Big Al
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I have a CC#26 Whitford low serial number (<10). I’ve never played or owned a vintage 1959 Les Paul and this is about as close as you can get . I paid <$5k and it’s mint. I have a A True Historic R8 which I like just as much. There are some guys here who own the vintage guitars and play them all the time. For most guys, you will spend you entire life and never be ina same room with one. I like both a lot better then the Les Paul Standard and Traditional.
Bottom line....good idea by Gibson. I was after the Beast but I’m waiting for a good deal. I’m happy.
Funny, I see you are already moaning about the tone, so not so happy, huh?
People with zero experience with real Bursts always seem to build up an unrealistic expectation of the tone.
A CC doesn't get you any closer to a Burst than any other Historic. They replicate the look and vibe of an existing Burst in a limited issue. Big ZZ Top fan? A Pearly Gates might float yer boat, right? Your buying a look. I completely agree with you that the Custom Shop vintage reissues capture that magic and I prefer them in general over the USA models.
Now a real Burst is a bright guitar. Listen to any of the early Burst users and you'll hear it. Also we all used our vol and tone controls then and savvy players still do. I always have my bridge pickups tone pot dialed down to fatten tone and have the volume up about 3/4. I then adjust for the song. More accurate vintage tone is bright. Plus the individual effects of timber and build further filter the tone. Pickups in my experience do not have the dramatic or transformative effect within the same type. PAF types are more similar than not, but the subtle changes can be profound when fine tuning your tone.
You might not have a 50's guitar, brother, but you wouldn't believe how close the feel and tone is between them. You ain't missing out, your livin' large!!
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