Topic: "Baby, Baby Baby I am gonna leave you

Hi All
I thought I would share this with my Bonamassa friends. I acquired a new addition to the family. it does not eat much but likes to be rubbed often.
Cheers Ron
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 … -00038.jpg

"Joe B saved my soul, forever grateful Ron"
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them"
Skinner #1,JBLP 145(aged),252, (unaged),#285HM, Bburst #026, Joes 052 BCC black LP, Strat> RT,EC Gilmour,Beck,Lenny LP> PK 83,CC#2,3,4,9,Amps>Carol Ann RAH JB-100 SN 001,JB100 Red SN02,OD2, OD3,Tucana 2&3 Triptix,Twinkle land, Plexi ,JB Jub, Jubs,Plexi,Satch,Two Rock>others

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WOW!  All I got is a cat added to our family.  This is sweet!

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Best one yet, Ron...get those clips a going!

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Wow... That is nice!

Gibson Custom Joe Bonamassa Ltd Signature Les Paul VOS # 31

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Superb, can't say more..

Come on the Blades (sorry Idolbone just had to borrow your line)

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Wow, that's very nice!

Guitars: 2002 Gibson R8, 2008 Gibson SG Standard, 1977 Fender Statocaster, 1979 el Degas Les Paul Custom, 2011 Epiphone JB Les Paul
Amps: 1982 Marshall 4010

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Father's day present?

Score! smile

kestrou

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WOW !!! Beautiful! Please talk more about it (neck profile, pickups, ...)

9 (edited by cindyron 2012-06-17 19:12:12)

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Bonamazing wrote:

WOW !!! Beautiful! Please talk more about it (neck profile, pickups, ...)

Thanks for asking here is a write up although not sure where the name "Babe" came from for Joe has called his "5 Speed":

"The entire premise of Gibson Custom's Collector's Choice™ series revolves around the recreation of the most prized Les Paul Standards. But the subject on this occasion represents a rarity among the rare—and even something of an enigma. In a little over 52 years on this planet, this fascinating "transitional" early 1960 Les Paul Standard has had only four owners, three of whom prefer to remain anonymous, while one is very much known to the guitar-playing public, Joe Bonamassa. Collector's Choice 1960 Les Paul 3 0-0137, otherwise known to all as "The Babe," is a marvelously well-preserved Les Paul Standard. It presents an unusual combination of late-'59 features on an early 1960 model-year guitar, as well as being one of very few verifiable Standards of the era produced with a factory-ordered Bigsby vibrato called a "Floating Bridge" at the time. In short, the Collector's Choice 1960 Les Paul 3 0-0137 "The Babe" is a precise recreation of what is an unusual and extremely desirable Les Paul by any standards, and production is strictly limited so it is destined to remain an extremely collectible guitar.

Product Features

One-piece Mahogany back with hand-selected, Eastern Maple top

Rosewood fingerboard with vintage-accurate trapezoid inlays

Powerful Custom Bucker 3 Humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge

ABR-1 bridge with aluminum base and Bigsby® tailpiece

Gotoh Nickel Reissue Green Keys with 121 tuning ratio"

"Joe B saved my soul, forever grateful Ron"
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them"
Skinner #1,JBLP 145(aged),252, (unaged),#285HM, Bburst #026, Joes 052 BCC black LP, Strat> RT,EC Gilmour,Beck,Lenny LP> PK 83,CC#2,3,4,9,Amps>Carol Ann RAH JB-100 SN 001,JB100 Red SN02,OD2, OD3,Tucana 2&3 Triptix,Twinkle land, Plexi ,JB Jub, Jubs,Plexi,Satch,Two Rock>others

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cindyron wrote:
Bonamazing wrote:

WOW !!! Beautiful! Please talk more about it (neck profile, pickups, ...)

Thanks for asking here is a write up although not sure where the name "Babe" came from for Joe has called his "5 Speed":

"The entire premise of Gibson Custom's Collector's Choice™ series revolves around the recreation of the most prized Les Paul Standards. But the subject on this occasion represents a rarity among the rare—and even something of an enigma. In a little over 52 years on this planet, this fascinating "transitional" early 1960 Les Paul Standard has had only four owners, three of whom prefer to remain anonymous, while one is very much known to the guitar-playing public, Joe Bonamassa. Collector's Choice 1960 Les Paul 3 0-0137, otherwise known to all as "The Babe," is a marvelously well-preserved Les Paul Standard. It presents an unusual combination of late-'59 features on an early 1960 model-year guitar, as well as being one of very few verifiable Standards of the era produced with a factory-ordered Bigsby vibrato called a "Floating Bridge" at the time. In short, the Collector's Choice 1960 Les Paul 3 0-0137 "The Babe" is a precise recreation of what is an unusual and extremely desirable Les Paul by any standards, and production is strictly limited so it is destined to remain an extremely collectible guitar.

