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Topic: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Guys,

couldn't wait for the Joe Bonamassa signature - but saw this in my local guitar shop here in the UK & it 'spoke' to me- I had to have it!

http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/we … /item/3714

Anyone else have one of these Chambered reissues?  I had to sell my standard Les Paul due to the weight issues (over 10lbs!!!) and my slipped disc couldn't stand the stress over a 2hr+ gig & hey! I'm nearly 50 years old so I've a good excuse to get one of these (that's what I told the wife anyway! ;-)

Joe/guys- have you tried one of these?  I imagine a young fit guy like Joe wouldn't need one for the weight reduction - but the TONE!!! Somewhere between a 335 & a Les Paul Awesome IMHO....

Just had to share... Cheers!

This don't look like no express way to me...
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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

good snag my man.  that is a beautiful guitar.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fCdNsm7gvu8

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Dude. I just wet my pants.

What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wild beasts sweeping majestically over the fields?

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Yea I've played them before and they are sweet.  Like you said a mix between a 335 and les paul.  Beautiful guitar man.  Good luck with it.

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

mitch wrote:

Guys,

couldn't wait for the Joe Bonamassa signature - but saw this in my local guitar shop here in the UK & it 'spoke' to me- I had to have it!

http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/we … /item/3714

Anyone else have one of these Chambered reissues?  I had to sell my standard Les Paul due to the weight issues (over 10lbs!!!) and my slipped disc couldn't stand the stress over a 2hr+ gig & hey! I'm nearly 50 years old so I've a good excuse to get one of these (that's what I told the wife anyway! ;-)

Joe/guys- have you tried one of these?  I imagine a young fit guy like Joe wouldn't need one for the weight reduction - but the TONE!!! Somewhere between a 335 & a Les Paul Awesome IMHO....

Just had to share... Cheers!

Mitch .... That is a Beautiful Looking Guitar , If it Sounds as Good as it Looks ... Wow !
Don't usually comment in this section , leave it to the experts .... but i've been into Rock/Blues Music long enough to know when i hear a clean crisp tone that makes you say " curse & swear " words , and in Dynamics and Soulful Variety our Boss Here is Second to None . thats a Full Stop.

Like to Add that this is a True Candy Store For Geetar Afficiandos and if i was gonna Purchase " A Piece that i would love to Master " and look good and feel Cool in Hand ..... There's a Couple of Fender & Gibson Sunbursts that look Absoutely Awesome Machines but i like the look of the BLUE PRS .... Hmmmmm

Back Joe , Back      cool   

.................................. Michael

Joe Bonamassa .......  His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO   After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin       /  Vienna            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE           
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Mitch, 'nice' isn't the word....well done mate....great guitar.

Michael, please don't call a guitar a machine....that's just a souless piece of machinery....a guitar has a life in the right hands.........lesson ends big_smile

....and Michael my old mate....thanks for the DVD and the words of encouragement too. Also, good to see you back on here....I hope all is well. I send you my very best regards, wishes and thoughts.

Geoff

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

No problem Geoff my Mistake , But i got to thinking ..... Sometimes Some People Can Make it Sound Like it's an Combine Harvester Running Over a Patch of Potatoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4BI9qjCPP8

Hey i'm gettin' into this ..... " And Funkin' out in Every Way " An Dancin' an Singin "

............................... Michael    wink

Joe Bonamassa .......  His Greatest 3 Videos ... IMMHO   After Much Deliberation
3rd ...... Mountain Time / Rockpalast       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h01xa6NMsJo
2nd ...... Sloe Gin       /  Vienna            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRASS8O8ZnE           
1st ....... Blues Deluxe / The Borderline    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnl3E_KLxYg
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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Wow, beautiful. Now this isn't the Les Paul Forum but you're bound by Les Paul Law to post a couple pictures you take!

I don't really have a reason to get a Paul that's more chambered than the (finally, again) swiss cheese holes!

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Beautiful.
I'd have that just to look at !!

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Forgive my ignorance, but.. Whats a Cloud 9 Les Paul? *blushes*

What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wild beasts sweeping majestically over the fields?

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Guitargeek wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, but.. Whats a Cloud 9 Les Paul? *blushes*

A 'Cloud 9' Les Paul doesn't exist officially- essentially it's a Custom Shop Les Paul that's had a whole lot of mahogany removed from the body to create a much lighter & more resonant guitar (imho)  check out :

http://www.cloud9guitars.org/

and all will be revealed- ~Gibson aren't making anymore with figured tops- so if you can try one & afford one then I highly recommend it- your back will thank you & it's just as near as mere mortals like myself are going to get to owning an original '58 in terms of tone & weight...

I'm still in the honeymoon phase- can you tell! ;-)

This don't look like no express way to me...
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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

mitch wrote:
Guitargeek wrote:

Forgive my ignorance, but.. Whats a Cloud 9 Les Paul? *blushes*

A 'Cloud 9' Les Paul doesn't exist officially- essentially it's a Custom Shop Les Paul that's had a whole lot of mahogany removed from the body to create a much lighter & more resonant guitar (imho)  check out :

http://www.cloud9guitars.org/

and all will be revealed- ~Gibson aren't making anymore with figured tops- so if you can try one & afford one then I highly recommend it- your back will thank you & it's just as near as mere mortals like myself are going to get to owning an original '58 in terms of tone & weight...

I'm still in the honeymoon phase- can you tell! ;-)

Oh! Kinda like the new standards?

What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wild beasts sweeping majestically over the fields?

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

Kind of, they have more removed though. The standards are actually going back to the swiss cheese style of weight relief.

"Music is the only thing that you can share with a million million people and you don't lose, you gain. It helps you to get energy and to live long, because when your soul is very happy then you don't want to die." - Ali Akbar Khan
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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

very gorgeous guitar man !!!

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Re: Cloud 9 Gibson Les Paul '58

If I'm paying that much - I want my mahogany!  mad