A question regarding one of the LEs Pauls on the welcome page of this site

[Lance Keltner]

There is a flame top on the home page of this site with a jazz looking tail piece. VERY Cool looking guitar.

Does anyone know off hand what model Historic paul that would be?

Thanks,

Lance

 

[Chilters59]

Uh, oh...

:lol1

 

[markguitar]

There is a flame top on the home page of this site with a jazz looking tail piece. VERY Cool looking guitar.

Does anyone know off hand what model Historic paul that would be?

Thanks,

Lance

That's a real Burst, not a Historic

 

[Lance Keltner]

A real burst with a trapez jazz looking tail piece? Never heard of one of those before.

 

[Cody]

I can't open the home page without a 50% chance of crashing, but if this is what you're talking about:

http://www.lespaulforum.com/wittrock/fullimages/5_f.jpg

...it started out as a Bigsby-equipped burst.

It's been re-Bigsby'd since the pic was taken, I hear.

:wail

 

[Lance Keltner]

That thing looks great! That's the guitar that I was talking about.
What sort of tailpiece is that? I would love to outfit a paul with one of those as the look is so extra groovy!

 

[PRSKILLER]

I agree that is pretty cool, definitely different that`s for sure.

 

[Lily]

Lance, here's a thread about Cooper

 

[dlcjr]

I wonder if gibson would do one with the tailpiece as part of their botb series?

 

[Lance Keltner]

Thanks Lilly,
Neat info!

 

[John Catto]

..What sort of tailpiece is that? I would love to outfit a paul with one of those as the look is so extra groovy!

Lance, that tailpiece was fitted on a number of different Hofner Archtops in the late 50's early 60's. I believe there are a couple of different versions of it with different numbers of cross bars.

http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/steverussell/pres.html

1959 Hofner President

1965 Hofner Ambassador

The tailpiece that was on it when Tom got it is also a Hofner tailpiece similar to the one on this 1959 Club 60

 

[Lance Keltner]

Thanks for the info. Those all look very nice. Is the string tension the same as a bar stop or does it feel different?

 

[Lily]

Yup, here's my early 60's Hofner with a similar tailpiece:

 

[John Catto]

In action!!!

 

[Lily]

Hey, I didn't know Nicholas Cage played guitar!! :lol2

 

[Tom Wittrock]

Thanks for the info. Those all look very nice. Is the string tension the same as a bar stop or does it feel different?

The string tension was less. But I never noticed it as a problem.
The man I got it from said that tailpiece [the one with the perpendicular/straight crossbars] was on there since the early 60's. There was no Bigsby "shadow" at all, just that left by the base of the Hofner tailpiece.
A close examination of some of these pics, will show that the fade, especially around the knobs, is angled, as if it got an angled source of light, that faded away the red. I have never seen that before, or since.
Thanks for linking the thread, Lily. :dude


BTW: Those tailpieces were also used on several American guitars, including many Harmony hollowbodies.

 

[Reinhard]

Hey, I didn't know Nicholas Cage played guitar!! :lol2

:lol2

 

[A.W.Warner]

The tailpiece that was on it when Tom got it is also a Hofner tailpiece similar to the one on this 1959 Club 60

mmmmmhhhh..Club60 :dude

 

[John Catto]

mmmmmhhhh..Club60 :dude

You, sir, are a sicko!

 

[A.W.Warner]

Yes I am !! I love them though I prefer the slightly later PUs