Was gonna buy the Yui Hirasawa Les Paul but got this instead

[kwest]

I really wanted to get The Yui Hirasawa signature Les Paul (Link) because it matches my decor


But then I went to my friends store today and this had just arrived. It's a 1998 Les Pauls Standard with gold hardware(factory)
and a 1-piece back. It is mint and has all the case candy too!

Sorry Yui...

[Paith]

Looks just like mine that I bought yesterday, except mine has the nickel hardware! Other than that, everything else is the same! Congrats on the purchase, hope you enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine in the 24 hours I have owned her.

[kwest]

Originally Posted by Paith

Looks just like mine that I bought yesterday, except mine has the nickel hardware! Other than that, everything else is the same! Congrats on the purchase, hope you enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine in the 24 hours I have owned her.

Thanks man! Congrats to you as well.Do you have a photo of you guitar? I'd love to see it.Cherry Sunburst is my favorite color for a Les Paul.

Can't wait to put the stickers on!

[stock_hippie]

15,000 aluminum cans to go.....

[Stevedenver]

i always thought i was fairly open minded.........................

[kwest]

Would anyone know what kind of pickups would have come on this guitar? It's just a 1998 Standard(with gold hardware).

[Paith]

Hey man, here are the photos of mine.....mines a one piece back too, not sure if tahts common with them all or not.

http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=169357

[kwest]

Originally Posted by Paith

Hey man, here are the photos of mine.....mines a one piece back too, not sure if tahts common with them all or not.

http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=169357

Thanks for the link.What a beauty! What year was your Standard made? Do you know what kind of pickups are in yours?

Prages on HCEGF has one like mine also (1998 Standard with Gold Hardware). This is his






My picture(below) isn't as good as Prages but I do think it captures some of the "bling" of this model.

[Paith]

No idea what Pups are on mine, I am assuming 498 & 490 as I believe those were pretty much standard on the standard (no pun intended). My standard is also a 1998.


The only real difference aside from our hardware is that I added Top-Hat knobs because I have never been fond of speed knobs, although I do have the originals safe inside the case!

[Stevedenver]

stock pups should be 490(n) 498(t) on a 98 standard

who is yui?
is the music good?

[kwest]

Originally Posted by Stevedenver

stock pups should be 490(n) 498(t) on a 98 standard

who is yui?
is the music good?

Thanks for the info. Yui is a japanese comic book/anime charactor



She owns a Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Standard which she named "Gita"

[ThorK]

You are putting those stickers in those locations, as shown in post #3, on that Gibson Les Paul Standard you just bought?

Really?

To each their own I guess, good luck!!!

[kwest]

I was just kidding,I don't have the stickers. You have to buy Yui's Signature guitar to get the stickers.

[Stevedenver]

play it in good health!!

[kwest]

Originally Posted by Stevedenver

play it in good health!!

Thanks Steve!

[ThorK]

Originally Posted by kwest

I was just kidding,I don't have the stickers. You have to buy Yui's Signature guitar to get the stickers.

whew! was gonna say!

hey, i've seen stranger things done to guitars! whatever floats your boat, right on! (guilty anime pleasure: i was into that initial D anime about 8 or 9 years ago, way before it got big over here! )

[andreja marovic]

thats too crazy for me...

[Joseph Palmer]

I Aprove!



But I have to say - the top on my standard looks more like Yui's.

[kwest]

Originally Posted by Joseph Palmer

I Aprove!



But I have to say - the top on my standard looks more like Yui's.

Yes it does,beautiful! I may still have to get a Yui signature so that I can have a flame top too!

[Stevedenver]

might be worth it to blow up the decal pics and make yer own-save you a few undred thousand yen

[blauserk]

In case any of the rest of you were wondering who the heck Yui Hirasawa is. So that is not a Gibson guitar, I gather?

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Yui is a girl who's easily distracted by cute things. She's a crybaby but cheers up easily if she gets some sweets. She eats a lot of sweets but she does not gain any weight as she herself says. In many ways some may say she's a child, and making sure she practices is a problem. When Yui takes good care of something she sleeps with it. When she wants to remember something she forgets everything else. Yui's energy seems to come from cake.

She does not get good grades in school and is easily distracted by trivialities. Yui is clumsy and easily spaces out most of the time. She has her younger sister Ui to take care of her and keep herself in line. She has a very easy-going nature, but has incredible concentration when hyped, though this is only limited to one subject at a time. She will totally neglect any other things in the process, to the point of forgetting anything she has learned beforehand. Despite all her flaws, Yui is still a fundamentally good-hearted girl who openly expresses love with hugs and adorable nicknames (most notably "Azu-nyan" for Azusa), and once devoted to something she is loyal to a fault, and can display near-genius levels of competenece to the subject of devotion, as shown by her perfect score in the makeup exams to return to the band. She has perfect pitch and thus can tune her guitar by ear flawlessly. She is the group's main vocalist, although she is known to forget her lyrics in mid-performance, as well as overdoing things, making her unable to perform sometimes. She is the sort of person who learns by being shown, rather than by having read about it. Yui shows this lack of technical knowledge when she does not know what a palm mute or vibrato is when Azusa suggests the use of one when teaching her, but could use one in her music

[Stevedenver]

thanks for that
strange qualities for the protagonist eh?
but sort of an everyman

[andreja marovic]

....interseting!!!!

[Black58]

Originally Posted by blauserk

In case any of the rest of you were wondering who the heck Yui Hirasawa is. So that is not a Gibson guitar, I gather?

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Yui is a girl who's easily distracted by cute things. She's a crybaby but cheers up easily if she gets some sweets. She eats a lot of sweets but she does not gain any weight as she herself says. In many ways some may say she's a child, and making sure she practices is a problem. When Yui takes good care of something she sleeps with it. When she wants to remember something she forgets everything else. Yui's energy seems to come from cake.

She does not get good grades in school and is easily distracted by trivialities. Yui is clumsy and easily spaces out most of the time. She has her younger sister Ui to take care of her and keep herself in line. She has a very easy-going nature, but has incredible concentration when hyped, though this is only limited to one subject at a time. She will totally neglect any other things in the process, to the point of forgetting anything she has learned beforehand. Despite all her flaws, Yui is still a fundamentally good-hearted girl who openly expresses love with hugs and adorable nicknames (most notably "Azu-nyan" for Azusa), and once devoted to something she is loyal to a fault, and can display near-genius levels of competenece to the subject of devotion, as shown by her perfect score in the makeup exams to return to the band. She has perfect pitch and thus can tune her guitar by ear flawlessly. She is the group's main vocalist, although she is known to forget her lyrics in mid-performance, as well as overdoing things, making her unable to perform sometimes. She is the sort of person who learns by being shown, rather than by having read about it. Yui shows this lack of technical knowledge when she does not know what a palm mute or vibrato is when Azusa suggests the use of one when teaching her, but could use one in her music

Sounds like my fuckin' ex-wife.

[kwest]

Originally Posted by blauserk

"When Yui takes good care of something she sleeps with it."

My kind of girl!

[the399]

[Billy Porter]

Originally Posted by the399

+1

[Burrmanchu]

Originally Posted by Black58

Sounds like my fuckin' ex-wife.

Dude I just about fell off my couch.