'53 Les Paul cheap, needs minor repairs:

David Barnett · October 23rd, 2005, 03:52 AM

http://www.gbase.com/Powered/GearDet...6a&Item=798999

jhundt · October 23rd, 2005, 08:26 AM

that hurts - even a Tele player's gotta feel bad about this one....

Roel from Holland · October 23rd, 2005, 10:35 AM

Hahahaha, the description is fantastic :-)

"Les Paul Banjo Hollow Body PAFs Goldtop...Different"

...but it's sad to see a guitar like this.

Telenator · October 23rd, 2005, 10:49 AM

That is really sad.

Ben Harmless · October 23rd, 2005, 10:53 AM

Somebody's going to have to pay for what they did to that poor guitar.

ye olde fretmonkey · October 23rd, 2005, 03:11 PM

Can someone please 'splain to me what that guitar was supposed to wind up as, other than "completely ruined"?

BTWM did you notice the inlay popping up out of the fingerboard in that one pic?

David Barnett · October 23rd, 2005, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ye olde fretmonkey

Can someone please 'splain to me what that guitar was supposed to wind up as, other than "completely ruined"?

BTWM did you notice the inlay popping up out of the fingerboard in that one pic?

Looks like it was set up for a tenor banjo player.

kp8 · October 23rd, 2005, 03:52 PM

i like that is says:

Description: You hardly ever see these anymore.

hee hee

funny thing is, i have seen a couple les pauls done like that in the last 4 or 5 years on eBay.

Was this a popular thing to do at one point?

Stubbs · October 24th, 2005, 05:53 AM

Tenor guitars were somewhat popular back then. Gibson offered some of there electrics with the tenor "option" straight from the factory. I played on at Elderly's once. I think it was an ES-175.

October 23rd, 2005, 03:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
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jhundt Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 2,811 9 Photos	OUCH ! that hurts - even a Tele player's gotta feel bad about this one....

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Roel from Holland Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Den Haag, Nederland Posts: 1,020	Hahahaha, the description is fantastic :-) "Les Paul Banjo Hollow Body PAFs Goldtop...Different" ...but it's sad to see a guitar like this. __________________ Proost, Roel http://www.telecastergallery.com

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Telenator Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 4,403	That is really sad. __________________ Dogs have the right idea!

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Ben Harmless Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Albany, NY US of A Posts: 3,037 6 Photos	Somebody's going to have to pay for what they did to that poor guitar. __________________ "I think I'll go for the life of sin, followed by the last-minute, presto-change-o, deathbed repentance." - B. Simpson

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ye olde fretmonkey Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Austin Posts: 3,333	Can someone please 'splain to me what that guitar was supposed to wind up as, other than "completely ruined"? BTWM did you notice the inlay popping up out of the fingerboard in that one pic? __________________ Just 'cause that's the way things are, that never did make it right.

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kp8 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,706	i like that is says: Description: You hardly ever see these anymore. hee hee funny thing is, i have seen a couple les pauls done like that in the last 4 or 5 years on eBay. Was this a popular thing to do at one point?

October 24th, 2005, 05:53 AM	#9 (permalink)
Stubbs Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 207	Tenor guitars were somewhat popular back then. Gibson offered some of there electrics with the tenor "option" straight from the factory. I played on at Elderly's once. I think it was an ES-175.