Product Features

One-piece Mahogany back with hand-selected, Eastern Maple top

Rosewood fingerboard with vintage-accurate trapezoid inlays

Powerful Custom Bucker 3 Humbucking pickups in the neck and bridge

ABR-1 bridge with aluminum base and Bigsby® tailpiece

Gotoh Nickel Reissue Green Keys with 121 tuning ratio"

The name 'Babe' came from the large baseball bat style neck ala Babe Ruth!!

11 (edited by Bonamazing 2012-06-17 19:33:58)

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cindyron, very nice specs !!!


stefanhauk wrote:

The name 'Babe' came from the large baseball bat style neck ala Babe Ruth!!

So must be a very confortable neck. I like so much these big fat neck profiles.

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duuuuuuuuude...I'm drooling...I ordered a bigsby for one of my Les Pauls the other day. But that is gorgeous.

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JBFan1 wrote:

duuuuuuuuude...I'm drooling...I ordered a bigsby for one of my Les Pauls the other day. But that is gorgeous.

Thanks

"Joe B saved my soul, forever grateful Ron"
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them"
Skinner #1,JBLP 145(aged),252, (unaged),#285HM, Bburst #026, Joes 052 BCC black LP, Strat> RT,EC Gilmour,Beck,Lenny LP> PK 83,CC#2,3,4,9,Amps>Carol Ann RAH JB-100 SN 001,JB100 Red SN02,OD2, OD3,Tucana 2&3 Triptix,Twinkle land, Plexi ,JB Jub, Jubs,Plexi,Satch,Two Rock>others

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Bonamazing wrote:

cindyron, very nice specs !!!


stefanhauk wrote:

The name 'Babe' came from the large baseball bat style neck ala Babe Ruth!!

So must be a very confortable neck. I like so much these big fat neck profiles.

Feels quite nice Thanks

"Joe B saved my soul, forever grateful Ron"
"Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay awake and do them"
Skinner #1,JBLP 145(aged),252, (unaged),#285HM, Bburst #026, Joes 052 BCC black LP, Strat> RT,EC Gilmour,Beck,Lenny LP> PK 83,CC#2,3,4,9,Amps>Carol Ann RAH JB-100 SN 001,JB100 Red SN02,OD2, OD3,Tucana 2&3 Triptix,Twinkle land, Plexi ,JB Jub, Jubs,Plexi,Satch,Two Rock>others

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Just wow Ron.  That is an amazing piece of hardware.  A real unique jem and natural beauty.  I know she is going to get a lot of love.  Congratulations!

Gibson 60th Anniversary 1959 Les Paul Reissue, Gibson LP Standard Faded CSB, Gibson Gary Moore LP Standard, Epi Joe Bonamassa GT LP, Epi Zakk Wylde LP, Dean Michael Schenker Flying V, Jackson Randy Rhoads V, ESP/LTD George Lynch Kamikaze, EVH Striped Series R/B/W, Fender/Squire John 5 Telecaster, Fender Joe Strummer Relic Telecaster

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Very nice Ron! You'll have to take a picture with ALL your Les Pauls together.

Out of all your JBLPs, your Kossoff, this one etc.., is there one in particular that you would pick up before any other to go do a gig? I'm sure they all have their own uniqueness but theres got to be one that you feel most connected to?

-Seth

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Wow...just wow...that's nice! smile

cindyron wrote:

Hi All
I thought I would share this with my Bonamassa friends. I acquired a new addition to the family. it does not eat much but likes to be rubbed often.
Cheers Ron
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 … -00038.jpg

Guitars: 2002 Gibson R8, 2008 Gibson SG Standard, 1977 Fender Statocaster, 1979 el Degas Les Paul Custom, 2011 Epiphone JB Les Paul
Amps: 1982 Marshall 4010

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Awesome guitar!!!  I have one on order...  0-0137 and the other girls are going into a gun safe for the summer.....  Batman is a special guitar and the CC#3 are actually more flamed than the original.... 
Joe B