[What's your Les Paul's name?]

 

From Left to Right...

2011 JB Gold Top Studio - "Golden Joe"

2011 Desert Burst 08 Standard - "Vintage Joe"

2008 Heritage Cherry 08 Traditional - "59 Special / Yui"

2010 Desert Burst 08 Traditional - "Gary Moore"

2011 Honey Burst DB P90 60's Tribute - "The Chapman"

[Protecting an autographed guitar]

I had Joe Bonamassa sign my LP between the tuners on the back of the head stock (least touched part of the guitar) and I had him sign the truss rod cover.

 

BTW Joe Bonamassa gives a "life time" warranty on his signatures.

I heard him tell one person that had him sign the body of the guitar and mumble about it rubbing off.

 

Joe's answer was: "if it ever rubs off or fades away, come back and see me and I'll resign it, it has a 'life time' warranty"

Well I'm going to the Albert Hall next year so I'll test that, My scratch plate was smudged by my hand when I had it still on the guitar (Now removed)

Hope fully I'll have no problems organising the Meet with the PA..

[Protecting an autographed guitar]

Depends where....

The only safe places are behind the headstock or below the tailpiece depending on how you play.

In all honesty the only real way is you DRILL! on a covering but that is something I don't recommend...

If you supply a pic it should help, heres one of mine (That I still use)

[What's that smell?]

I think I know what you mean, its the smell of the Nitrocellulose, this fades after a few years but initially it gives off a glue like smell.

[Les Paul Blonde Beauty]

Many sites say it was limited to 400 as for value $2,000 - $2,500 in Mint condition

[The Traditional Club]

Just got it today - Honeyburst.

 

 

Congrates what fretboard does it have?

Looks like one of the newer 2012 models so may be double ply rosewood or something else...

[The Traditional Club]

Heres my recently acquired Traditional post Mods (Inc Peter Green'd)

Desert Burst Plus Top, Made 3rd December 2010

 

 

 

 

[9's or 10's?]

The NUT will be an issue here if you want 9's this is the best solution

 

 

It gives you 9's with 10s! (You will need to lower the tailpiece all the way tho)

[The Studio club]

My 2nd Studio a Joe Bonamassa (To go with my Gary Moore)

 

 

To report on Variations, this comes with a SHORT tennon toggle & is 50's wired on a Metal plate (Unlike my other 2 which are on circuit boards)

[Thinking of selling my Les Paul, should I not?]

Keep it For the HUGE £600-700 loss you'll make its definately not worth it, PLUS Uk shippers don't cover instruments over £100 so if its broken your F#####

[The Studio club]

^^ Any permanent modification to the guitar will compromise the value of the guitar.

Tonal wise, the design will not affect the LP.

In my experience if not done by a professional, I can think of a few things that ADD value to a guitar

 

# Add a mod that many want (Peter Green eg)

# Copy a model in higher demand by changing parts

# Adding Gold Hardware instead of Nickel Stock.

[The Studio club]

Posted this elsewhere but worth adding to the cause...

 

Made July 13th 2011, #159 of the line from Nashville, TN USA (So hardly 2 months old!)

 

 

 

I can confirm a few things with the 2011 model

 

MAPEL cap on Mahogany

Short tennon toggle

Similiar non solder chip board as in my 08 Standard

 

[Is my Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White is real?]

There are a lot of Fakes out with serial# EE08....

Yep my White SG was a EE08...

[Is my Epiphone Les Paul Custom Alpine White is real?]

Sorry to say but that looks fake to me :(

 

The EE is out of sinc and the wrong size

&

The Diamond just doesn't look right

 

But lets see what the experts say...

[What Epiphone Electric Guitar do i have?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzT7mhhMb3g

You lucky sod...

 

EM-1 Rebel