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Well, Thank you, guys! Yes, I'm a professional photographer. My specialty is forensic/documentary (for the tire industry) not illustration. So these photos were a welcome change, and you can be sure they were accurately documented! :D

Sweet! - Thank You Magnus. I knew this forum would have the answers! 8)

Thanks, it's now up for auction - see the classifieds :D

See here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300274754910&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=020 Item number: 300274754910 Thanks, Steve

Have a really nice TPB-64 bass, would like to know the date of mfg. 1984-1985?

Cool thread! First LP - Boston's first album - "Boston" I was 9 years old, and loved the guitar on More than a feeling, and Foreplay/Longtime - still love the guitar on it actually :D

Yep, they seem nearly identical, save for the different grain pattern of the top. Pick-ups, hardware details, neck, back, etc..appear the same. It would be nice to see a clear close-up of the pick-up cavities, but I'd bet it's a solid top. Very, very nice looking guitar, but I like the...

Basic info: The Gibson re-issues are based on a model year R8=1958 There are R6 R7 R8 R9 and R0=1960 The Jimmy Page Reissue is a replica of his No. 1 guitar Great Gibson info (look under the custom shop): http://www.gibson.com/Products/GibsonElectric/# The Les Paul Forum...

Peter, Wow!! great stuff! Thanks for sharing! Steve

It's not really - and I'm sure I'll get some flames for that, this is the Tokai Forum and all :lol: Actually they are very, very similar in details and construction. The big difference is the price. The new LS-135 in the ebay link would have been $1300 shipped to the US. A new Gibson R8 VOS...

$1300 or $1400 would be better, see here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=320130494790

No, a three piece top is made up of a center section, with "wings" added to the sides. Here is a picture that belongs to BaggyPants, that shows an unfinished 3-piece top. I added arrows showing the seam lines:

I hate to break it to you, but that is a laminate top over a maple cap. Carefully look at these pictures of a particularly fine solid top Tokai LS320: This example clearly shows how the seam in the top, and in the pick-up cavity match up. It also illustrates very well the grain pattern in...

Hard to tell, as BaggyPants said, the grain appears to be uninterupted thru the pick-up cavity. Also, the grain of the cap seems very wide compared to the tight grain of the top. - But details like that are hard to make out in pictures. In this picture I drew lines that follow the grain of the...

You need to look and see if the centerline in the top matches the centerline of the maple cap. If the cap centerline and top surface centerline match up, you need to look at the end grain in the pick-up cavity, and see that it matches up to the grain pattern of the top surface. Here is a...