abalonevintage
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Too many unknowns to even try.
Huh....not seeing those. :hmm
Edit: OK, found them.
http://s729.photobucket.com/user/rjvfender/library/1959%20les%20paul?sort=2&page=1
This is interesting.
It's not so much that the cracks are unusual, it's that they "look" unusual.
That top looks refinished to me.
It looks to be more of a repeated "rub" than it is a fade. The cracks are unusual as well. I can imagine they darkened over time as sweat accumulated in them.
but is it authentic?....:couch
Before I comment on the guitar, and in view of the 'Real or Fake' thread in the Sunburst Pub, do the forum owners feel there is a a legitimate reason for analysing this guitar ? I don't want to get in trouble seeing as I'm on my final ban warning? :dang
Before I comment on the guitar, and in view of the 'Real or Fake' thread in the Sunburst Pub, do the forum owners feel there is a a legitimate reason for analysing this guitar ? I don't want to get in trouble seeing as I'm on my final ban warning? :dang
At least in my mind, I don't think there's an issue of this guitar being a fake. Rather, there is some issue as to it's condition. Since the shop owner is aggressively marketing it, both on his website and in the Les Paul Society on Facebook, I think we have, as a Forum, a legitimate reason to discuss the condition of the guitar. Thus, your double secret probation is intact for the time being, but watch yourself buster.:spabout
If it's a refin, it's interesting that the color of the guitar appears the same in that video, that has to be at least 30 years old. Thoughts?
Fred...do you have any insight?