What is this guitar abomination?

[Saul Goodman]

 

[kizanski]

[DaveH]

1 hour ago, Saul Goodman said:

What is this guitar abomination?

That, my friend, is what's called Cool As Fuck! 😂

[Saul Goodman]

10 minutes ago, DaveH said:

That, my friend, is what's called Cool As Fuck! 😂

Hmmm... Not a fan of either Aldo Nova or the guitar. Seems like Frank Marino hacked up a Les Paul in the '70s with a Floyd. And Alex Lifeson has a sig model with one. Aldo Nova, is that the guys name? I have a memory cell left from very long ago of them on the radio and it's not a good memory.

[scottcald]

At least you can't tell he's wearing a wig. 🤣

[Biz Prof]

Saul, it's just a fantasy. Can you live this fantasy life?

[Willie G. Moseley]

Gibson also marketed the LP-XPL in the mid-'80s during those bizarre times  just prior to the acquisition of the company by Henry and associates. This one's an '85. I thought it played and balanced well/

Edited March 23 by Willie G. Moseley

[Tortious]

I am surprised that Henry-less Gibson has not made a run of these yet.

[Biz Prof]

33 minutes ago, Willie G. Moseley said:

Gibson also marketed the LP-XPL in the mid-'80s during those bizarre times  just prior to the acquisition of the company by Henry and associates. This one's an '85. I thought it played and balanced well/

These, I thought, looked much better than the short horned XPL models. Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis and the News played them before migrating to custom built superstrats.

[LucSulla]

They did make some of them. Rick Nielsen owns three of them, as is explained below. 

And they're fucking cool because I BET THEY STAY IN TUNE!

 

[cmatthes]

3 hours ago, Tortious said:

I am surprised that Henry-less Gibson has not made a run of these yet.

They offered a run of those a year or so ago, and you can order that via the M2M program.

[currypowder]

Trogly did an update on the guitar Aldo is playing in the original post and concluded it’s a Chibson. 
 

 

[bruce919]

The HFC needs to do a Chibson run of them!! question is should we use particle board for the top or just Formica ? og and the color ? 

[soli'd]

I read somewhere that Aldo ordered two of them when originally developing it with Gibson, but only received one, and that Rick Nielsen has the rest of them.  

[sixlicks]

I like it .

[cmatthes]

13 hours ago, soli'd said:

I read somewhere that Aldo ordered two of them when originally developing it with Gibson, but only received one, and that Rick Nielsen has the rest of them.  

Rick has 3 of them, one with an (ugh) aftermarket Kahler.  There are a dozen or more out there.

[wil50n]

On 3/23/2025 at 5:57 AM, scottcald said:

At least you can't tell he's wearing a wig. 🤣

Direct from Ace's Rug Factory

[Biz Prof]

3 hours ago, wil50n said:

Direct from Ace's Rug Factory

Those are actually sourced directly from Gene--the Kiss Kranium Kover.

[Dave Scepter]

Very cool, this turned out to be a very interesting post👍

[bruce919]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/405703695638?_trksid=p2332490.c102020.m5276

[HSB0531]

On 3/22/2025 at 10:48 PM, Willie G. Moseley said:

Gibson also marketed the LP-XPL in the mid-'80s during those bizarre times  just prior to the acquisition of the company by Henry and associates. This one's an '85. I thought it played and balanced well/

I was So Sure it was a Henry 

[bruce919]

27 minutes ago, HSB0531 said:

I was So Sure it was a Henry 

In the 90's and early 2000's you could pick those up dirt cheap. Now they are crazy money. 

Edited March 28 by bruce919

[cmatthes]

This ad just popped up (again) this afternoon:

 

[Dave Scepter]

Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop - with Explorer Headstock 1984 - Prehistoric - Historic Guitar https://reverb.com/item/14948219?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=14948219

 

[Brooks]

Probably stays in tune better