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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
Epi makes the gothic series LP with a factory licensed Floyd....
Epi makes the gothic series LP with a factory licensed Floyd....
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
Wulfe13, Yes Gibson made the floyd'd Les Pauls from the factory. Only in 1989 and not too many of them. I have a white one, looks just like the ebay auction, but mine has ebony w/dots fingerboard. It's a Schaller-type floyd that even has "Gibson" engraved on it. Plays and sounds great. Mine was $450 w/case.
Also, I don't think they called them Custom Lites like the auction says.Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">if yours is slimmer in thickness then it's a lite!Originally posted by MountainDog:
Wulfe13, Yes Gibson made the floyd'd Les Pauls from the factory. Only in 1989 and not too many of them. I have a white one, looks just like the ebay auction, but mine has ebony w/dots fingerboard. It's a Schaller-type floyd that even has "Gibson" engraved on it. Plays and sounds great. Mine was $450 w/case.
Also, I don't think they called them Custom Lites like the auction says.Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
1959burst, yep, mine's thinner too. Mine is like this old ebay auction without the Roland GK and pickup swap (which he calls a lite too). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3726667409
I remember seeing Custom Lites back in the late '80s, but they had the normal Les Paul tuneomatic and pickguard. Just checking the Blue Book of Guitars...and sure enough, in the Les Paul Custom Lite section, there is a note saying "also available with double locking trem". I looked all through that Les Paul section in the book and never saw that when I bought mine. (The Blue Book mentions the one Vol/one Tone/coil switch on all models).
Thanks for the enlightenment!!Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
no problem bro! the only reason i remembered that is i wanted one real bad before. i always hoped that gibson would offer them on all les pauls at a resonable price upcharge not the $1000.+ price quote i got! lol [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] btw i might snag a 52 reissue goldtop as the neck angle is perfect for a floyd................now if i could find one cheap enough. [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
I have a Floyd Rose trem that fits the original mounting studs on a Les Paul and requires NO MODS! I don't know why Floyd Rose stopped making these?!?
Here are some pics from my removed Ibanez Artist:
Floyd Rose Les Paul Tremelo: Top Front, Top Rear, Top Rear 2, Bottom, Front, BackComment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
I have one exactly like that only it doesnt have fine tuners. I think they stopped making them because they suck........Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
How exactly do they suck? Did you have yours set up properly? It took awhile for me to get it set to the tension I liked and to get it to stay in tune, but once it did, it played more like a stiffened version of a Kahler which I actually prefer over Floyds.
It did tend to go out of tune more often than other types of Floyds due to no locking nut, but it stayed in tune better than some guitars.
Peace.Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
Gibson LP with Floyd Rose?
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
haha. well save the rant for neal schon. it suits Him fine! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
Blasphemy maybe if you had to carve up the guitar to install one, but the one I have requires no routing. Remove the bridge and tailpiece and it fits right on the studs.
Some people would say any trem on a Les Paul is blasphemy and for the purists out there, I'd can see their point of view.Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
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or this... LP W/Floyd
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Owning a nice original and clean version of this guitar...that REALLY makes me cringe!! There should be a law against installing Floyds on LP's!!Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
i see nothing wrong with a floyd on a lp ya get the best of both worlds!Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
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i see nothing wrong with a floyd on a lp ya get the best of both worlds!
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That's how I look at it as well.Comment
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Re: Ever want that Les Paul w/ a Floyd?
eeech!!.....something about it just aint right I tell ya!
ESPECIALLY on a rare-as-sh!t LP Custom Lite!
Besides....they make a trem/tailpiece attachment for LP's that require no mods if you desperately need a trem on it.Comment
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