Gibson LP aficionado's needed

Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

the guy who invented fire said:
DO NOT...I REPEAT...DO NOT buy ANY guitar based on year!!!!

That's just crazy...

Buy a guitar because it's good not because you read on the internet that some special year is better than some other year.

If I were you and your budget is 3k ish I'd look at used Historic/VOS guitars.
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Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

Living in So Cal, there's no excuse for going to a store and paying retail. Our Craigslist is the virtual dumping ground for top shelf gear in the country.

Whatever someone paid $3500 for is probably on there for $1800.
 
Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

Sorry but I don't agree that the first past-Norlins are really better. They started swiss-cheesing them right away, and they still used the cheap heavy wood (actually they probably still do but we had that discussion before).

For $3000 you can aim at a Norlin Custom from before maple neck, or at a humbucker converted Deluxe. Not all are that heavy (and the later light ones are swiss-cheesed, is that "well built"? You decide).
 
Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

They were swiss cheesing them in the Norlin era. That treatment started in '83
 
Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

Swiss cheese, chambering, three piece necks, and multi piece tops are not a judge of which guitar is good or not. There ARE particular Norlin era LPs that smoke particular 50's "golden era" LPs.
 
Re: Gibson LP aficionado's needed

My '78 Deluxe is 9.6lbs of maple-necked and one-piece Mahogany'd awesomeness.

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I think it's great that everybody buys into the myths and half-truths on these - keeps the prices down.
 
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