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Not sure whether this should have gone under "Other Artists", "Off Topics" or under the gear section. At any rate, Peter Frampton's '54 Les Paul was found and returned to him after 32 years. Amazing!

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What a great story.  They didn't say in the article, but this is the Black Beauty Les right?

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Yes, that's the way I understand it.

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Great news.

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someone commented on this story, on another link.... Now that's KARMA!

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Feel good story of the year so far.I was wondering how this 54 compares to Joes 59 to all the gear heads out there?

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gary wrote:

Feel good story of the year so far.I was wondering how this 54 compares to Joes 59 to all the gear heads out there?

From some of the player talk re the post, the old LP was quite modified with hbuckers and tailpiece mods added to bring it up to more modern (in that era) specs.

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It's an unbelievable story…very cool.

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Amazing outcome.  I bet Peter can't believe it either.  I'm glad for him.

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RickB wrote:
gary wrote:

Feel good story of the year so far.I was wondering how this 54 compares to Joes 59 to all the gear heads out there?

From some of the player talk re the post, the old LP was quite modified with hbuckers and tailpiece mods added to bring it up to more modern (in that era) specs.

Thanks Rick.I am not a player so all that stuff goes over my head.I guess I should have asked if Joes is a more rare and valuable guitar?

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Joe's are definitely more valuable due to original condition.  Frampton's was so heavily modified it's valuable because it was Frampton's #1, not because it is desirable from a historic perspective.  The guitar is actually a mess ...

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Joe's are definitely more valuable due to original condition.  Frampton's was so heavily modified it's valuable because it was Frampton's #1, not because it is desirable from a historic perspective.  The guitar is actually a mess ...

thanks d

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I was looking for a pic of said guitar, and found this... http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/N … 0103-2012/

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I was thinking.......I have always associated Peter Frampton with this guitar, or one of it's replicas, so what kind of guitar did he play before he was given this one? Anyone know?

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