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08-20-2021, 10:03 AM
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How it all began...
Arguably the most important electric guitar ever - we just might be looking at a seven-figure hammerdown here...
 https://guitar.com/news/les-pauls-number-one-auction/
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08-20-2021, 01:37 PM
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I read the article yesterday. I didn't realize Les had #1.
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08-20-2021, 04:10 PM
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Gene Paul (Les's son): “In my opinion, this instrument belongs in the Smithsonian next to Neil Armstrong’s boot from the Moon landing. It is a national treasure.”
OK, so why don't you donate it to the Smithsonian?
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08-21-2021, 07:12 PM
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Can’t wait for that NGD post.
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08-22-2021, 06:02 AM
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Is there any discussion on what it will be listed at?
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08-22-2021, 07:47 AM
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Back in the day I played in a group with Brian Ray. He played a '57 goldtop. Still has it. Worth a BUNDLE. Here's a story about it in guitar.com.
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#10
08-22-2021, 09:56 AM
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Non-original, it's been modded. Condition indicates the owner might have been irresponsible and not taken good care of it. And what kind of nut takes as a stage name a name that's the same as a famous guitar model?*
I'll pass. * Though if Steve ever wants to perform as "White Penguin," that'd be cool.
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08-22-2021, 10:41 AM
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Then I think about how I can get a new maxed-out Les Paul for about $10,000 that would blow the doors off #1. It wouldn't have the cachet of #1 but would be a better guitar.
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08-22-2021, 11:15 AM
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08-22-2021, 11:49 AM
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08-22-2021, 01:08 PM
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After greeting me he apologized for not mentioning that he had a guitar, and would have been happy to let me use it - I learned in my teens that when a card-carrying AARP member says "I've got a guitar..." it's worth at least a look... Goes to his bedroom closet, pulls out an early-60's Sano 1x12" combo and a small, very heavy, well-kept, familiar-looking brown case: contents of latter being a rare early '58 darkback goldtop w/PAF's, in solid excellent-minus condition (very slight greening on the lower bass bout, all plastic parts/binding 100% original and intact, minimal finish checking, original nickel hardware heavily oxidized but not pitted/rusted, no nicks/chips/buckle rash/neck wear, original narrow frets in good condition), with a whole bunch of period case candy (picks, pitch pipe, skinny Bobby Lee strap, and two unopened boxes of '50s New Brunswick Black Diamond strings) - worth a very conservative $70-80K then, and I didn't hesitate to advise him of its value... He hadn't played it in well over 40 years, still had a set of those bridge-cable Black Diamonds on it so it was essentially unplayable... Next visit I set it up and restrung it with a set of flatwound 12's (as it would have come from the factory in '58), plugged it into his Sano amp, checked to see that everything was functional (it was, and the neck was no worse for wear - a testament to the high construction/materials standards of the day), and handed it over to him... The almost childlike expression of joy on his face was priceless - even with the extended hiatus and arthritis in his left hand, he was able to execute a few barre chords and jazz riffs with no issues... He passed a couple weeks short of his 100th birthday - as of this writing the instrument remains in possession of his family, as a justly treasured heirloom...
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from whatever 52 53 they could lay their hands on...
