Yes, Gil Yaron has done it. I have 2 of them (along with a '56 Goldtop he built)! If you want to see how, check out the build thread on the Telecaster Forum. I think it comes down to having THE right wood and an insane attention to detail.
Earlier this year, a friend of mine who owns a great music store came into the possession of a killer '59 Burst. They were selling it for $475,000. They wanted me to play it and record a few clips, which I did. I brought my Yaron Burst to compare.
The real '59 was amazing and a real treat to play. However, my Yaron held up extremely well to the real '59--way better than all the new CS Gibson Historic Reissues.
Gil does not make them anymore, and he only made a small quanity. Part of the reason he did it was to prove that it could be done.
The simplest reason is that, after 60 years, materials have changed. :ganz
If there is a will there is a way am sure if Gibson really wanted to with price a non-issue they can. A 60 year old growth wood can be had and are still around.
Materials can be easily cloned and reproduced with the right people/team............when you can have the GMO and genetics (Dolly the sheep) being cloned and other cultured? Anything is possible these days, we just haven't gone that far or afraid to really.
Yes they can!:dude:.................I think Mr. 1.5 billion Paul McCartney had one done and no not the original 60's hes got. Hehe!
so NO thenwell he did make the pickups, and knowing his work he might have made the caps as well, the other stull would be silly
No, there isn't unless the Gibson execs want to go to prison for violating health and safe and/or environmental laws. Certain chemicals and processes used in the making of instruments and their parts in the 1950s and 1960s are rightfully outlawed now due to their hazardous nature. They are not coming back. Without them, you cannot make certain plastics, electronics, magnets, etc. exactly the same as they did in the 1950s. So the idea of a perfect replica is impossible made exactly the same is impossible. Does this make any perceptible difference with respect to sound, feel, or appearance? Who knows!
Did he make the pickups, the wire harness, the caps, the pots, the screws?
well he did make the pickups, and knowing his work he might have made the caps as well, the other stull would be silly
so NO then
In 1959, other than the imported wood, pretty much every single part of a LP, or any other Gibson, was actually made in the USA. Every screw, the tuners, output jack, braided wire, pots, etc.Gibson didn't make those other parts, so what's your point. :wah
Gibson didn't make those other parts, so what's your point. :wah
In 1959, other than the imported wood, pretty much every single part of a LP, or any other Gibson, was actually made in the USA. Every screw, the tuners, output jack, braided wire, pots, etc.
Those parts are not made the same as they were back then. Its entirely the point.This point makes no sense.
Gibson did not make those parts, just as Gil did not either.
So, the fact that Gil did not make those parts is pointless. :hmm
Those parts are not made the same as they were back then. Its entirely the point.
I have never played nor been in the same room with an original. I have seen many of them on YouTube recently and can say that my 2 2018 ROs come close if not right on from what I am hearing in those videos. I am not concerned with them being exact replicas down to every insignificant detail. I often wonder about Brazilian Rosewood but after giving myself goosebumps every time I play either of them I am glad and proud to own these fine contemporary Les Pauls.