While the '59 Standard is thick, it is not as thick as the Special. I was shocked at how thick the Special turned out to be. I am forever hearing about "baseball bat" thick necks. I bought a Fender American Original 50's Telecaster when they first came out because everyone was talking about...
I just bought a Special last month. It has the wraparound tailpiece that’s compensated. It weighed almost 100 grams or a little under four ounces. I immediately removed it and put a beautiful Faber compensated wraparound bridge with lighter weight studs on the guitar. It probably saved me at...
I’d add one more caveat; if it makes me want to play it whenever I see it sitting on my rack or hanging on my wall. If a guitar does that, it’s a great guitar.
I think that’s why Guitar Center ended the sale early and anyone who bought one of these guitars after the first week of October was extremely fortunate. I know I paid about 12% more than that for mine and feel like I really scored. My ‘59 is a beast.
I am posting about this guitar because it is being closed out by Korg, the manufacturer, on Reverb. I have never played one of these guitars but they are so cheap right now that I'm tempted to buy one just for the hell of it. When they were introduced during Covid the price was $1500...
Thanks for the advise BlueSquirrel. At this point, I took BGood's advise and moves the neck pickup to the point where it wouldn't go any lower while moving the bridge pickup to within a lick of the strings. Right now, I'm happy with the balance between the two pickups and with that, the...
You folks lucky enough to get one of these guitars for $599 have to remember that a pair of new Gibson Burst Buckers retail for $300. The Gibson Burst Buckers aren't even standard on a genuine Gibson Les Paul Tribute or Studio which retail for $1300 and $1700 respectively. With those guitars...
BTW, Aaron, you have to start up a NGD thread. Show off your new Les Paul. Let us see how gorgeous the flame is on the maple veneer. These guitars are too pretty not to show off a little!
I can sympathize with Aaron. The thought of taking sharp objects to your newly acquired instrument can be daunting. When I started playing back in '71, it was on a bass. There were no YouTube videos to watch so you could learn how to properly intonate a guitar or adjust the truss rods (yes...
Aaron, you have to learn how to set up your own guitar, it's not that hard and it will save you a fortune over time. Had I charged someone for the set up on my guitar, including leveling the frets, polishing them, filing any rough fret ends, filing the nut (low E was a little messy on mine)...
Here is my latest after dealing with AMS and Guitar Center.
After talking with a rep at AMS, they agreed to give me $20 off the $745 I paid from my guitar and a $50 gift card taking the total cost down to $675. The alternative was to return the guitar for a refund.
I called the salesperson I...
I'm curious what Guitar Center you got your 1959 Les Paul Standard from. I was advised by a salesperson I had been dealing with and corporate that around the 3rd of October a directive was sent to all stores to remove the price from the these guitars as it had been a mistake. I know that some...
I called Guitar Center’s 800# and the sale was confirmed. I called AMS and sent them the photo of the sale tag, the GC sale # and confirmation from GC that I could have a guitar shipped to a store near me if I place an order tomorrow.
I provided AMS with all the info right down to the name of...
That‘s an amazing price. They must be blowing out the last of their inventory. I saw that Zzounds has listed the cherry sunburst ‘59 as NLA. I wonder if Epiphone is finally making this “limited edition” a real “limited edition.” They’ve been selling them since 2019.
I’d love to try that guitar.
The One came into being in the years before I started playing again. I’d never even heard of it until you mentioned it on my Special thread. I’ve subsequently checked them out on Reverb. PRS must not have made that many or those that have them are hanging on to...
If you 've been reading my other thread about a recently purchased Special in TV Yellow they you probably already saw a picture of this new guitar. After the tremendously positive experience picking up a "blemished" Les Paul Special for $359 from an online dealer, when I saw they had a...
This is what FedEx left for me today. Now I really scored on the blemished Special that started this thread. This $745 1959 Standard is going to need some sorting. First, it was built in 2021 and by the look of the fretboard, frets and fret ends, it’s been through a variety of climates. I...
Thank you. The ‘59 should be here tomorrow. I’ll post pics tomorrow when it arrives. It’s funny, I sold me last Gibson Les Paul last year after a five year love hate relationship. I’ve never been a huge LP fan, Telescope have always been my go to. Now, after stumbling in there two bargains...
Here's a photo of my Special before I swapped out the wraparound bridge for the Faber which weighed more than 2 ounces less than the original Epiphone bridge.
Well, I've really fallen for the Epi magic. I bought a blem version of the 1959 Les Paul Standard last night. With all the discounts it cost $745 plus tax. I couldn't say no. After getting the Special so cheaply, when I saw the '59 from the same online retailer I figured I'd be a fool to...