamed her Curly Gates six serial numbers from the famed Pearly gates ,yes Billy has played it and I have recorded with it sound as good as she looks. She spent her whole life in the case. The finish is perfect no dings...
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