'59 flametop les paul standard

[atomic charvel guy]

does anybody on the board have the glorious blessing of owning one of these gems?
if so, please tell me about it.

[Jim Shine]

Re: \'59 flametop les paul standard

Never have. I have played a few though. I have some pics around here somewhere of one that was at the repair school I went to that would break your heart. Someone sawed the neck straight down the center of the neck! The guy who brought it in found it in the trash with all of its parts and case!

[dinkyjacksonman]

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Only in my dream.
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[LesPaulCustom]

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<font color="yellow">There was that "59Burst" cat who used to belong here, but I don't know if we gave him a nervous breakdown or he got banned by the admins for being a childish prick [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Supposedly he had one (or was it several of them [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]).

I would be kinda surprised if anybody here did in fact have one, for they are so cost prohibitive for an original guitar.

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[dinkyjacksonman]

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Yea JCF owns 1959burst.
So that would be enough.
The thing goes real crazy and noisy too.
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[atomic charvel guy]

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are you serious jim?
humans are so stupid, it's a wonder we survive at all.

[Jim Shine]

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Yeah, my scanner is not working with my computer, so I had to improvise..here are some pics.



We only had half of the neck, so Bryan borrowed three 1959's to replicate the necks. That was cool being able to play those guitars. Bryan was well hooked up with the old Gibson emplyees. He bought the inlays, both fretboard and logo from a lady who kept a set of punch dies when Gibson left. Then he had a guy who painted at Gibson from the 50's until the 70's come in and show us how to mix the grain filler and what angles they sprayed the burst pattern. It was a very cool experience! One of these days I will get my negatives down to get the pics I am missing of the other stages of the guitars restoration.

[toejam]

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Very cool, Jim. I'd love to see what the finished product looks like now. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Jim Shine]

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No kidding! After 10 years I bet it looks great!

[Mr Graphic]

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I had two 58's...sold the burst for $34,000.00 and 3 brand new Les Paul Customs in 1992. Sold the documented original Cherry, known as "Sweet Cherry" for $75,000.00 in 1999. The Burst was a local one owner guitar. It had the magic. Sweet Cherry was almost new, with every tag, and mint case. It was on a bunch of guitar magazine covers when it was first brought into the vintage market. It seemed kinda' "sterile" to me. Might have been because it was so clean, handling it was a responsibility, never mind playing it. I strummed it a few times, and dollar $igns came out [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[L]

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are we talking historic series or the real thing here..... I am confused. Regardless, I have played neither.

[hippietim]

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I've got a Historic '59, sadly not a real one:

[atomic charvel guy]

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oh jenny!!!!!!! i just spooged like gump when she sat on the bed next to him-lol
the burst is fukkin' beautiful.

[atomic charvel guy]

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i'm talkin' the real deal, no reissue stuff.
mr. graphic, do you regret selling either one?

[Mr Graphic]

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Yeah, the sunburst 58. It definately was a good one. Profit-wise, I did very good. I put out $30,000.00 for Sweet Cherry, 6 months later, sold it for $75,000.00. The sunburst I bought for $2,000.00.