Patek
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To measure apples with apples, the most accurate Historic Les Pauls released by Gibson are the 2018 Brazilian Les Pauls which cost around 10k which is inline with most of these upscale fakes.
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And they are still wrong. Aside from the old growth which is fair enough, but they still have the wrong logo, wrong headstock contours, wrong tailpiece position, plastic markers under the fretboard, wrong nitro, wrong glues, and so on. colours and fade are not accurate generally (sometimes one comes out lucky). I’m not even going to touch on the hardware and parts. And the aging is applied, isn’t convincing
There is a market for HM and Bavarian makeovers for those who want their LP to look right
Likewise there is a market for a replica where the entire build from scratch for a totally bespoke LP as accurate or not as you want.
You are not going to get something that looks as accurate as a masterbuilt replica or a HM by going direct to M2M !
And even after all that, I’m more than happy to buy customshop LPs fresh from the factory unmodified ! Just like id love to own a bavarian makeover jobby, and a f*ckoff-looking replica. And indeed one can always dram about having a real burst too. Variety is the spice of life