Players who use genuine 1950's Les Pauls which aren't bursts.
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TheZ
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Dave Gregory from XTC played this '53 goldtop from Skylarking onward. What a fantastic sounding guitar.
Fretting out
Doctor of Teleocity
Wasn’t ronson’s les Paul a late-60’s/early 70’s model?Mick Ronson:
A 50’s would have been solid mahogany without a maple top
Edit: I found out it is a 68
And isn’t Randy’s a 70’s model
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Doctor of Teleocity
This fellow sure played em
In fact I don’t think he ever played a burst! even in their era, what does that tell ya!
In fact I don’t think he ever played a burst! even in their era, what does that tell ya!
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Doctor of Teleocity
But his Custom wasn't a fifties, it's a late sixties, you can tell by it having two pickups, not three.Mick Ronson:
Anyway, last year, Golden Earring called it quits when guitarist/ lead singer George Kooymans revealed he had ALS and thus wouldn't be able to play guitar anymore. Golden Earring had been around for sixty years and during at least 80% of those sixty years, Kooymans played a 1959 "Black Beauty" as his main axe.
That's the guitar he played on "Radar love"
Nope, that's not a fifties made Custom, it's a seventies one, since they didn't make white customs until the early seventies.
JohnnyThul
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They did some white Les Paul Customs in the 50's, although only as special order. I remember a 3xP90 Les Paul Custom in White, once owned by Erhard Bochen, but I am not sure if the guitar has been verified as being original.
This one here was made for Les Paul and is well documented, among at leats a second one made for him:
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I'd say, a lot of things were possible to be custom built at Gibson in the 50's, although I never saw a 50's 2 Humbucker Custom (which already would be pretty rare) in white.
But technically, the first SG shaped Customs were called Les Paul, and they were available in white from 1961
It always looks so weird to me to see Page with a non-burst Les Paul.
I've seen pics of him with a red and/or maroon LP.
SnidelyWhiplash
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Jimi using a couple of Pauls...
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Great pics!
Scholz’s Paul is a 1968, and Buchanan’s Custom is a 70’s.
I saw em’ both, in the day.
Buchanan was playing this guitar when I saw him at the Armadillo in 1979.
Mike Ness’ guitar is a 1976.
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Tricone
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My favorite Les Paul player. Dickey refinished his 1957 gold top to translucent red himself. Great musician.
JohnnyThul
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Kirk Hammett tours with Greeny- which was previously used by Gary Moore and Peter Green!
Tricone
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My mistake. I forgot the 1950's tag. Thank you for correcting me. I remember in a post you said you saw Buchanan and with his Les Paul and his tone was still like an ice pick through the skull.lol
