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My modded '59 Melody Maker

Funny, this thread doesn't show up in my subscribed threads.

Hey, somebody's selling your guitar! Check out this ad: http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter-et-vendre-instruments-de-musique-guitares-Gibson-Les-Paul-Classic-Fireburst-veut-vendre-rapidement-W0QQAdIdZ358835063 I knew I had seen those pics somewhere...

You ain't kidding. I saw one for sale locally over two years ago and it was love at first sight. I didn't have the money to buy then and I've been looking for one ever since. I located this one at Willcutt back in April, saved a bit and bam...

Nope, not in the least. This guitar works for me.

The Ez-bender was not working properly with the original bridge so I thought a roller bridge would work better. It's just a replacement bridge I found at Stewmac.

It was the second one if I remember correctly

My birthday present to myself this year (bought a month ago):

By the way, when I bought mine, the documentation included with it (long gone) clearly indicated it had been made in Japan.

I bought mine brand new back in 1987. It was the first electric guitar I ever bought. It's been modded to hell and back but there won't be much further mods done to it though because I feel it's become perfect for what it is and what it needed to be. Mods were: I hated the original pickguard's form and I changed it for a man's pickguard: a beautiful three-ply cream Les Paul pickguard, attached with an upscale archtop pickguard bracket the switch tip was changed from black to amber the pot knobs were changed from amber to gold (the old knobs will have new duties on my '59 Melody Maker) Roller bridge Bone nut Planet Waves auto-trim tuners Pickups changed for WCR Fillmore humbuckers Pickup rings changed to Seymour Duncan triple-shots for added tonal variety all wiring redone Epiphone Ez-bender b-bender attached to stop-piece The only thing missing is a custom rosewood truss-rod cover... Here's an outside shot: This guitar has its very own strap all for itself, a beautiful brown "Jimmy Page" strap specially adjusted for the guitar and me: