tbonesullivan Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Yeah, I don't know how I found this, and now I don't care, I just want to wonder WHY anyone would do this, and why is the asking price so high? https://reverb.com/item/72839244-1973-gibson-les-paul-custom-electric-guitar-w-glass-display-case-one-of-a-kind 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ua D Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I don’t know anything about that listing, but pictures of that guitar have been circulating the internet for at least a decade. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Rex Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Wow... that's either weird or awesome. Depends on its sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bottlerocket Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 It's weird. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 15 minutes ago, Ham Rex said: Wow... that's either weird or awesome. Depends on its sound. 10 minutes ago, 1 bottlerocket said: It's weird. It's FUCKING STUPID!!! 2 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Ua D said: I don’t know anything about that listing, but pictures of that guitar have been circulating the internet for at least a decade. Somehow I missed it. I guess now I can buy it! Or maybe not. Man those pictures of the enlarged control cavities look like someone chewed holes in the back of the guitar. Do beavers do guitar mods now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bottlerocket Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) No, but apparently they gave someone with the skills of a chimpanzee a chisel. Edited January 24 by 1 bottlerocket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) Just because someone can do something like this definitely don't mean that they should. And the same thing goes for (not) buying it. Edited January 24 by crunchee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Looks like a test board to me. Potentially having two individual electric circuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathman Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 They actually have this statement in the description… ”All the work was done expertly and everything works and sounds perfectly.” 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bottlerocket Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 "All the work as done by a teenager with no woodworking skills... There, fixed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialk Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Rex Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, specialk said: Monkey with a chisel! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornjulio Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I'm amazed that it has just one neck and six strings! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Maybe that is a prototype Steve Morse Les Paul that Steve rejected. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: Maybe that is a prototype Steve Morse Les Paul that Steve rejected. I'd say Steve did a much better job, he modified his guitar to make it better suited to his personal needs. This "LESS Paul" well........................they just took an otherwise nice guitar and ruined it. IMHO Edited January 24 by ARM OF HAMER 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamerhead Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 At first I thought it was bad Photoshop, but jeezus - WTFF?? But I kinda want to see the needle-nose fingertips that can turn those knobs..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) If the owner agree a floyd rose and a glass holder for sure will sell it quickly Edited January 24 by pablo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 bottlerocket Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I wonder if it can be upgraded to a 12 string... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantig Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 What, no coil taps? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew816 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Yeah, professionally done my a$$!! How to make a boat anchor even MORE heavy in a few easy steps! $5700, ha! Delusional... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, ARM OF HAMER said: I'd say Steve did a much better job, he modified his guitar to make it better suited to his personal needs. This "LESS Paul" well........................they just took an otherwise nice guitar and ruined it. IMHO YEAH BABY!!! Also, it's a franken tele with a strat neck. There are tons of franken strats / teles that are well thought out. I can't figure out any reason someone would have messed up a Les paul like that. Then again EVH did kinda saw a giant V shaped block out of the bottom of the Ibanez Destroyer he probably used during the recording of Van Halen, so even the genius tinkers do some weird crap sometime. Kinda like Les Paul did. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stedge Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Sure hope there is not another one like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveL Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I think he was on something called acid! those middle two pickups are truly atrocious... who does that? a deadhead? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Well, at least the knobs look easy to operate. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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