I bought a 97 Les Paul studio of Ebay 10 yrs ago. Ebony with gold trim ebony fretboard. I've changed a lot on it. 496/500 pups, CTS 500k pots, 50's wiring, .011 caps, Tonespro locking bridge, alum tailpiece, Tusc XL nut, and Kluson locking tuners. I use Daddario XL 140 nickel strings. 140's are thr Drop D set that starts with a .52 E and the rest just .10's set. Mine also came with a chainsaw case. Pretty cool deal for $800 back then. As a Strat player 1st this is a great Paul. All these changes make a great stay in tune Paul I can beat on and not worry about hurting a super valuable guitar. But the wear and tear on the paint is amazing. Gibson really needs to paint a bit thicker. This thing has so much wearing off so fast it looks 20 yrs older than it is. My Amer deluxe plus Strat is 4 yrs older and looks 20 yrs newer. Guess it's Fender's thick paint cause I've owned the Strat since 96 and so much of it looks new compared to the Paul.
Great looking and sounding piece. Nice to see the burst killer living up to its name. I used to want a 335 until I played one and a solid traditional back to back. I had to take home the LP. Maybe if they were reissues it would have been another story but the Les Paul just had something about it. Somebody will get an really good guitar for the price.
Was that some playing from the Pete thorn demo of a Trainwreck? I thought about transcribing that tune myself! Beautiful guitar, well taken care of, Lyle. Whoever ends up with it will cherish an excellent instrument.
Oooh man... Is that tempting... I'll keep an eye for it popping up on Reverb (I prefer to use Affirm with them). Sounds killer through that Friedman too. You're review videos of it were top notch. One of those showed up used at a local store a while a back and was a real treat to play my Explorer through.
“It plays a mean rhythm master It makes excuses for unwanted lipstick stains on yer colIar and it’s only a dollar step right up!” love LP’s and SG’s but just ain’t in the cards right now. Thank goodness for Epiphone! Good luck,though!
Thumbs up for a Tom Waits reference! In a similar vein I also recommend "Billboard Love" by Uncle Bonsai: " The man is always smiling, as he leans against his Cadillac, and offers you your money back if you can beat his price/ and the woman's so beguiling, as she rubs against her Chevrolet and offers you some repartee and Motor Trend advice...."
Vibrato is on the wrist brother. You just gotta keep trying it. It's taken 30 years and I'm still perfecting my bent string, wide vibrato. But it's in the wrist. Noones fingers can handle it.
@@PsionicAudio Learning how to play again in the early 80's after breaking my neck led to recognizing how important it was to regain what could be, and how that makes my style my very own😉 Lost the "feel" in my fingers....but increased the feel of my playing😁😎👍 Your vibrato sounds really good to me brother 😉😎👍❤🖖
HAHA! No lie, every LP i own has a chip in it in the same exact spot just about that yours does. Too funny, i am not alone ! :-) Mine were from having the guitar on a stand and unplugging another guitar i was holding and I dropped the cable and the tip of the cable hit the guitar, ive had this happen to 5 LPs in almost hte same spot. Now I walk away from my guitars when I unplug my cable. I have no nerves in my right fingers so I drop stuff a lot. :-)
@@PsionicAudio Nice ! The way it should be ;-) . One of my main guitars (and i still own it) for years was a 1999 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus w/ Trans Black finish with AA top. Ive bought and sold and traded a lot of guitars in my day, but this is one that i would never trade. ;-)
Beautiful example of what a Gibson Les Paul should be. You did all the right mods in my opinion.
I love you rocking the Big Star tee. One of my absolute favorite bands.
Moving up to a 335 is always a good move. Best of luck with your sale! Who ever buys it is getting a quality guitar.
I bought a 97 Les Paul studio of Ebay 10 yrs ago. Ebony with gold trim ebony fretboard. I've changed a lot on it. 496/500 pups, CTS 500k pots, 50's wiring, .011 caps, Tonespro locking bridge, alum tailpiece, Tusc XL nut, and Kluson locking tuners. I use Daddario XL 140 nickel strings. 140's are thr Drop D set that starts with a .52 E and the rest just .10's set. Mine also came with a chainsaw case. Pretty cool deal for $800 back then. As a Strat player 1st this is a great Paul. All these changes make a great stay in tune Paul I can beat on and not worry about hurting a super valuable guitar. But the wear and tear on the paint is amazing. Gibson really needs to paint a bit thicker. This thing has so much wearing off so fast it looks 20 yrs older than it is. My Amer deluxe plus Strat is 4 yrs older and looks 20 yrs newer. Guess it's Fender's thick paint cause I've owned the Strat since 96 and so much of it looks new compared to the Paul.
