For all those who have reissue Les Pauls

[Saul Goodman]

If you wanna make them authentic, here's your answer.

 

[Dave Scepter]

Dude, thanks so much for posting this video, it's totally right up my alley... I can watch videos like this continuously on a loop while working on my own... learned a couple of tricks of the trade as well👍🏼

[Disturber]

Interesting. I wonder if it seriously got better, more sustain etc, after that process or if it's just placebo. The top looked better after for sure. Not a fan of the relic thing.

[Dave Scepter]

40 minutes ago, Disturber said:

I wonder if it seriously got better, more sustain etc, after that process or if it's just placebo

Placebo for sure... gotta justify the cost somehow 🤣

 

Well, they did change the pickups so~

Edited May 11, 2025 by Dave Scepter

[RobB]

Drop $5k for a new R8. Another $300 on pickups. And yet $2k more for a refin/rework..?

All good, I reckon, if Mason is happy with it. Seems to me he could of purchased a Rist or other clone and got exactly what he wanted the first time.

[Saul Goodman]

20 minutes ago, RobB said:

Drop $5k for a new R8. Another $300 on pickups. And yet $2k more for a refin/rework..?

All good, I reckon, if Mason is happy with it. Seems to me he could of purchased a Rist or other clone and got exactly what he wanted the first time.

Or just buy an Heritage from @santellavision for $1400 and have it in your lap. 

ETA: I think that's what I paid for it. Can't remember at the moment.

Edited May 11, 2025 by Saul Goodman

[Disturber]

21 minutes ago, RobB said:

Drop $5k for a new R8. Another $300 on pickups. And yet $2k more for a refin/rework..?

All good, I reckon, if Mason is happy with it. Seems to me he could of purchased a Rist or other clone and got exactly what he wanted the first time.

I have a 59 replica. It's way more accurate to the real thing than a re-built R8. Better wood too. It delivers the goods, it's a keeper. 

[RobB]

I lucked out and got this in a trade deal. 2019 R0. 8.3lb. Unpotted pickups. It took a long time to find my perfect LP.

Edited May 12, 2025 by RobB

[velorush]

This came up in my feed this week but being skeptical I didn't watch it. I clicked on it here and got pulled in.

Interesting approach. Reminds me of that guy who was redoing the Faded Les Pauls back in the 90's or 00's. Can't remember the name or really what all he was doing. Thinning the neck was almost too much to bear, but the rest of it was really cool (not a fan of beating up a guitar intentionally, but that's personal preference along with the R8 neck girth). 

I do say I prefer his relic job on the neck to anything I've seen done on any of the Fender variants where they simply strip off the finish. 

I like it, but I'll stick with my '19 plant guitar. It's way too good for my level of talent. Kudos to those whose talent / means merit something like this.

[Dave Scepter]

16 minutes ago, RobB said:

I lucked out and got this in a trade deal. 2019 R0. 8.3lb. Unpotted pickups. I took a long time to find my perfect LP.

Dude... DIBS! 😃

[RobB]

2 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

Dude... DIBS! 😃

Welllll...okay, Dave. You get dibs if you can hip me to a hardshell case that will actually fit my Edwards Random Star. I'm at a loss.

[Dave Scepter]

2 minutes ago, RobB said:

Welllll...okay, Dave. You get dibs if you can hip me to a hardshell case that will actually fit my Edwards Random Star. I'm at a loss.

Have you tried various Explorer cases?

[RobB]

8 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

Have you tried various Explorer cases?

PM'd

[cynic]

41 minutes ago, velorush said:

Can't remember the name or really what all he was doing.

Larry Corsa, aka: Faber USA

[Devnor]

That kind of rebuild is not without risk.  I had a historic rebuilt/refinished a few years ago.  The process screwed up the neck & truss rod anchor. The guy that did the work passed away and I'm stuck with this "guitar". 

[Jimbilly]

5 hours ago, Devnor said:

That kind of rebuild is not without risk.  I had a historic rebuilt/refinished a few years ago.  The process screwed up the neck & truss rod anchor. The guy that did the work passed away and I'm stuck with this "guitar". 

maybe consider sending it to Joe for fixing?, I imagine he would be quite capable of taking care of that (totally legit guy, lives about a mile from me)

[RobB]

1 hour ago, Jimbilly said:

maybe consider sending it to Joe for fixing?, I imagine he would be quite capable of taking care of that (totally legit guy, lives about a mile from me)

Yeah, do that. It would eat at me to have a CS guitar that was bunged-up by some clod. Let Joe fix it. 

[Armitage]

Duncan Antiquities... Gibson Historic plastics, Ghoto relic'd bridge and tailpiece (added after photo)... done and happy.

[Saul Goodman]

1 hour ago, Armitage said:

Duncan Antiquities... Gibson Historic plastics, Ghoto relic'd bridge and tailpiece (added after photo)... done and happy.

I have the Antiquities in my MonEl. Nice pickups. 

[Jimbilly]

this is as far as I've got in my '59 LP build (real/vintage no-wire ABR 1)

[Camstone]

I was anti-relic for years till I played a Nash Strat; now I own two.

But my R8 could not be improved upon. It's been my #1 for over 10 years now. Not just about how beautiful it is, but how it resonates and feels in my hands. Love the huge neck.

 

 

[Travis]

Interesting video and some stunning looking Les Pauls being posted here.

I don’t have the talent to justify the cost of a custom shop/reissue. My ‘23 standard is doing me just fine. I’ll wear it in naturally over the years. As of now, it looks great, plays great, and I’ve got a Gravelin bridge pickup coming in soon. Currently, I’m really digging the Burstbucker 2 in the neck. We’ll see what I think after putting the Gravelin in the bridge. It may get overshadowed and need to be replaced with something a bit more “more”…

[kizanski]

Just now, Travis said:

I don’t have the talent to justify the cost of a custom shop/reissue.

Don't let that stop you.

If we all followed that reasoning, there would be a total of about 15 threads on this forum.

[Saul Goodman]

8 hours ago, kizanski said:

Don't let that stop you.

If we all followed that reasoning, there would be a total of about 15 threads on this forum.

Prophetic. Seems like this place was rocking a few years back. I've been looking at earlier posts that interest me in searches I've done. Looking at members a bit back in the history of this site, many haven't logged in in quite a while. Well, a few years. Some were quite present. Is that an artifact from Hamer ditching the fans?

[RobB]

4 hours ago, Saul Goodman said:

Looking at members a bit back in the history of this site, many haven't logged in in quite a while. Well, a few years. Some were quite present. Is that an artifact from Hamer ditching the fans?

Hardly. Some have gone to the great message board in the sky. Others have been permanently banned. Still others have actual lives and have moved on from posting on an internet message board for 30-odd years. 
 
I admire the latter most of all.