Tom Wittrock
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Besides being a Beatle, Paul is a Burst icon! :yah
Yes he is Tom !
Please welcome my friend "GetBack" to LPF from NJ. A music teacher, photographer , friend of mine with a pretty cool story to tell>>long story short>> Macca brought him and his father up on stage at a sound check!! They played Get Back ... Brian Ray loaned him one of his signature SGs, and now he actually owns one. How cool is that ??
Thanks for the warm welcome! I am a very blessed guy and would love to talk about it with anyone who is interested. Looking for a 60 Burst to go along with my Macca collection. Coming close but none have that "McCartney Burst" I'm looking for... HELP!!!
Looking for a 60 Burst to go along with my Macca collection. Coming close but none have that "McCartney Burst" I'm looking for... HELP!!!
GB, check out the "Gibson Custom/Historic Les Paul District for your search of a RI 60, maybe the Marketplace (?).... this forum is ALL about Vintage 1952-1960 Les Pauls :salude
GetBack, are you looking for a real 1960 Burst, or a reissue? :hmm
I saw Paul at Austin City Limits festival yesterday. It was a 2 hr 15 min setlist. He only used the burst on The End. He used the custom painted 'people' LP on a few songs earlier in the set. Overall it was an amazing show. I was pretty close to the front and didn't even need to rely on the big screens to see everything in its full glory.
He used his original '63 Hofner and played a modern Martin D28 as well. The two Epiphones (Texan and Casino) did not make an appearance.
Rusty and Brian had some very nice Gibsons as well, though I don't know what's actual vintage vs reissues. But their band had by far the best tone and sound mix of the various bands I saw on stage that day. It was loud, but not harsh on the ears at all. Pablo is good at what he does and got a shout out from Paul.
There are four known left handed Bursts. :ganz
tom wasnt one of them mcenroes? i didnt spell that right! i think it went through an auction and i remember it went reasonably it seemed considering it was a lefty.
i know rick nielson sent paul the lefty burst, i heard a radio interview later with cheap trick and the burst was brought up and robin zanders said paul never paid rick for it! i hope he finally did. love the beatles my number one fave band of all time.
John McEnroe owned the only [known] 59 left handed Burst. The other three were 1960 models. :salude
glad he didnt treat it like he did his tennis racquets! wonder why he sold it? surely he is stable financially?
your a left handed guitar player and you own a lefty 59 burst and you sell it?!?!