1979 LP Custom In Da House

[LesPaulCustom]

Hey!! Wait a cotton-pickin minute!!

I tell ya...when I joined here..I was one of the few dudes who had a Les Paul Custom...now, everybody and their brother seems to have one..sheesh...talk about individuality

Seriously....just being funny above....love it...love it...love it....great LPC

I'd NEVER think of letting mine go...it's actually in my will to be buried with me...

[gtrbuyer]

very cool...hard to beat that bad boy..congrats

[hippietim]

I was 7 in '79. That's the year I started banging my head on the floor and having tantrums!
:ROTF:

Hey admins, RacerX has hijacked Toejam's account.

[ronnierogers]

Thats the year I started banging groupies!!

I think they go together..

[monte]

sweet LP....must have some nice warm tones. I played on stage for the first in 1979...sheesh.
Monte

[slayer]

Nice!! I was 10 in 1979, wish I could go back!! Jack.

[Tashtego]

nice custom man, enjoy.

[Strat God]

mind if I ask, how much?

Under 2k.
It's sweet, but my dream is a Jimmy Page.

[Sinistas]

I was but a twinkle in my poppa's eye in 79.

[slash-ed]

What do you guys reckon of Gibson quality in the late '70s/early '80s? I've been offered a trade for my PRS '94 CU22 for a 1980 LP Std. Tempting.

[Bengal65]

Early 80's Good. Late 70's OK. Early to mid 70's bad IMHO. I have a '80 LPC. It's great. In 1974 I bought my first LPC new. It had a 5 piece maple top! It was OK except it looked weird, had the 60's slim neck and real low frets (hence the name fretless wonder) Some of the late 70's models had maple necks with ebony boards. Some like these. I like the traditional mahogany with the ebony board.

[Strat God]

in '78 they released two models that marked the turnaround -
the 25/50 Anniversary and the Heritage. (Heritage kickoff was '80)

They closed down Kalamazoo in '84 and from the late '70s Michigan was only a small-run customshop.