Just to be clear, “Les paul reissues” means Historic? I read nachos release and I didn’t see anything that cleared that up. I’d bet nacho is starting with a Historic reissue husk, but I’d like to see nacho say it.
The modern "short tenon" is a CNC made (well fitted) joint that is quite good. I haven't played a modern Les Paul that didn't resonate as it should.
He's saying he's using a $2500 LP to start with, I imagine the price will be pretty steep by the time he's finished with them
I would think they would be much more expensive than that looking at his Tele and Strat pricing.If he acquires USA LPs via a discreet agreement with an official dealer he could take a part-out approach like the link below. Then setting up a way to discreetly resell the surplus parts would leave him with a husk similar to this at a cost that is probably much lower.
Gibson USA Les Paul Standard 50s BODY & NECK Figured Top Translucent Fuschia | eBay
Description: Official American Gibson Les Paul Standard '50s Body & Neck- 7 lbs, 8 oz- AA Figured Maple Top, Mahogany back Neck/Profile: Mahogany, Vintage '50s Les Paul Profile, 1.694" Width at Nut Fingerboard/Inlay: Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, 22 frets- Scale Length 24.www.ebay.com
If the conversion charge were to be, say $2,500 he could have a final product priced around $4K. That would be a compelling option for people looking for an authentic "burst" with a proper top carve, real vintage style finish, and PAFish pickups.
You can probably pick your top, finish colour / fade, weight range, or request a flame top with a GT finish, etc. There would be many options that could be available with this conversion process strategy.
I would think the same, I wonder if he has a deal with Gibson to get some light wood for the ones he's buying. And even if not, he's still taking wood away in the way they are carving the tops. The hardware and the nitro finish should be great too. And I know from experience how good his pickups are, so I wouldn't doubt that these LPs are going to be any less stellar. I'm anxious to see what people say about them.
Well, interesting isn't it?
From the Nacho 'PAF' website page which seems to correspond to his April 29th FB post... He's got pics where USA-sized holes with the bushings removed appear:
Which would require him to re-situated bushings and use ABR-1 bridge adapters, or plug with some type of wood dowel then proceed with historic ABR-1 screw posts, right?
But elsewhere in his FB feed there are pics with no visible dowel plugs and histories ABR-1 posts. An example from his March 7th FB post, with the historic post and no evidence of prior USA bushing holes i.e. the wood looks untouched in that regard:
Or are we seeing bigger dimension screws?
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Also, neck binding looks appropriately thin, is he replacing the entire fretboard...?
In his last November 19th FB post, he displays an ambiguous example... maybe a plugged post 'hidden' with aging:
Am I correct in assuming that the nacho-bursts will be short tenon, not hyde glue and a lower grade mahogany than the historic’s? If I’m mistaken about the specs, please let me know what I’m wrong about.Well, interesting isn't it?
From the Nacho 'PAF' website page which seems to correspond to his April 29th FB post... He's got pics where USA-sized holes with the bushings removed appear:
Which would require him to re-situated bushings and use ABR-1 bridge adapters, or plug with some type of wood dowel then proceed with historic ABR-1 screw posts, right?
But elsewhere in his FB feed there are pics with no visible dowel plugs and histories ABR-1 posts. An example from his March 7th FB post, with the historic post and no evidence of prior USA bushing holes i.e. the wood looks untouched in that regard:
Or are we seeing bigger dimension screws?
View attachment 28215
Also, neck binding looks appropriately thin, is he replacing the entire fretboard...?
Weird board, no nibs?!
In his last November 19th FB post, he displays an ambiguous example... maybe a plugged post 'hidden' with aging:
guitarpoint.de
In the pic at the top of the thread the LP that Billy is holding is not a Historic RI.
Why hasn’t Nacho come out and disclose the details of the husks?
12K WTF?
View attachment 30306Nachoguitars Nachoburst Gibson Les Paul Conversion #NB0005 - GuitarPoint
Here it is… long awaited. Nacho’s Sunburst Les Paul. The Nachoburst! This is production model number #5, the #2 and #3 went to Billy Gibbons! This is a 50s HCS Gibson USA reissue which has been converted to realistic 58-60 specs at the Nachoguitar workshop. It comes with a solid mahogany one...
At least from the pictures, this doesn't look very convincing. For that money, I'd rather get a new current reissue and a vintage blackface Deluxe Reverb12K WTF?
View attachment 30306Nachoguitars Nachoburst Gibson Les Paul Conversion #NB0005 - GuitarPoint
Here it is… long awaited. Nacho’s Sunburst Les Paul. The Nachoburst! This is production model number #5, the #2 and #3 went to Billy Gibbons! This is a 50s HCS Gibson USA reissue which has been converted to realistic 58-60 specs at the Nachoguitar workshop. It comes with a solid mahogany one...
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