1957 Les Paul Special
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Looks great Grant! What is the white undercoat under the paint? Is it kind of flakey and powdery?
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Looks even worse with new frets. Better send it away to be rid of it.
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Are you going to relic the frets - by unevenly wearing them down, and cutting grooves in the appropriate places?
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
That's the "limed mahogany" finish Gibson was selling at the time. So yes, a first or second coat. The jury is out on exactly how many yellowed coats were applied before the clear, but the combined effect produces this result.AiRdAd wrote:Looks great Grant! What is the white undercoat under the paint? Is it kind of flakey and powdery?
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Already done...last night took a fine round rat tail file and knocked out 70% of the frets...feels like a proper vintage now.Delayman wrote:Are you going to relic the frets - by unevenly wearing them down, and cutting grooves in the appropriate places?
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Poor Grant - keep saving up bro and one day you might actually be able to finally afford a brand new guitar instead of those old ratty used ones you keep having to make do with. Maybe a nice new Dean? (Dream big!)
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Re: 1957 Les Paul Special
Well, I have found many here in NZ by having lots of contacts into this sort of thing. I know of a number of very "prime" pieces here in our little country, but most are kept quiet and often for good reason.Danban wrote:Grant B, where on earth do you find all these beauties?
Hard to find decent vintage gear over here.
But this beauty here, I got from LA. Very little chance of scoring an original here as you point out. I saw a few in Arlington last weekend and they seem to have lifted in price again.
What I'd really like is an original case for this, if anyone knows of one locally?
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