Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
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Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Hi all,
Happy New Year!
I'm a new member; I came here recommended by one of your casuals, and I am already getting a lot of good info reading past posts, so thanks for having me. I am looking forward to meeting other guitar lovers like me!
My New Year resolution is that in 2024, I will buy my first Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, ideally from the 90s, as I don't know if I can afford a 70s one, and will become my new partner in crime for years to come. I am a huge John Sykes fan, and I have played borrowed LPCs over the years but never managed to get my own. I have been living with a Flying V and a Charvel Socal for the past ten years.
One of the members let me borrow his 80s LPC, making me want my own even more!
I am after advice on how to find the perfect one for me in terms of Specs, years, what to look after, where to look, any leads, what years had good woods, which to avoid, etc. I don't know much about the whole hardware and gear, so this is the best place to learn this side of guitars I've always ignored.
Thanks so much for having me, and your help is very appreciated!
Happy New Year!
I'm a new member; I came here recommended by one of your casuals, and I am already getting a lot of good info reading past posts, so thanks for having me. I am looking forward to meeting other guitar lovers like me!
My New Year resolution is that in 2024, I will buy my first Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, ideally from the 90s, as I don't know if I can afford a 70s one, and will become my new partner in crime for years to come. I am a huge John Sykes fan, and I have played borrowed LPCs over the years but never managed to get my own. I have been living with a Flying V and a Charvel Socal for the past ten years.
One of the members let me borrow his 80s LPC, making me want my own even more!
I am after advice on how to find the perfect one for me in terms of Specs, years, what to look after, where to look, any leads, what years had good woods, which to avoid, etc. I don't know much about the whole hardware and gear, so this is the best place to learn this side of guitars I've always ignored.
Thanks so much for having me, and your help is very appreciated!
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I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Welcome aboard!!
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Happy New Year, welcome, and... be careful what you wish for
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Welcome, no idea on how to find a good LPC here in NZ though. but I’m sure there will be some around. 90s is a good place to start with quality of woods and general build but I wouldn’t narrow my search to just that, plenty of good ones from different eras. Isnt Dhamajester selling an LPC currently?
Edit: https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrum ... 550891.htm
This is his one here
Edit: https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrum ... 550891.htm
This is his one here
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Ooh, SoCal, pics please.
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Welcome Bitbull!
A word of advice; whatever GrantB says about Les Pauls will be the best advice on the planet. He's a trained professional with impeccable taste and is never wrong!
For real.
No pressure Grant...
A word of advice; whatever GrantB says about Les Pauls will be the best advice on the planet. He's a trained professional with impeccable taste and is never wrong!
For real.
No pressure Grant...
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Reg18 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:22 am Welcome, no idea on how to find a good LPC here in NZ though. but I’m sure there will be some around. 90s is a good place to start with quality of woods and general build but I wouldn’t narrow my search to just that, plenty of good ones from different eras. Isnt Dhamajester selling an LPC currently?
Edit: https://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrum ... 550891.htm
This is his one here
Bitbull - That's gotta be as good a find as you could hope for, right there!
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Yeah, I saw that one, but I'm not sure about the Richlite and that year of LPC. any experience or advise with it?
BitBull
I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
No direct experience. The best advice I have is that it is being sold on behalf of a forum member by a forum member who has knowledge, experience and taste you'd struggle to find elsewhere.
Chat to Dharmajester. He can answer your questions directly and wouldn't put you wrong.
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
I have 4 LPC's. 1979, 1990 and 2 Historics from the 2010's.
I reckon the main specs to look into are:
mahogany cap (50's reissues) VS maple cap (most of them)
mahogany neck (most of them) VS maple neck (late 70's)
I'm ok with richlite fretboard but resale can be tough.
70's are not worth what people ask for nowadays imo unless you really really want maple neck (eg Adam Jones and Zakk Wylde fans), however the Skyes sig was also maple neck since his original was a '78;
90's are good bang for the bucks;
Historics are nice but generally a bit rarer than R7/8/9's.
I reckon the main specs to look into are:
mahogany cap (50's reissues) VS maple cap (most of them)
mahogany neck (most of them) VS maple neck (late 70's)
I'm ok with richlite fretboard but resale can be tough.
70's are not worth what people ask for nowadays imo unless you really really want maple neck (eg Adam Jones and Zakk Wylde fans), however the Skyes sig was also maple neck since his original was a '78;
90's are good bang for the bucks;
Historics are nice but generally a bit rarer than R7/8/9's.
Amps:
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Soldano SLO100 x2 | Wizard MC1 & MC2 | Diezel Herbert
Fryette Pittbull CL | Marshall 2203KK | Krank Rev 50 | Mesa Mark 2A
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Awesome, thanks, mate. Yes, I have a feeling that the '90s is where it's at for me. I might have to look into the Aussie market if there is none in NZ. Does anyone know where to look over there? Reverb?
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Re: Hi! Happy New Year, First Post and LPC question
Gumtree is good if they're willing to ship. Since they use PayPal integration you've got recourse if something goes wrong. I got my Charvel from Australian Gumtree.
I've bought 3 guitars from MusicSwopShop (sic) in Melbourne over the last 2 years and they've always been fantastic.
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