Authentic Plaintops ?

[Bobby Lee]

Anyone heard seen any Authentic R8 Plaintops ? Teaburst with a flat sawn plaintop sounds pretty authentic.

 

[Black Bear]

I agree...while I love the look of the flaming and such on the AAA tops, it seems to me that there'd be a market out there (myself included) for a good burst with plain old woodgrain underneath a superior lacquered finish...

I doubt if diseased err..."flamed" maple increases tone, just collectibility...

 

[plaintop]

For the record "flame" increases high end and is usually found in heavier bursts. I had to dig.:lol I love the subtle style and beauty of good plaintop.

 

[Bobby Lee]

I'm sure Gibson could sell some, but have yet to hear of any. A really nice paintjob and tone would be hard to beat in a nice plaintop.

 

[ashcaster]

I'd take this one over a super-flamey one anyday:

http://www.gbase.com/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=309648

 

[GeetarGoul]

THis is my favorite part of the referenced paul on gbase.

"At 9 1/4 lbs. , it's a nice light guitar" A true featherweight.

 

[plaintop]

9 and a quarter is heavy....Take a look at my R9, 8.5 pounds of pure tone:

ftp://216.194.193.9/images/592.JPG

 

[GeetarGoul]

My R9 is 8lbs even. A real boat anchor

 

[lespaul506]

plaintop59, you're just gonna have to stop posting pics of your guitar, i think i'd go insane. Beautiful plaintop w/ wonderful color, and double creams. If that one were 'aged' it would be scary-real...:eek

 

[Tommy Lee]

Plaintop's is a plaintop, the gbase axe is a weak figuretop.

 

[plaintop]

lespaul506 .....Thanks, I love that peice of wood, it is my only true friend right now. I am playing the shit out of it and it is checking in 2 different areas. In a couple more years it will look old. I am getting ready to start a project where it will get heavy use. :wail:


TL.......You are correct sir. I verified with Gibson it is a plaintop.

 

[lespaul506]

plaintop, by the coloring, is that a '99 or a very early Y2K? This one looks mighty fine to me... http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/LPR8LBSW.htm

 

[58 Darkburst]

Authentic Plaintops

I love the look of that plaintop at Elderly. What is the best price that can be found out there on a new 58 plaintop? I think I've seen them as low as $2500 new, but I may be wrong. That price at Elderly seems a little high.

Anyone everseen a 58 Darkburst Plaintop?

 

[tsutpen]

58 DarkBurst,

Rudy's in New York has one. http://www.gbase.com/guitar_picture.asp?guitar=252714&home=dealer

I was in New York in July and played it--very nice! At the time Rudy's also had a 59 and 58 flamey darkburst, both fiddleback--reminded me of our friend Goodwood.

Kevin

Oops! its a 59, sorry.

 

[plaintop]

58 DarkBurst,

I have seen an Y2K R9 plaintop darkburst. It came through ebay and sold for almost 3k I think. It was a beauty!

For the record I don't like the butterscotch finish on the R8's. Im a Tea-Burst guy. The one at elderly has those bad rounded inlays and a fat neck.


lespaul506,

Right again, I have a ship date of May, 14 which probably puts construction between March and May 2000. The subtle Tea-Burst looks a lot better in person and the extra grainy cap adds a lot of character and originality to it.

If you have your heart set on a plaintop like I did........ get a '99 or Y2K. Reason being it is an R9 they didn't make R8's those years. The production qualities were real good, neck sizes, colors, weight. Plus NOS or used you can get a good deal.

 

[plaintop]

NEW Gibson Custom Shop Historic Les Paul 2000 Model SERIAL #90622 1959 Reissue, Heritage Dark Sunburst PLAINTOP, , , $2,995.00


I have #90598 the grain is real close to mine. VERY COOL! I want that one. I love it!

 

[lespaul506]

yeah, I love the color of the '99-early Y2K ones. Daves has a beautiful '99 flametop. I should get a plaintop though, the right one looks better than any flametop and I wouldn't feel too bad about playing it...

 

[plaintop]

Flame has almost nothing to do with tone. A plaintop is the same guitar. I thought I would ache for flame but in a player guitar I don't miss it. I knew I would play the hell out of it so why spend all the money for flame? Plus I didn't want a "look at me" guitar which flame tops tend to be. Just for me though, everyone has their own take.

 

[lespaul506]

yeah, it's definately good liking goldtops and plaintops as much if not more than a nice flame, since they both are priced much much cheaper... BTW where did you pick yours up, plaintop?

 

[plaintop]

Mrgoodwood

Here is a shot before any mods:

ftp://216.194.193.9/images/beauty.jpg

This shot still kills me too:

ftp://216.194.193.9/images/guitarandamp.JPG