• THIS IS THE 25th ANNIVERSARY YEAR FOR THE LES PAUL FORUM! PLEASE CELEBRATE WITH US AND SUPPORT US WITH A DONATION TO KEEP US GOING! We've made a large financial investment to convert the Les Paul Forum to this new XenForo platform, and recently moved to a new hosting platform. We also have ongoing monthly operating expenses. THE "DONATIONS" TAB IS NOW WORKING, AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY DONATIONS YOU CAN MAKE TO KEEP THE LES PAUL FORUM GOING! Thank you!
  • WE HAVE MOVED THE LES PAUL FORUM TO A NEW HOSTING PROVIDER! Let us know how it is going! Many thanks, Mike Slubowski, Admin
  • Please support our Les Paul Forum Sponsors with your business - Gary's Classic Guitars, Wildwood Guitars, Chicago Music Exchange, Reverb.com, Throbak.com and True Vintage Guitar. From personal experience doing business with all of them, they are first class organizations. Thank you!

Current bursts for sale...

jb_abides

jb_abides

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 6, 2005
Messages
6,648
1960 'Barn Burst' at Carter's Vintage - Mythos Pedals tours the 'new' Carter's Vintage shop:


More 'Barn Burst' by Marcus King:


cartervintage.com

Out of the Blue - The 1960 "Barn Burst" Les Paul Standard

Shop vintage and pre-owned guitars, amps and accessories with guaranteed authenticity, protected shipments, and a money-back guarantee at Carter Vintage.
cartervintage.com cartervintage.com
Click to expand...

Apr17-3.jpg
 
S. Weiger

S. Weiger

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 25, 2002
Messages
2,060
^^ A very nice example featuring the "speed neck"... :) -thx for sharing.

But the statement
"There are around 1,800+ sunburst Les Paul Standards made from mid 1958 until mid 1960"

does not hold water, and Carter's should know that, -unless they have found 300+ bursts not accouned for yet?! 😎

The exact shipping totals for the Burst period are known and has been public knowledge for the last 40+ years.
From these figures we can conclude that Gibson made at the very most 1500 Bursts from 1958-60. And that's an optimistic
view IMO. Don't want to be more pedantic than necessary, but I hate it when these Burst numbers are grossly incorrectly stated by dealers as prestigious as Carter's.

Yeah and as a witty guy (not me) once said, approx. 1500 Bursts were made, but only 2000 has been accounted for... 🙃✌️
 
S. Weiger

S. Weiger

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 25, 2002
Messages
2,060
"A little later in 1960, Les Paul production at Gibson changed their red color supply to a more stable, and fade resistant, color that some people find rather unattractive. Yes, it didn’t fade like the earlier ones, but it did give rise to a not so very complimentary term, “Clown burst.”

Wrong again, mr. Bohannon. The moniker "clown burst" came because of the 1970's Norlin era sunburst Les Pauls.
 
fernieite

fernieite

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 3, 2010
Messages
636
Beautiful guitar! Too bad about the neck. I wonder if "Butt Crack burst" would be more apropos? :(
 
Last edited:
Xpensive Wino

Xpensive Wino

Well-known member
Joined
Nov 3, 2012
Messages
7,199
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top