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Original burst taken apart and meticulously photographed...Burst 101...required read!

garywright

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#29 is the perfect shot for showing the reversed top curve near the center of the poker chip
 
ourmaninthenorth

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I believe this guitar is also in the BOTB with a different serial number...namely 9 1823 ( page 164)

:hmm
 
zhivago

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That is an incredible site.

Talk about high-res photos!!

Wow. Just wow! :salude
 
sws1

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chasenblues said:
Meaning that the series of pics n the link are two different guitars..


Or..?
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Same guitar, but the lighting, angle, and size of the photo in BOTB makes it look like a different guitar. You need to almost get out a magnifying glass and look at the wear marks to see it's the same. OMITN has laser eyes.
 
chasenblues

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sws1 said:
Same guitar, but the lighting, angle, and size of the photo in BOTB makes it look like a different guitar.
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Oh i thought it might have been a case of something else..


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marshall1987

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Wow what an eye-opener. :dude:

The take-away for me is that even the best historic makeover Les Pauls, w/ aging, don't come anywhere close to the authentic patina of real vintage Les Pauls. The makeovers may sound real close to vintage examples, but that's where it ends. They'll never get the authentic patina of vintage examples to the point where the two are indistinguishable.
 
ourmaninthenorth

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sws1 said:
Damn - That's a good eye. I've never have seen that unless I got out the microscope.
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sws1 said:
Same guitar, but the lighting, angle, and size of the photo in BOTB makes it look like a different guitar. You need to almost get out a magnifying glass and look at the wear marks to see it's the same. OMITN has laser eyes.
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Other than having a good memory for the interesting ones, I can't take any credit whatsoever Scott...these Gentlemen were on it 11 years ago...:biggrin:


http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?111531-59-for-Sale-in-japan&highlight=9+1251



This guitar 9 1251 and 9 1823 as listed in the BOTB are the same guitar...This picture from Burst Serial compared with the BOTB picture is strong...

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What is intriguing is the serial number anomaly. An error in BOTB perhaps?

:salude
 
abalonevintage

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Vlad Lashing at Lashing Guitars is a joke. There are several serious mistakes in that article....factually wrong. I'm not sure why the LPF would link to poorly researched data.

All he did was re-post photos from a Japanese magazine and add commentary...apparently he cant read Japanese. :hee:hee:hee

Oh, and what he DIDN'T say, says even more....
 
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Since, in my opinion, one of the main purposes of this forum is education, please tell us what is factually wrong with his observations. I think we're all here to learn. I know I am.:jim
 
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