zhivago
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Hi everyone,
I thought I would share some images of the 1956 Les Paul Custom that I bought this week.
The guitar has had a well-repaired headstock crack that is over-sprayed. The rest is all there, even though the pots had to be-rewired from the shop. The seller also said there was a possibility that a couple of the pots aren't original, but they work well, so I don't mind that much.
The issues of the guitar brought it down to a sane price level, and I jumped at the chance of owning my favourite version of 50s Les Pauls (yes, I am a bit weird, I guess!)
You will notice that the amber switch tip is missing. Unfortunately it cracked in transit. I have the pieces so I will try and glue it together, but in the meantime I have ordered a repro from DMC, so that should come through the post later this week.
The guitar is around the 9lbs mark...the seller said 9.2, to be exact, but I have no postal scale to confirm it. It is so light and easy on the shoulder, and it sounds absolutely amazing. It is super resonant and the neck feels incredible...not as fat and huge feeling as the Historic neck on the '03 that I used to have.
The low frets can be a bit tiring, but not too bad...I am going to have it re-fretted in the next couple of weeks, so it will be playing at it's full potential soon.
I have wanted a guitar like this for over a decade...it was well worth the wait and the money spent!
So, on with the pictures...wait for all of them to load...there are quite a few... :jim
I thought I would share some images of the 1956 Les Paul Custom that I bought this week.
The guitar has had a well-repaired headstock crack that is over-sprayed. The rest is all there, even though the pots had to be-rewired from the shop. The seller also said there was a possibility that a couple of the pots aren't original, but they work well, so I don't mind that much.
The issues of the guitar brought it down to a sane price level, and I jumped at the chance of owning my favourite version of 50s Les Pauls (yes, I am a bit weird, I guess!)
You will notice that the amber switch tip is missing. Unfortunately it cracked in transit. I have the pieces so I will try and glue it together, but in the meantime I have ordered a repro from DMC, so that should come through the post later this week.
The guitar is around the 9lbs mark...the seller said 9.2, to be exact, but I have no postal scale to confirm it. It is so light and easy on the shoulder, and it sounds absolutely amazing. It is super resonant and the neck feels incredible...not as fat and huge feeling as the Historic neck on the '03 that I used to have.
The low frets can be a bit tiring, but not too bad...I am going to have it re-fretted in the next couple of weeks, so it will be playing at it's full potential soon.
I have wanted a guitar like this for over a decade...it was well worth the wait and the money spent!
So, on with the pictures...wait for all of them to load...there are quite a few... :jim