In 1972 I sold my 1959 Les Paul to a guy in New York...

[Lewguitar]

Today he contacted me on Facebook and asked if I was the guy who had sold him the guitar 50 years ago!

He had kept all of our correspondance and sent me a photo of the letters I had sent him.

And he sent me pictures of the guitar today. He still has it.

It was a '59 that Gibson had put a new (at the time) neck on and did a beautiful refinish.

For whatever reason, the guy I bought it from had asked to have a Les Paul Custom peghead put on the new neck.

The guy who I sold it to told me Joe Bonnamasa has played it and tried to buy it from him.

I sold it in 1972 for :sigh::sigh::sigh: $750.

 

[solspirit]

Pretty damn cool

 

[PFDarkside]

Pretty cool.

Do you know if it’s been in any of the Burst books?

 

[ehdwuld]

Trogly had one video about a custom neck being the replacement on a deluxe or some such

I like the contrast

So you offer him $500 even for it?

 

[beaubrummels]

In the 1970's, when Gibson replaced necks on Les Pauls, they replaced with custom necks for some reason. That's why Marc Bolan's Les Paull had a custom neck.

$750. Ouch.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Just did the inflation calculator, comes out to $4700. If someone posted on here that they got almost 5 grand for a 13 year old Les Paul with a replaced neck, we'd all be laughing at whoever bought it.

 

[idsnowdog]

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/104859007

 

[ErikH]

Wow. That's a beauty.

 

[Lewguitar]

Just did the inflation calculator, comes out to $4700. If someone posted on here that they got almost 5 grand for a 13 year old Les Paul with a replaced neck, we'd all be laughing at whoever bought it.

So I made out after all! That's a relief.

 

[Lewguitar]

Trogly had one video about a custom neck being the replacement on a deluxe or some such

I like the contrast

So you offer him $500 even for it?

More generous than that. I told him if he wasn't happy with the deal I'd give him his money back. Full refund.

 

[Lewguitar]

Pretty cool.

Do you know if it’s been in any of the Burst books?

I don''t. It's the guy's pride and joy tho!

 

[Lewguitar]

https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/104859007

That is really bizarre! Viewed from the back, it looks like someone enlarged the peghead. Looks like a maple neck too. Wonder if it's even a real Gibson?

 

[PFDarkside]

I don''t. It's the guy's pride and joy tho!

I bet it is!

 

[Mincer]

I think the best guitars have great stories. This is a great story.

 

[playas]

More generous than that. I told him if he wasn't happy with the deal I'd give him his money back. Full refund.

:chairfall

 

[zizyphus]

I've never owned or played an original burst, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night



All kidding aside, that's pretty insane. The world is so, so small__PRESENT

 

[JMP/HBE]

Looked alot better in 1972.

 

[Lewguitar]

Looked alot better in 1972.

Yeah. The finish has faded in 50 years time. Was still great to see after all this time.

 

[jeremy]

beautiful guitar, then and now. cool to see a custom headstock with rw and standard inlays

 

[Laughing Kookaburra]

That's a heckuva story Lew!