Mar 14, 2008 · The same holds true with Gibson. If they switched all their Les Pauls to bolt on construction, regardless of quailty, two things would happen. The first, would be a serious plummet in sales accompanied by a hailstorm of public complaining. The second would be a dramatic spike in the value of set neck Lesters on the secondary market.

Feb 1, 2025 · The story goes the Gibson J-160e was originally going to be the "Les Paul Flattop", but Les would not sign-off on the model with the solid spruce top (which would feedback much more than a laminated 3-ply top). So by 1955 Gibson changed the J-160e's top (and back) to plywood (but Les still never endorsed the model).

Nov 29, 2024 · This may help Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson flattop vintage guitar collecting 1963 J-50 J-50 Flattop Available: 1947 to present Collectibility Rating: 1940's & 1950's models: C, 1960's models: C-. Blond version of the J-45. See the J-45 section above for more details on this model. Personally I like the sunburst J-45 look better, but the J-50 is still the same guitar in a natural finish. 1947 ...

Mar 5, 2025 · Gibson has introduced a Special Series J45, Hummingbird & L-00. They have thinner Bodies, Satin finishes & maybe some other differences. What do you guys think? Here's a J-45 video. Standard vs the Special.

Aug 24, 2010 · In 1960, Gibson put in another big building at the north end of the Gibson plant and moved all of their Epiphone people out of the start up facility into it (the official address was Bush Street). By 1966, Epiphone sales amounted to some $3 million a year. One of the most significant dates in Gibson/Epiphone history, however, is 1965.

Mar 5, 2025 · Gibson lost the plot. Looks like a nice axe, name aside. Its in the first line of the description "In early 1965, the original Firebird™ design transitioned through several different iterations. One of the significant transitions that occurred flipped the headstock to the “Non-Reverse” shape.

Oct 11, 2015 · That Gibson color (pelham blue) is the very same color as a Fender color. I can't remember for sure which one, but I think it IS lake placid blue. As for the Cadillac reference, many popular guitar colors ARE Cadillac colors. But also, a lot of General Motors colors used within the company are the same colors, but they use different names.

Feb 6, 2023 · Hi, I was looking at purchasing a Standard les Paul and the serial number was not coming back with the guitar model that the guitar supposedly was This is the serial number on the headstock 119630389 When I search the Gibson Serial Number look up, it coems back as an acoustic Plant: Bozeman, MT (...

Oct 18, 2012 · Because a couple of people asked about it, here is the stuff I wrote in another thread about using the controls on a Les Paul. The OP asked how to use the controls to get sounds like Page and other classic players. My reply includes some alternative suggestions on how you might EQ your amp to get a different range of noises, and get a little bit more out of the neck and middle positions. Hope ...

Feb 25, 2025 · Hi, I just bought a local LG-2 50s Original. The action was/is a little high, and the neck has a tad too much relief. Taking a fiddle to the truss rod, it apparently has (probably) been adjusted, and adjusted incorrectly and for the wrong purpose, by its prior owner. This also happened to the 201...