Sweet Jeezus! Sykes LP Sig!

[StukaJU87]

6k for a fucked up new Les Paul? :ROTF: :ROTF: :ROTF: What a joke.

[jwoods986]

$3K would be reasonable, but $6k? And, I'm sorry, but Sykes is not as recognizable (i.e. "sell-able") as Hendrix, Frampton, Wylde, etc.

On a side note, I would love to see a white Alex Lifeson ES-355 in the inspired by series. Maybe I can email this suggestion to Gibson?

[Bengal65]

Things that make me laugh:

"nice Murphy style aging" (name dropping)
"a copy of his original 1974 Black Beauty Les Paul" (his was a 1978)

So I just need to sand more paint off an swap the hardware and my axe goes from $1400 to $6300? Hot damn, I hit the lottery LOL!

You got it right there! Excellent deal. You have the perfect candidate Or, you might want to keep it the way it is and call it the DonP signature model

I've got a black LPC I bought used in '90 (80's model) and had a few dings and scratches. I went the other way and repaired it so it looks like brand new.

[DonP]

Not a bad idea. I like my hardware as-is (well, the pickguard an knobs are brand new - I'd like to find some old ones but not at crazy prices).

When Dan Erlewine repaired the neck/body join on my 1963 SG Special, I had him re-finish a huge chunk of the back (belt-buckle rash). I like some light aging (maybe?), but let's not get crazy (like the Syke's inspired by damage). I think I'd outlaw belt buckle playing with guitars if I could LOL!

[Bengal65]

[quote= I think I'd outlaw belt buckle playing with guitars if I could LOL![/quote]

Yes, that's funny. Ever since I picked up the guitar, some 40 years ago, I have never played with a belt on because of this. Once I was in a guitar store and I started taking my belt off to test a guitar. The salesman, goes, "whoa, you don't need to strip down to play this guitar". I told him it was just habit.