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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

AD3THREE wrote:

I'm going to cheat and say its your Les Paul Classic!  Those old Classics had better tops then a lot of the Standards from the 90's and early 2000's.  Here is my old Classic in pretend on stage moment 6 years ago!  http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn38 … ure001.jpg

LOL, not really a cheat there AD3THREE - just a careful look at my signature will show I have a Classic!  OK, so yes that part is correct.  That Classic of yours has a great finish to it - very nice indeed - do you still have it?

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

Devan wrote:

Beautiful looking LP... Gorgeous photography also that brings out the best characteristics!  I actually love the 'fingerprint' marks on a guitar top - actually proves the guitar is used in battle, rather than shined up and stored in a humidicrib somewhere...

Thanks Devan - I can only completely agree with you.  I was so taken back by the quality of the photos, I just had to share them with some guys who I knew would appreciate them!  The close-up will almost certainly make it's way onto a canvas to hang in my home studio that's for sure.

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

No I sold it a few years back to purchase a Fuzz pedal and a Baja Telecaster.  I didn't like the fuzz and the Telecaster decided to stay in the family.  Miss it though.  I put a Bigsby on it because I liked Joe Bonamassa so much, and it thinned the guitar out in a bad way.   Sure wish I knew about the mounting kits they have for Bigsbys before I defaced mine.  It just wasn't the same to me.

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

I have myself a Les Paul Classic also. Only original hardware on mine are the tuners though.
I'm going to guess yours is around 8 years old?

  • From: Southampton, UK
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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

AD3THREE wrote:

No I sold it a few years back to purchase a Fuzz pedal and a Baja Telecaster.  I didn't like the fuzz and the Telecaster decided to stay in the family.  Miss it though.  I put a Bigsby on it because I liked Joe Bonamassa so much, and it thinned the guitar out in a bad way.   Sure wish I knew about the mounting kits they have for Bigsbys before I defaced mine.  It just wasn't the same to me.

Ouch - that's a shame. ):

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

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Coolaxeman wrote:

Nice R8 - wish I could afford one!  Where's "over here"?

sure!

https://www.facebook.com/DoghouseNW

Got a couple of gigs coming up, been very quiet lately though.

Haha! Sorry mate, by over here I meant the UK, I'm in Merseyside.

Ah OK - Sted does your band have a web presence or Facebook page?

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

sted wrote:
Coolaxeman wrote:
sted wrote:

sure!

https://www.facebook.com/DoghouseNW

Got a couple of gigs coming up, been very quiet lately though.

Haha! Sorry mate, by over here I meant the UK, I'm in Merseyside.

Ah OK - Sted does your band have a web presence or Facebook page?

Cheers Sted - you've got a PM.

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

Jimi_lp wrote:

I have myself a Les Paul Classic also. Only original hardware on mine are the tuners though.
I'm going to guess yours is around 8 years old?


OK, so it looks like the interest has died down a bit so I'll reveal.  As most have guessed it's my Classic in honeyburst and it is...just 8 years old from 2004 (well done Jimi_lp!), so I hope you can see why I love those photos that make it look more vintage than it actually is.  Cheers for the nice comments too.

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Re: My Lester - 'Honey'

Wheyhey!!!
Just a year older than mine. Do love my Classic too. Though I may change the inlays one day and have considered refinishing to Pelham Blue top, or Blacktop.