Your vibrato is fine! More controlled and slow than most playeres I hear ☺️
That will play and sound better than anything that will come from the factory, a beaut!
It’s a deal as advertised. Really, worth more. StewMac has a great example of that type of fill and finish repair.
I have always the tone of this LP. I’m sure it will go to a good home.
Great looking and sounding piece. Nice to see the burst killer living up to its name. I used to want a 335 until I played one and a solid traditional back to back. I had to take home the LP. Maybe if they were reissues it would have been another story but the Les Paul just had something about it.
Somebody will get an really good guitar for the price.
She's a beaut. It's hard to let things go but you just got to do it sometimes.
Was that some playing from the Pete thorn demo of a Trainwreck? I thought about transcribing that tune myself!
Beautiful guitar, well taken care of, Lyle. Whoever ends up with it will cherish an excellent instrument.
If I play anything that sounds like Pete, trust me, it was just a happy accident.
I love that guitar tone
Absolutely Stunning!!!
Excellent geetar y’all!!!
Oooh man... Is that tempting... I'll keep an eye for it popping up on Reverb (I prefer to use Affirm with them).
Sounds killer through that Friedman too. You're review videos of it were top notch. One of those showed up used at a local store a while a back and was a real treat to play my Explorer through.
No robo-tuners and floyd rose conversion? Not even headstock break? Rude.
You should let Trogly know
Greetings from NZ 😎💕🤣
“It plays a mean rhythm master It makes excuses for unwanted lipstick stains on yer colIar and it’s only a dollar step right up!” love LP’s and SG’s but just ain’t in the cards right now. Thank goodness for Epiphone! Good luck,though!
Thumbs up for a Tom Waits reference! In a similar vein I also recommend "Billboard Love" by Uncle Bonsai: " The man is always smiling, as he leans against his Cadillac, and offers you your money back if you can beat his price/ and the woman's so beguiling, as she rubs against her Chevrolet and offers you some repartee and Motor Trend advice...."
Vibrato is on the wrist brother. You just gotta keep trying it. It's taken 30 years and I'm still perfecting my bent string, wide vibrato. But it's in the wrist. Noones fingers can handle it.
I used to have it before the nerve damage.
@@PsionicAudio sorry to hear it. No injury, but I still suck at wrist vibrato😮
Nice Big Star shirt!
Nothing wrong with your vibrato brother 😃😎👍
Glad there's no weight relief...
Beautiful LP😃😎👍
Thanks, but losing that is still hard.
@@PsionicAudio
Learning how to play again in the early 80's after breaking my neck led to recognizing how important it was to regain what could be, and how that makes my style my very own😉
Lost the "feel" in my fingers....but increased the feel of my playing😁😎👍
Your vibrato sounds really good to me brother 😉😎👍❤🖖
Nice guitar. Are those chambered body ? Thats one thing I personally dont like. I like heavy guitars even if my back and neck dont haha.
HAHA! No lie, every LP i own has a chip in it in the same exact spot just about that yours does. Too funny, i am not alone ! :-) Mine were from having the guitar on a stand and unplugging another guitar i was holding and I dropped the cable and the tip of the cable hit the guitar, ive had this happen to 5 LPs in almost hte same spot. Now I walk away from my guitars when I unplug my cable. I have no nerves in my right fingers so I drop stuff a lot. :-)
Not chambered. 10lbs.
@@PsionicAudio Nice ! The way it should be ;-) . One of my main guitars (and i still own it) for years was a 1999 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus w/ Trans Black finish with AA top. Ive bought and sold and traded a lot of guitars in my day, but this is one that i would never trade. ;-)
Sadly I don't have the money to buy that - would you accept my first born son in exchange? He doesn't eat much and can be handy sometimes 🙂
It’s pretty but have a 58 reissue that’s my baby.
I just wanna know where to get a hospital grade power plug.
Where did you get your plastics Lyle? I need to change mine.
Creamtone
Thanks.
Sweet! Link to the Reverb link anyone? Thanks!
Haven’t put it on reverb yet
whats the wieght
10lbs or slightly more. Original listing said “just over 10lbs” and I don’t have a scale.
@@PsionicAudio yeah thank you i heard on the end of the vid thank you