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People are horrible. I much prefer dogs. 😐

Most of my Les Pauls in the past have been heavier than that one, Lefsa. The guitar you desire is pretty light for a Les Paul. My previous ones: 1971 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold-top - 9 lbs 8 ounces 1996 Gibson Les Paul Studio - 9 lbs 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Coppertop - 8 lbs, 14 ounces 2013 Gibson Les Paul Sully Erna Signature - 9 lbs 2018 Gibson Les Paul Faded in Worn Bourbon - 7 lbs, 8 ounces , the same as the guitar you are considering. My most recent ones: 2018 Gibson Les Paul BFG 7 lbs, 9.5 ounces , a comfy weight. 2017 Gibson Les Paul Custom Studio – 7 lbs, 3 ounces , even lighter yet. 🙂

Sweetwater has two of them for sale. One weighs 7 lbs, 8 ounces, and the other one is 7 lbs, 12 ounces. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LPSPTH015NCH--gibson-les-paul-special-tribute-humbucker-natural-walnut#modal

My thinking is that the bolt head would be flush on the truss rod cover side. That way you'd have no problem getting at the truss rod aperture. And your truss rod cover would cover up that recessed bolt head. The acorn nut with washer, on the other side, would be at least smooth, (won't snag your flesh like a screw head) and it would rest in between the E string tuning gears, unobtrusively.

I'm of the impression that this is not a Gibson so much as a tribute to one, constructed by an avid fan. The headstock shape, the angles on the Gibson logo around the 's', the square shapes of the fretboard inlays, none of those look right to me. John D. Shearer was a photographer, last I remember. (As you pointed out, the name on the headstock.) I don't know. Just thinking out loud. 😔

Well, she turned out pretty well, all things considered. The Titebond 3 and clamping worked like a champ, and all the hardware bits came in rather quickly from Amazon. She took a lot of setting up, adjusting of the bridge height versus numerous truss rod adjustments, but I have her playing and sounding really great. The pickups sound predictably inexpensive, and slightly muddy, but I tweaked the pickup heights to get the crispest sound out of them. Mikey will take possession of her tomorrow, if all goes well. And I'm only charging him $28.00 for the whole job. (The cost of the bridge, tailpiece, and screws.) The rest (strings, labor, glue) I'll chalk up to experience. Good times!! 🙂

It's just zounds. Here she is in proper daylight. The P90 tones are delightful. I really like this guitar a lot. They put Elixirs on at the factory, and I believe they are 10's to 46's. The factory logo on the headstock is in the form of a metal coin. I'm not normally a fan of that, but this seems just right for the overall groove of the guitar. 🙂

Flashman, The serial number should be embossed into the wood on the back of the headstock. That will reveal to us the year of manufacture. If that's not visible, there's a chance it was painted over at some point, in which case it would be hard to make out. Can you post a photo of the guitar from the front overall, and one (like the above) with good detail of the back of the headstock? 😐

2 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said: That break looks totally fixable from here I agree 100%. I would drill a fine pilot hole (beneath the truss rod cover) right thru both pieces, install a proper sized bolt, washer, and acorn nut, lay the glue in, insert & tighten up the hardware, and then leave it clamped for a day or two. Reinstall the truss rod cover, string it up, and rock and roll. As Peter Criss sang, "You got nothing to lose. " 🙂

I've always liked Dweezil. He comes across as genuine, and not one given to affections or self-aggrandizement. 🙂

I'm sorry for your loss, Jay. That had to have been a traumatic and tragic experience, sir. We lost our drummer, Bob Fillman, nearly three years ago. Cancer got him, and as horrible as his demise was (there in the hospital, in a medically induced coma tubes running in and out of him) I suspect that he would rather have gone the way your friend did. To the original topic, man, that broken headstock is painful to look at. 😔

Well, she's a beauty. I unboxed her, and Zzounds did the set up and packing just right. Flawless finish, great feel, and she came with a nice factory soft case/gig bag. Weighs 8 lbs, 2 ounces, which is heavier than I had hoped, but she hangs right, and perfectly level when strapped on. 25" scale length. Can't play her very loud just this moment, but I will crank up the amps here in a bit, just to see how well she projects. More photos and a better review later on this morning. Happy Saturday. 🙂

I have never spent $4,000 on a Les Paul. And it's extremely unlikely that I ever would. But I have spent a quarter of that on a few of them. 1971 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold top. 1996 Gibson Les Paul Studio. 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio copper top. 2013 Gibson Les Paul Sully Erna signature. 2017 Gibson Les Paul Custom Studio. 2018 Gibson Les Paul Faded. I gigged all but one of them. And the year is young yet. No apologies, and no advice shoved down anyone's throat. The OP posted here asking advice as to what he should do. I offered my best advice. It'll either pass muster with him, or it won't. I won't lose sleep over it one way or the other. 😐

Just got home from work a while ago. The box from FedEx looks to be in good shape. I put it in a neutral corner, and am going to wait a while for the temperatures to equalize in and out. It came from Zzounds in Olive Branch, Mississippi, so it shouldn't have been too frigid in transit. 😬

Man, this went ugly fast. Every Gibson Les Paul I have ever owned was taken to the very next gig, and I played them like I stole them. I played them because I was proud to strap them on, and because I wanted to see how they performed and sounded live thru all the stage mix and PA. Never mind the 'somebody might steal it, or somebody might knock it over' stuff. Funny thing is, and this is the yin and yang of the universe I guess, I now own a used, beat-to-****, hard-worn Gibson Les Paul, and we can't seem to get to a gig until this covid nonsense is over. I really hate it. 😐

So. A few years ago I fell in love with the Yamaha Revstar line of guitars, and ordered the one that I fancied. It arrived early, weeks before my birthday, and so it sat in its crumpled, beat-up shipping carton in the hall closet until the big day. Finally, the happy birthday arrived (summer of 2018 I believe), and I unboxed my Bowden Green beauty. The RS502T. Sure enough, the neck was cracked wide open during shipping. UPS had destroyed the guitar. Luckily, the vendor took it back without any questions, and refunded me the full amount. I needed the money, and so life went on. And so now, I'm celebrating a few small victories with the Veteran's Administration, and I find myself with a wee bit of disposable income. Long story short, my new 502T is scheduled to arrive this afternoon, via FedEx. My wife voted for the Tuxedo colour scheme, so this one is Ebony Black. This is what she should look like, provided she survives the in-transit horrors that many guitars are forced to endure. Fingers crossed. 😐

Jay, I recommend you sell the studio for parts. And go ahead and rock the R7 gold top at gigs. It's a guitar, not Faberge Egg. Meant to be played, not idolized. 🙂

And Amazon had the hardware I need, with exact dimensions measurements for the stud pole pieces (for the bridge and the tailpiece). And the screws for the truss rod cover too. Those parts will be here Saturday.

Titebond 3, got it. And they have it at my nearby Ace Hardware. Thank you so much!! 🙂

Gorgeous, and I love the headstock shaped fret marker inlays. THAT is cool beyond belief. I think you'll like the Cool Rails, a lot. I had them in a Strat-type guitar, with the Kramer Quad Rail in the bridge position. Fabulous tones! 🙂

So there's Mikey. He works the night shift, and mentions to me the other day that he found a guitar in a dumpster, in a soft case. "It might not work. Can you check it out and see if it can be made playable?" Intrigued, I told Mikey, "Yes please. Bring to me and I'll see what going on, and if it's worth fixing up." So there she is. An Epiphone Les Paul Studio (Model ENL1). Made in September 1998 at the UnSung Factory in Korea. The tail piece and bridge are missing, and the fingerboard is coming away from the neck. Two of the truss rod screws are missing. It's been painted, and the pickups are not original. Still works though, (I plugged it in and checked out the pickup and volume/tone knob functions) so it might sound good, once restored. It sold for $599 brand new back in 1998. Now worth less than $50 in that condition depicted below. Once restored, cleaned up, and buffed, it could sell for $150. The neck should repair with proper wood glue and clamping, and leaving it set for a few days. The missing hardware should cost $60 to $100, depending upon finding the proper fit, online. Parts are easy to order. So, a question for you wood-working luthier types; What sort of glue should I apply between the rosewood fingerboard and the neck, and for how long should I clamp it? Another question for Pickup experts; Can you tell what brand of pickups those might be? They feature some unusual pole piece tips. Mikey wants to learn to play, otherwise I would not endeavor this 'restoration'. Thanks in advance! 😘

I like the finish on that. In that photo, it almost looks like a Natural Finish, only with binding. As opposed to the usual, more colorful 'bursts. I like natural. 😗

Very classy. Too blingy for me personally, but I can see where that thing is going to be a collectible some day. 😐

Ha ha ha, good stuff!! In my professional world, an LAO is a flight called a Local Area Orientation. You take somebody out flying to show them the traffic pattern, necessary radio calls to the air traffic control agencies, significant landmarks and reporting points, and hazards. But in this case, it's the artist's initials. Our girl singer and painter/potter/glass crafter is Lisa Ann O'Neil. LAO. She signs it in all her works of art and paintings, and recently added a circle when she etches it into ceramic creations. She had signed the back of the guitar in very small font when she first did the gecko. I simply gave her a larger billing by scrawling her symbol on the front there with a Sharpie. 😛 Here's the artist in real life.