Midnight Blues
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Thank you Z and I can’t wait/looking forward to seeing them!
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Love that guitar. Thanks for stoking my desire to buy more guitars and, as a result, your help in keeping my bank account completely cleaned out. :spabout
Yup, that would be me Z. I was disappointed when Jon (I believe he posts here from time-to-time doesn't he?) responded by saying that he had no plans of manufacturing one. It's too bad because by all indications, they make quality pups and accessories.
I love watching the "Ask Throbak Thursday" videos! They both seem like great guys and the "Musical Interludes" kill me! I find these, along with the other videos they do, very informative.
OK, let me know if you want me to delete this, because I'd be more than happy too, but it'stime. Kim from Historic Makeovers just sent these to me tonight; she's on the bench!:
It's a nice shot of my "Staple". My baby is in for a refret. I didn't really want to do it, but it was time. I had some dead spots in the upper register and if I wanted to play her, which I do, it needed to be done.
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Took these pics of this '55 Custom a few years ago at a show. I think I stared at this guitar for an hour! :salude
The 1955 Les Paul Custom was owned by Paul Kossoff during his time with Black Cat Bones before the formation of Free. Although a teenage Kossoff soon traded the guitar, he made his mark on it, scribbling his name on stickers inside its covers. The guitar’s subsequent owner is thought to have been Eric Clapton and played onstage with Cream in 1967.
Kossoff apparently scraped the yellowed lacquer off the binding of the then-10-year-old guitar to restore it to its original white appearance, and blacked out the ‘Les Paul Custom’ legend on the truss-rod cover. He also wrote his name on stickers that he stuck to the underside of the control and switch cavity plates.
“There are pictures of Kossoff with short hair, 15-16 years old, playing that guitar,” Matt continues. “He was playing it with Black Cat Bones before Free. He was trading a lot with Eric Clapton and you can see a picture of Clapton with that very same guitar in 1967 in Cream. The guitar initially came from Eric Clapton’s tour manager.”
Here is some more info on the guitar: