Burst of the Month, July 2017 8-6787 Montrose

This month I am featuring the 1958 Montrose Burst, 8-6787, with an interesting grain swirl on the top.
This is sometimes called the STP Burst [see the dark, oval "shadow" beside the fingerboard, which is said to be from an old STP sticker], and that name was used when it was copied as a Collector's Choice model by the Gibson Custom Shop.



The swirl grain in detail:





I often forget to photo the back of Bursts, and it is nice to have this photo to add:



Ronnie made it sing! And it's still getting played, although maybe not on a pro level.

:salude

This is a great looking burst. Not too over the top, but beautiful. Ronnie knew his way around the fingerboard that's for sure. :yah Is it still owned by a German?

Ronnie's former Les Paul is a killer vintage Burst. I had the pleasure of experiencing this guitar first-hand from about six feet away in the summer of 1972 when the Edgar Winter Band played in the cafeteria at Hayfield High School. GA tickets were probably around $2.00, maybe $3.00. There was no warmup band. This was the summer that Frankenstein was played on the radio. The band was set up on one of those 2-foot tall, folding, accordion type portable stages that all the high schools had.

I was directly in front of Ronnie and could have reached out and touched that guitar had I wanted to. Ronnie plugged straight in to his Marshall via a single wah-wah peddle on the floor. They were one hot band that summer. I especially liked Dan Hartman on bass and guitar. Dan sang on Free Ride and played a Strat. He was a very versatile musician.

My experience with Ronnie's cranked Marshall Super Lead was not so memorable! My ears rang for days. :dang But a fine vintage Les Paul in the hands of a very gifted player.

FWIW, I don't recall seeing any stickers on Ronnie's Les Paul in 1972.

Fried okra said:

This is a great looking burst. Not too over the top, but beautiful. Ronnie knew his way around the fingerboard that's for sure. :yah Is it still owned by a German?

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Last I heard it was still in Germany.

I took those photos several years ago in Germany.

GP had it about 4 years back in Germany.

a very sweet 'burst! :dude: