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  1. I’ve wanted a 70s-era wine-red Les Paul Standard since, well, the 70s, but for whatever reason, I never got around to it. A few years ago I started watching for one on Reverb, but I was kind of shocked by the condition vs. price of what I saw. A while back a ’79 in really good shape showed up: “This instrument has sat unused in the back of my closet for thirty years and is completely original, no modifications whatsoever. Slight pitting on tailpiece, two back latches missing from original case and the case has minor scuffing.” The listing price, however, was beyond ridiculous. Months passed and I kind of forgot about it. Then, in December, I got a Reverb notification that “The Les Paul Standard you're watching on Reverb dropped its price by 65%.” So I looked at it again. “Update: I took the guitar to Guitar Center to sell it. They said there is a ground problem and wanted to start working on it before they would buy it. I declined, the instrument is still virgin never modified or worked on. I’ve changed the description to ‘good’ to account for this.” I knew that whatever electronic-related problem it had I could fix; so I wasn’t worried about that. Although it wasn’t mint, it was in really good shape for its age. All original parts, no mods, no breaks, no exposed wood, minimal fret wear and only slight wear on the finish. And 1979 was a significant year for me: I met my (now late) wife, graduated from high school and turned eighteen. My band was playing regularly and getting paid enough to avoid the dreaded “day jobs.” It was a pretty good year. So, after much deliberation, I pulled the trigger. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I went through a mental checklist of what the ground problem could be. And if it turned out to be something internal to one of the pickups that I couldn’t fix myself, there’s a certain pickup wizard right here on the HFC that I knew I could turn to (Josh did a fantastic job reviving one of the pickups from my 1973 Univox Hi-Flier). I picked it up from the FedEx office on December 22nd, and when I took it out of the case I was not disappointed. It was exactly as the seller had described and it looked great. I plugged it in and yes, there was all sorts of buzzing and static and the pots were scratchy. I removed the control cavity cover and the little metal shielding box (remember those?!), expecting to see something loose, but I didn’t. I gave all four pots a short blast of DeoxIT. It fixed it. Since I took these pictures I’ve done a thorough clean and polish, cleaned and oiled the fretboard and of changed the (very old!) strings. I’ve also done the only modification I’ll be doing: replacing the original strap buttons with Dunlop Dual-Design Straploks (because all my guitars get Dunlop strap locks). And of course I ordered an appropriate Couch strap for it. So, forty-plus years later, I finally have my wine-red Les Paul. It plays and sounds great and I can’t wait to take it out on a gig soon. According to the serial number, “Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA on October 8th, 1979, production number 162. The lighting here makes it look a little darker than it looks in person. The top: Back view (those white spots/lines are reflections, not dings in the finish): Better lighting shows the top a little better (as well as the dust!):
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