Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

[IKObi]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

I was 16 and just gotten a new Les Paul Custom and had it in the stand. I was at the end of the stage and saw the bass player reach behind my stand to get his bass...

It was like slow motion and I saw it tilt....then fall and hit headstock first. Since then I haven't owned a Les Paul.

 

[Jessie's ghost]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

I was 16 and just gotten a new Les Paul Custom and had it in the stand. I was at the end of the stage and saw the bass player reach behind my stand to get his bass...

It was like slow motion and I saw it tilt....then fall and hit headstock first. Since then I haven't owned a Les Paul.

For a second there, I thought you'd posted, "Since then I haven't owned a bass player."

 

[IKObi]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

Lol I like that ending better! In the end he bought me a new guitar so all went better then expected!

 

[BunnyGuitarShredder]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

yeah Ed Roman isn't gonna chime in on this for fear of being gang raped by an angry mob, or he actually had his extra strength Midol this time, my guitars headstock broke, i threw it on the ground and stomped on it the stomping action completed the breaking action

 

[jnyjetta]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

Myth: Les Paul headstocks break easy.
False
Reality: Les Pauls fall easily and break.
True.
Owners denying guitar abuse: 96%

 

[JeffB]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

Myth: Les Paul headstocks break easy.
False
Reality: Les Pauls fall easily and break.
True.
Owners denying guitar abuse: 96%

That pretty much sums up the reality of the situation.


My old 88/89 Standard fell over once- totally my fault as I got my foot tangled up in the cord, headstock hit the side of my Laney cab and bounced off hard - bent a kluson, that was it. Of course the Kluson probably kept it from breaking the headstock, but still my fault.

 

[IKObi]

Re: Is the myth of the Les Paul headstock true?

Myth: Les Paul headstocks break easy.
False
Reality: Les Pauls fall easily and break.
True.
Owners denying guitar abuse: 96%

I agree with these statistics! :cool2: