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I just received this bulletin from "We Sell Guitars" on MySpace: " WE SELL GUITARS LTD are pleased to announce we have been asked to broker the sale of Keith Richards original 1959 Les Paul Standard that was featured in this month's Guitarist Magazine. Please visit our website at...

I'm trying a long shot here. I pulled these pickups out of my 56 LP to either restore them or put them away. I was under no impression that this is original Gibson pickups before I spoke with the first Norwegian owner. Anyway: Could some of you guys confirm if this is original 50's/60's...

On my last visit to the states I fell in love with a mid-30's L-30, in black finish. The sound in that box were fantastic, but unfortunately the guitar was on hold for somebody else and it sold sold a few days later. I just can't get that sound out of my head, and I wondered if there were other...

This picture appeared on another forum and I want to hear the LPF opinion on this. Is this just a shadow on the pic or is this a two piece body?

Since everybody is flashing a lot of beautiful Historic Lesters in here, I wondered if there were any that slipped QC and came out butt ugly? :hee :photos

I guess this might be the place to ask this question: Can anybody give a general description how Gibson changed their finish process during the 60's? Thanks! :salude

I just recently bought a 1956 Les Paul Std, with fairly low s/n: (6 1044) here in Norway. I saw that it was converted from wraparound to TOM, with something that appears to be an original 50's Gibson tailpiece. For about a week ago I visited The Hollywood Vintage room where I found a GT all...

I have a question regarding a Les Paul that I had in the store some while ago. The thing that I can't stop thinking about is that the neck profile isn't rounded like the Historics, but more like a soft V shape. It kind of reminds of the the Fender boat-neck etc. The binding looks original and...

I just ran the serialnumber on my Gray Rossington SG (#48) through the brazilian rosewood database, with the answer; "So far a R1 model doesn't exist". As far as I know the first 75 Rossington SG's have brazilian rosewood & the color on the board is for sure brazilian looking. Isn't the...

I am quarreling with myself these days & I want your point of view regarding this buy I'm about to do. Very soon I have worked up the cash to buy a high-end ES-3x5 & I've dug up these three models, that is in the same price range: 1. Early '63 335, with repaired headstock, replaced fretboard...

I love the sound of the pickups in a '65 335 and I'm thinking about fetching a set of Gibson Patent number pu's to fit in a Historic LP. Have anyone tried this?

This one was displayed on a guitar show we held in Norway last week. It is a '56 Conversion bought from California early in the 90's / late 80's.

I'm writing an article on Les Pauls for a norwegian magazine and I wondered if somebody could provide me with some info on the weight reduction on Les Paul models? Are they still doing this? When did they start? If they stopped doing this, when did that happen? All info would be helpful!

My R9 CA has finally arrived and it sings like nothing else. I fitted some Fralins (8K neck/9K bridge) in it and one problem has occurred. The guitar is very dark sounding acoustic, but when plugged it is almost like a bass guitar, especially in neck position. Nothing like the R7 that I have...

I wonder how much it would cost me to get the Custom Shop to build me one of these... Only few of these were produced in the late 50's early 60's on custom orders and the last batch were in a different shape. A rumour says that a Gibson employee had an accident and destryed the jig in a...