Recent content by no soul

Ive played vintage (read: original) Les Pauls. They vary BIG time. From wood to electronics. But yeah, I wouldnt mind owning a "crappy 59" : ) Regardless, my 81 Ls-80 is my favorite guitar in my collection. Thats against Gibsons (one is a 1962) custom made stuff, really cheap stuff etc etc...

I forget they (along with fernandes) started doing all the chinese production pieces lately. But I had my suspicions that this was not a japanese model. It may sound great and play fine, but at this point Id only be picking one up for the sake of collection, in which case Im only into japanese...

anybody know how to ID a Burny to tell if it is japanese made or korean? This one is definitely a more recent model. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/223549017.html here is a link to the guitar in question any help is appreciated

pardon my intrustion, but what is this faber kit of which you speak?

Ive got one of those. Its historicaly accurate to say a Norlin era Les Paul :lol: it has the headstock/neck volute, medium tenon, and is heavy as all sin. No 3 piece top or pancake body though thank god. No laquer either :cry:

thats birds eye maple. dont be fooled, some people will pay a lot of money for a top like that.

it is

how do you figure flamed maple was considered a fault back then, when it was used on Jazz boxes and other instruments for quite sometime before making a big splash with solidbodies. Also keep in mind, in 56 carved top les pauls were either goldtops or black customs. There were no burst...

Ive got an 81 LS80 I think to get this quality of materials on a modern tokai Id have to buy a much higher end model. Not to mention the laquer finish. Granted, this may be off set by the ever increasing prices for a vintage Tokai, but I got mine for only 200USD from some burned out hippy...

my 81 LS80 has got it

Navigators are the best production Les Pauls PERIOD Gibson NEVER made anything that well

to clear up, Greco was the house brand of Fuji Gen factory. While Fuji Gen made many Ibanez guitars, there is business relation between the two brands though. Many guitars that were made for Ibanez were also just rebadged as Greco however. Are they as good as a Gibson? Well I cant speak...

drop dead sexy doesent even begin to describe that

heh, yeah just like that we even have the same tuners.

oooh, LS80 looks like mine. I just emailed the guy..