Nice Paul, Celt. This is my 1974 Les Paul Custom 20th Anniversary. I bought it in late 1974. It was white when it was new. The nitrocellulose lacquer gives it a nice amber patina now.
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Honeyburst. And a beauty at that with a lovely, 3D depth to the top. Although Gibson's quality control has been hit or miss over the years, and sometimes downright pathetic. Like the Pete Townsend Custom Shop I had which shipped with a multitude of scratches between the pickups and a slightly off-center bridge. And custom / boutique builders asides, they have always had beautiful finishes and bursts that are the equal, if not better than any. Although I guess you could argue that PRS does pretty well in this regard with the 10 tops, etc.
Personally I would keep it. An electric that sounds good acoustically is always a winner in my book, and the Plus top is killer.
@try1256 I have the same exact one, year and color shift, although mine has "pinked out" in a few spots. Only difference is mine doesn't have the TP6 which I prefer.
Nice Paul, Celt. This is my 1974 Les Paul Custom 20th Anniversary. I bought it in late 1974. It was white when it was new. The nitrocellulose lacquer gives it a nice amber patina now.
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An electric that sounds good acoustically is always a winner in my book
That I like a lot, and yes, helluva nice patina. How's it sound? Is it heavy (weightwise)?
Sounds great and is very heavy
My buddy came over the other night to have me tweak his Allesandro combo amp...I showed my guit-fiddle off to him....so he plugged it in and wailed on it for a bit.
He gave it a big thumbs up!
I replaced the truss rod cover which was apparently broken and replaced with an Epiphone. It was a minor quibble...but one that irked me!
Yeah...he said the top of the "bell" had the screw tightened down too far....so he replaced it with an Epiphone....of course, I didn't like that either!
About like a Fender Bassman that I repaired years ago that was made after CBS purchased Fender...the back panel said "Fender, a division of Columbia Records Corp."
Boy, that's a beauty!
I'm not a guitar player; can you tell me what those two white covers on the back are for?