My new toy - Guitar content and pics inside!

[Don Vito Corleone]

I was a fairly serious guitar player into my early 20s but haven't played much in a long time. I have been getting back into it and realizing that my existing guitars, a Kramer Baretta and a cheap Korean Charvel, are no longer to my taste. With that in mind, I've been prowling the Les Paul forums with an eye toward an LP for about a month before finding a guitar that seems to meet my needs. I wanted a secondhand Gibson USA instrument rather than a Custom Shop reissue, because I am NOT playing at a level to justify a $3-4K guitar, at least not yet.

Without further ado, here it is . . . This is a Gibson Les Paul Traditional in honeyburst with a few mods, including CTS pots, Orange Drop capacitors, Gibson top hat knobs, Grover locking tuners and Schaller strap locks. I have all the original parts in case I want to switch anything back (I have always liked the aesthetics of the traditional Kluson-style tuners, for example).

 

[Platypus]

very nice, 57 classics or Burstbucker1/2 's?

let's see the amp too! 😀

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

very nice, 57 classics or Burstbucker1/2 's?

let's see the amp too! 😀

'57 Classics. The amp is nothing to look at - at this point I'm just using a little Vox VT30 tube/SS modeling amp . . .

 

[Fausto]

Nice! I'm not a fan of the LP neck myself, but they sure are purdy. 🙂

 

[Platypus]

'57 Classics. The amp is nothing to look at - at this point I'm just using a little Vox VT30 tube/SS modeling amp . . .

Nice on the classics, I kinda prefer them to burstbuckers as I find the neck pup can get a tad muddy. There is a lack of clarity too that the 57s have in spades. If you change anything, check out different pots.. they'll give you a more usable range of volume. I like the cts ones too though, just different.

 

[Saint Nick]

 

[Fausto]

Careful. Vito will sic his massive cat on you. 😱

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Careful. Vito will sic his massive cat on you. 😱

Sadly, no. I had to put the boy down last November. Miss you, buddy . . .

 

[Fausto]

Sadly, no. I had to put the boy down last November. Miss you, buddy . . .

Aw, that sucks. Sorry man. 🙁

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Aw, that sucks. Sorry man. 🙁

Thanks, dude. V was the best. I guess it's the cost of pet ownership - they can't live forever . . .

 

[DaTT]

Nice guitar. I wish the wife would let me buy an ESP Kirk Hammett signature, even be happy with a KH-602