Meg
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These folks sure think it might be
The First One
The First One
#1 LP...Say It Ain't So
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Zeppelinguy85
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Yeah that one has been discussed before. Hasn't it been up on that site for about a year now so I am pretty sure that they are either selling it for too much or it isn't the "holy grail" that they say it is....
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It doesn't predate this 57 Burst I photographed, 25 years ago. :wink2 
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There's a music store in Des Moines that has a '52 sunburst under glass.
The owner claims it's all original and was most likely a prototype. It's not for sale.
At some point, a dog had chewed off the mahogany around the cutaway......
Bad, bad doggie!
I can't remember the store name (maybe Last Chance Guitars??), but I believe the owner was pictured in Guitar World magazine about 20 years ago with a massive pile of vintage Fender guitars and amps.
The owner claims it's all original and was most likely a prototype. It's not for sale.
At some point, a dog had chewed off the mahogany around the cutaway......
Bad, bad doggie!
I can't remember the store name (maybe Last Chance Guitars??), but I believe the owner was pictured in Guitar World magazine about 20 years ago with a massive pile of vintage Fender guitars and amps.
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whooooie!
Thanks TW. My life would have been TOO complete if that was actually the Holy Grail. What wood (pun intended) we have to look forward to? Kinda like that TV commercial...you have now reached the end of the internet....you must go back.
You have now found the holy grail....oh no! but I can't go back!
TW59 said:It doesn't predate this 57 Burst I photographed, 25 years ago. :wink2
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Thanks TW. My life would have been TOO complete if that was actually the Holy Grail. What wood (pun intended) we have to look forward to? Kinda like that TV commercial...you have now reached the end of the internet....you must go back.
You have now found the holy grail....oh no! but I can't go back!
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I've seen that guitar in person, I am not sure it's genuine. You can read my full description of it in past threads on the same topic.
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I'll check it out
Thanks whip...I'll check it out.
Any news from Gibson on your DB Red Top?
whippost575859 said:
Thanks whip...I'll check it out.
Any news from Gibson on your DB Red Top?
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Re: whooooie!
Well, I wouldn't call this one [the 57] the Holy Grail, as it was all mahogany, like some 57 PAF Goldtops.
And the one in the beginning of this thread, might just be an original Burst. I have said before: I wouldn't be surprised if Gibson did a Les Paul "Standard" in a sunburst finish any year from 1952 on. Sunburst was a standard finish for them, so it only seems natural a few could have been made.
But the model we call a "Burst" will always be [to me] the 58-60 maple top Les Paul Standard, finished in a sunburst finish.
Any good Burst can be "the Holy Grail".
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Well, I wouldn't call this one [the 57] the Holy Grail, as it was all mahogany, like some 57 PAF Goldtops.
And the one in the beginning of this thread, might just be an original Burst. I have said before: I wouldn't be surprised if Gibson did a Les Paul "Standard" in a sunburst finish any year from 1952 on. Sunburst was a standard finish for them, so it only seems natural a few could have been made.
But the model we call a "Burst" will always be [to me] the 58-60 maple top Les Paul Standard, finished in a sunburst finish.
Any good Burst can be "the Holy Grail".
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Re: Re: whooooie!
Don't I remember reading where Ted McCarty said the original prototype (talking 52 here) was a brownish sunburst, then Les Paul wanted it changed to Gold, because it made it look more "rich" ?
TW59 said:
Don't I remember reading where Ted McCarty said the original prototype (talking 52 here) was a brownish sunburst, then Les Paul wanted it changed to Gold, because it made it look more "rich" ?
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Re: I'll check it out
Worser than walnuts, Meg. :lol2
I haven't heard anything fromhenry jackaswiz as of yet.
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Worser than walnuts, Meg. :lol2
I haven't heard anything fromhenry jackaswiz as of yet.
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I've got a pic of that 52 burst around somewhere. I took it apart in 95 or 96 when we were doing shows in des moines. The guy offered it to me for 20K at that time. The finish was certainly old, and the dog hadn't chewed on it (maybe that happened later?). I talked to walter carter about it, and he told me that he was aware of a few others (2 or 3) in 'not-gold' that he considered orig. I bought a 59 fender tweed from him, and let him keep the paul. I thought the guitar was straight, but at the end of the day, it's still a '52 and I've already had my fill of those.