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Cool interviews with Clapton and Green about their Les Paul guitars...
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Originally posted by jeremy View Postthe peter green lp may have a tree trunk neck but that didnt stop gary moore or kirk hammet from shreding the hell out of it
I saw that guitar close up at a guitar show in Dallas.
It was in a glass case but you could walk right up to it and walk around it and check it out front, sides and back from inches away.
It was cool to see.
But boy...it was the most worn looking old Les Paul I've ever seen.
I remember wondering if the fingerboard could even hold the frets in for another fret job.“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Cool article. Good info, nice to hear Peter Green comparing the two LPs. And to learn Clapton's woman tone really was the neck pickup - I always felt it might've been the bridge with the tone rolled all the way off. Of course, those early Marshalls were mighty bright amps.
One statement would've been a little out of date even for 1999, I think:
"And today, 1958-1960 Les Paul Standard guitars command extremely high prices, sometimes bringing their owners $50,000 and more.".
"You should know better by now than to introduce science into a discussion of voodoo."
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Originally posted by eclecticsynergy View PostCool article. Good info, nice to hear Peter Green comparing the two LPs. And to learn Clapton's woman tone really was the neck pickup - I always felt it might've been the bridge with the tone rolled all the way off. Of course, those early Marshalls were mighty bright amps.
One statement would've been a little out of date even for 1999, I think:
"And today, 1958-1960 Les Paul Standard guitars command extremely high prices, sometimes bringing their owners $50,000 and more."
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What a flashback! I had that Guitar Player with the Clapton interview when it came out. Always remembered the case lining comment.
Thanks, Lew, for a trip down memory lane.
Interesting to think those guitars were only 5-10 years old when they became classics. I guess it wasn't the age of the wood!
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Originally posted by voggin View PostWhat a flashback! I had that Guitar Player with the Clapton interview when it came out. Always remembered the case lining comment.
Thanks, Lew, for a trip down memory lane.
Interesting to think those guitars were only 5-10 years old when they became classics. I guess it wasn't the age of the wood!“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Not sure if the article covered it but...I think it is interesting Clapton bought his Les Paul because of the influence Freddie King had on him. He later realized after playing his Beano for years Freddie King played P90s. He said when he finally played P90s he realized he lucked out with Beano because he preferred the humbuckers.
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Originally posted by Securb View PostNot sure if the article covered it but...I think it is interesting Clapton bought his Les Paul because of the influence Freddie King had on him. He later realized after playing his Beano for years Freddie King played P90s. He said when he finally played P90s he realized he lucked out with Beano because he preferred the humbuckers.
“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostI've always seen Freddie King performing with an ES-3XX in his hands. I've only seen the P-90 Goldtop in his glamour promo photos.“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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Didn't Clapton have a different Les Paul first than Beano. I can't if it was mentioned in his memoirs when he had the Greece episode. It went something like he took a break from the Bluesbreakers and went to Greece where he performed at some club. Then things went south and he had to leave and leave a Les Paul and some Marshall amp behind.
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Originally posted by Lovegun View PostDidn't Clapton have a different Les Paul first than Beano. I can't if it was mentioned in his memoirs when he had the Greece episode. It went something like he took a break from the Bluesbreakers and went to Greece where he performed at some club. Then things went south and he had to leave and leave a Les Paul and some Marshall amp behind.“Practice cures most tone issues” - John Suhr
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