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contest: most insane top ever..........

trioderob

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try to top this as the most insane les paul of all time!

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traviserickson

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untopable

yes, i think that les paul ultimas are the sexiest guitar ever created. i will be shocked if anyone can top that.

-Travis

p.s. - is that your guitar?
 

trioderob

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not mine but.....

i DID HOLD IT IN MY HANDS!

The area around the top pup was so flamed out as to not be believable.
I really got the impression that the guy at gibson who picked this out
must have been hell bent to get the best wood in the world.
Its flames have a depth to them that look to be half an inch deep when you hold this baby
In your hands. It really almost looks ridiculous because it is sooooooo flamed that
It is not even like a musical instrument anymore it is a work of art!
 

traviserickson

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god i know what you mean. that guitar is the god of guitars. i envy you for being able to hold.
if i had 10 grand, i'd spend it all on the ultima.
 

brianf

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I'm not a quilt fan but that is one 3D top! If you check out Mike Slubs page in the guitar galleries, he has some nice ones as well. ( nice---understatement.)


brianf
 

Krlphnx

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uggh!

Are you guys serious?

whew, you can keep that for $10K, I'll find a nice fire-grained 57 Junior and have enough left for an R8...that harp bridge looks like something my mom would hang plants in...

Krlphnx
 

59refin

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The harp I can handle. It's all that beautiful quilt with a clownburst finish. Wheres a nice iced tea or washed cherry when you need it?
 

whippost575859

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My vote still goes for that R9 in the first historic brochure. WHEW!! That, by definition, is flame.

Dave Amato has a guitar with an almost identical top also. Seen that one from three rows back, it is one killer guitar.
 

Shovel95

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it's beautiful! and intense!

I don't have a heavy quilt to share, but here's my answers to that one:

The Bengal Whore
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The Excalibur:
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And Last, but certainly not least, from the Monarch of Maple, fellow forumite Joe Ganzler, the one and only : GLADYS (yes boys and girls.....it's real)
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Green

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That Ultima is certainly insane but GLADYS is what a classic Les Paul top is all about. Beautiful guitar, Joe.
 

BigMikeD

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Regarding the Ultima pictured here: Insane? Probably. Ugly? Most certainly. There aren't many L.P.s that fall into my WTFIT? category, but that's one of 'em.
 

davegeetar

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Re: uggh!

Krlphnx said:
Are you guys serious?

...that harp bridge looks like something my mom would hang plants in...

Krlphnx

HAHAHAHA!!!!!! :lol1 :lol1

amen brother
 

prekazi

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the most insane top has got to be the one posted here a month or so ago, half tiger stripes - half quilt. I don't have the pic, but I am sure you know which one I am talking about.
 
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