Recent content by talonmm

Put it on reverb or ebay, or list it here at the price you feel (or believe) it's worth. And when you don't get any responses or offers, you will have your answer.

For those of us, a little new to the world of Bursts and Burst collecting, can those in the know, tell us a little about this collection and collector? I believe that's Perry Margouleff in the photo and the collector is Dirk Ziff? I'd love to know if Dirk is still collecting and acquiring...

I never thought I'd post a video of me performing on guitar at this forum since the level of musicianship on here is way beyond what I can do. But this happened over the weekend. I want to give a big thanks to Mike the Guitarist and the entire band and sound guys for the band 45 RPM. I'm a...

Anyone going to the vintage guitar show? I'll be there. Would really like to meet some members there, so I will be wearing a Les Paul forum tee shirt. Please be sure to say hello!

Anyone as a guest, ever get up and play with the wedding band? Tell your story (or if you were at a wedding and someone special got up there and played with the band). Here's the story of a guy who did that this weekend - I'll bet you'll enjoy it (I hear he owns a '60 burst too) I write...

A few months back I started a thread here with a local craiglist link. There was supposedly a blues band looking for the ultimate guitar player. I was not sure if it was a serious listing or someone trying to be funny. Here's another gem from Long Island Craigslist. If you care to...

This guitar caught my eye when I picked up my local music paper. I assume this is a vintage piece that was customized? Dweezil looks to be playing a vintage gold top with p90s and a unique tail piece. The neck looks possibly newer than the rest of the guitar. Anyone know about this guitar...

No matter how good a blues player I was, you couldn't drag me to this audition, even if I desperately needed a band to play in. The first link was in my local craigslist section, but the 2nd link below is a very funny retort. Any thoughts or comments on these craigslist listings? My goodness...

It's far for me to travel to, was wondering if anyone had any insights they could share? https://reverb.com/item/3624556-gibson-les-paul-85438 Thanks!

I purchased a beautiful guitar on ebay and it arrived this week - a stunning, unused 2008 Gibson Flying V 50th Anniversary "guitar of the month". Sorry for the small picture. It sounds like a monster and feels terrific, but.... when I use a strap, the guitar winds up being a couple of...

Speaking of this amazing Montage.... Charlie D. and Mike S. have helped me design a 2017 Les Paul Forum Calendar and they have come up with a special promotion for members to acquire one. Each Calendar has a unique serial number printed with it, in the format of Gibson's 1957 style and format...

The real thanks doesn't go to me, it goes to Charlie Daughtry and Mike Slubowski to make this happen. I'd like to add that Charlie's photos are amazing and one of my favorite features of the calendar include the member Montage (spread over the front and back of the calendar to maximize each...

Went to the Paramount - a small to mid size venue on Long Island NY over the weekend and saw a Motley Crue and & Guns n Roses tribute bands. It got me thinking.... anyone here now or ever in a tribute band? If the individual members of the tribute band look like the members in the real band...

This weekend I was in Pittsburgh to take my son to a couple of Pirates baseball games. Looking on the internet, before our trip was to start, I found a vintage Guitar store, "Hanks Vintage Guitars". They had a great-looking 1958 GT on their website, but they mentioned when I called, that the...

Mills Custom Guitars made this SRV replica guitar for me (and customized it just the way I wanted) They have a video on youtube which shows them making a SRV guitar (not this one). The video is a lot of fun to watch! The guitar I am getting has a vintage fender-type neck and if it's...