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My 57 Les Paul Historic Black Beauty Custom weighs 8 1/2 lb - is that light ?

Dr. Green

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its a 2 pickup model - solid mahogany body with ebony board .

would that be conciderd a good weight ?
 

TM1

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Yeah, that’s a great weight! I had a 2004 3 Pickup that was 9.5 lbs.
 

Dr. Green

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I have had 4 historic les pauls

2003 r8 / 2007 goldtop 57 / 2013 r8 / 2017 r8

I feel like the tone on the BB is better than any of them.

its the first one where I thought " I am not selling this "

I did have to pull out the crappy burst buckers and put in some seth lovers , swap tailpiece posts for steel , thumb wheels for brass, nickel strings to get it to really come to life
 

Midnight Blues

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I guess it's all relative, but it's a good weight and is actually light compared to Customs of the past.
 
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