Inside the Vault at London's Hard Rock Cafe

[Grandturk]

so as far as 3 pickup pauls, i've seen ace frehley, pete townshend, and peter frampton with one. anyone else?

Well, Townshend played Deluxe's in the 70's with a humbucker added in the middle, too - so I'd say his were mostly modified.

Ace & Frampton both had Les Paul Customs which were available with the 3 pickup option. Not sure about the years they were available, I had assumed they were 70's Customs... but maybe Frampton's was a 57-59?

[atomic charvel guy]

i read a long time ago in an article with Ace that he had over 150 pauls in his possession.
of course he sold them all, man that has to hurt, especially since there were a bunch of
old ones. lots of coin down the drain, what a shame. wonder what hurts more, what they are worth today, or the pain of losing your axes.

[SixstringKing]

but maybe Frampton's was a 57-59?

Frampton's was actually a `54 that was redone with fresh paint and fitted with the three pickups at the Gibson factory.

[atomic charvel guy]

Frampton's was actually a `54 that was redone with fresh paint and fitted with the three pickups at the Gibson factory.

that's the one on the Frampton Comes Alive cover?

[Grandturk]

Yep - and then it was what? Stolen? Destroyed in a fire? Destroyed in a plane crash? One of those. I don't think it was stolen.

[Grandturk]

of course he sold them all, man that has to hurt, especially since there were a bunch of
old ones. lots of coin down the drain, what a shame. wonder what hurts more, what they are worth today, or the pain of losing your axes.

I prefer Joe Perry pawning his good Les Pauls for smack.

[SixstringKing]

Framton's Les Paul, the original one that is on the cover of Frampton Comes Alive, apparently was "lost" in a plane crash or so the story goes.