52-59 Conversion, Amazing 2 piece Plain Top

Great craftsmanship perfectly executed, although the sunburst is absolutely not my cup of tea. A matter of taste, the owner has to like it.

Kinda reminds me of the Dark Koss burst.

Any further updates? I was watching this thread with great interest, and then.... nothing!
Would LOVE to see the finished product!

I had to pull off the conversion for a couple of rush repairs. The lacquer is dry so today I sanded and buffed out the guitar. Next week I'll refret the guitar and it will be ready to play.

I love your threads Boogie!!:3zone

Yeah baby yeah..........that's shaping up to be a real beauty:salude

It's all getting too much for me I can feel burst fever a comin' on.

boogieongtr said:

I had to pull off the conversion for a couple of rush repairs. The lacquer is dry so today I sanded and buffed out the guitar. Next week I'll refret the guitar and it will be ready to play.

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Updates Please!!!!!!!!!!

Well like the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Thanks to all and enjoy the end result.

Yesterdeay I finished the refret job.



Today I assembled and set up the guitar. To top off this wonderful guitar is a set of vintage PAF's.


Two beauties together


Love the top carve

Unlike alot of off-center seam tops this one doesn't draw your eye to it. Nice-great thread Boogie! Needs bonnet knobs though.

Great job, I admire your workmanship!

I liked the guitar better before tho

Whew, that's a nice one. Good work!

Damn that's nice!!

Boog, you did an awesome job on that guitar. The top and back both look great, but more importantly no more shim, no more filler in the neck joint! I bet it sounds great! What does the owner think?

double post

:3zone

And yet another killer came out of your awesome work! Thanks fo r sharing!:salude

rockabilly69 said:

Boog, you did an awesome job on that guitar. The top and back both look great, but more importantly no more shim, no more filler in the neck joint! I bet it sounds great! What does the owner think?

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Thanks, I got to spend a couple of days playing this guitar before shipping it. The PAF's were a great match for the guitar. I'm sorry to see this one go but on to the next project. I shipped the guitar today and the owner will have it by tomorrow.

WOW:bug
Great job Jim:dude:

The '59 Burst Replica that Jim built arrived tonight and after playing it for about three hours I feel compelled to write a report.

I currently own a 2007 Gibson 1960 reissue that I've played for about two years and I really like it. It has Sheptone PU's, real Bumble Bee's and a nice set up by Andy Brauer. I've never owned a real burst but I have played and owned many high quality guitars including a 50's Les Paul, D'Angelico, Kohno, most vintage Gibson's and Fender's. I've been playing for about 45 years, have a Masters Degree in classical guitar, have written five guitar books, composed many film and TV scores and cues and I'm a sound supervisor by trade. My point is that I thought I knew a good guitar when I played one.

I expected the two Les Paul's to feel and sound very similar. I would have been happy with a 10% difference as I really liked my Gibson. What I discovered is that there's a huge difference. What I thought was a good sounding guitar now pales by comparison. I lifted the replica from it's case and grabbed it around the lower frets with my left hand. I brushed the strings at the bridge and I could feel the entire neck vibrating. The guitar felt like one piece of wood.

Jim's replica sustains forever and has a much, much wider range of tones. There are many tones that I've never heard from one Les Paul before. The low notes are tight and clear. It can get a woody, hollow midrange tone and a snappy highs. I played it thru a CAE OD-100, a blackface Pro Reverb, a Glaswerks SOD II, an Ampeg GU-12, a Marshall and a Quinn SDO. When played thru a overdriven amp the notes ring clear and cut thru. It still retains it's character. The difference is not subtile. It's a big difference! By comparison, the Gibson sounds dull and muddy. The David Allen Tom Cat Zebra PAF's are hotter than the Sheptone's and at first I thought I wouldn't like them. I realized that they just widen the palate. They still clean up nicely but can get much hotter. My favorite setting is both PUs on with the tones rolled back slightly. I'm able to get so much variety by blending the volumes against each other.

One last thing... it's really comfortable. The neck is just right, the setup is perfect and the quality is pristine.

Anybody want to buy a 2007 Gibson 1960 reissue? I have no use for it anymore.

Jim...thanks so much!

Robb Navrides
Supervising Sound Editor
Desperate Housewives, The Secret Circle
www.RobbNavrides.com

Congrats Robb, sounds like a very cool guitar - which I'm sure most of already knew after following this thread. Nice to hear you're so happy with it. :salude

Btw you have a super impressive credits list, nice body of work!

Now all you have to do is spill the beans on the next season of Desperate House Wives :ganz (my wife wants to know... as well as me just a little bit )