Trennasol
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Ok, after 20+ years of playing guitar, I've only in the last 2 years taken a shine to the glorious Les Paul. In that two years I've owned a Classic(very briefly) and currently own a '74 Standard. However, I'm not real sure about all the model differences and changes that's gone on with the LP over the last 50 years. Therefore, I need some advice.
I tried out an '86 Ebony LP Custom(three pickup's) today, which played like butter. The gold hardware showed it's age, but made the guitar even more endearing to me. The body was in really good shape concerning nix and dings. However, the headstock seems to have endured a fairly serious injury at some point in it's life. There was a V shape crack on the back of the headstock and the store owner said the guy who traded it in had had it 'fixed.' The guitar stayed in tune even after being put to the test with some serious bending. I really like the guitar, but the headstock thing scared me off. I've heard that some LP's with headstock damage can be fixed as good, if not better than new. Any experienced thoughts on this? The tag on the guitar was $1100.
I don't know much about 80's model Les Paul's. Any advice on 86 Customs?
Thanks in advance,
T
I tried out an '86 Ebony LP Custom(three pickup's) today, which played like butter. The gold hardware showed it's age, but made the guitar even more endearing to me. The body was in really good shape concerning nix and dings. However, the headstock seems to have endured a fairly serious injury at some point in it's life. There was a V shape crack on the back of the headstock and the store owner said the guy who traded it in had had it 'fixed.' The guitar stayed in tune even after being put to the test with some serious bending. I really like the guitar, but the headstock thing scared me off. I've heard that some LP's with headstock damage can be fixed as good, if not better than new. Any experienced thoughts on this? The tag on the guitar was $1100.
I don't know much about 80's model Les Paul's. Any advice on 86 Customs?
Thanks in advance,
T