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Originally Posted by Dru Edwards
I'll let Steve give you his thoughts but mine are that you have a better chance to get an exceptional new Les Paul than a great 1960 model. The original PAF pickups were not consistent with their windings so some were overwound and others underwound which contributes to less consistent tonal aspects. Some of those PAFs were very bright.
Regardless, the '60 is a piece of history, along with the '58 and especially the '59. 1960 is the last year before Gibson discontinued the Les Paul and replaced it with the Les Paul "SG". Those three years of Les Pauls contributed to some amazing music that came out years later.
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Thanks, Dru! Yeah, I get the whole nostalgia thing, and if I was a billionaire it wouldn't phase me to consider buying a guitar like the 1960 Les Paul in the ad. I guess if it is really worth its asking price of $315,000 on the collector's market, and I bought it, it could be sold for a goodly sum if I didn't like it and I could resume my search for a "holy grail."