Andron17 Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Right, here's the thing. I brought a one year old Gibson Les Paul Standard in 2007 (so it's an '06)off a bloke who had never taken it out of the room he played guitar in. The guitar is pristine. And I got it for £750! Just so you know. It is defiantly not a copy/ fake. But i was questioning whether it is not in fact a Standard but a 1957 VOS. It looks extremely similar to the latter and does not have the 'Standard' text on the truss rod cover. Here's some pics. The serial number is 021960378 if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevezapp Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 She's a Standard mate. A nice one at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubog Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Yes a Standard, 57 has ABR-1 bridge. But what a bargain!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossroadsnyc Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Nice score, Andron! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andron17 Posted March 1, 2009 Author Share Posted March 1, 2009 Thanks. I think I might have cried if it was a VOS though :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Nice guitar! FYI, I put the number in guitardaterproject and it pulled up the following information: Your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA August 7th, 2006 Production Number: 78 This website will tell you more about serial numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantha Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 I dunno.. it looks fake to me. The signature on the headstock is upside down. Just kidding... Congrats on your find! She's a beaut'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobv Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Just so you know what they're talking about, you have a Nashville bridge which has heavy threaded studs that turn with the wheels, and you can see the metal inserts in the top of the guitar where the studs go. You can also spot it (assuming nobody has flipped the bridge around accidentally) because the screws face the tailpiece. A Historic Reissue would have an ABR-1 bridge where the wheels spin but the studs don't. The studs are thinner and thread directly into the wood on the top of the guitar. If you remove the control cover you'll see the standard modern pots and capacitors, as opposed to the CTS pots and reproduction bumblebee caps used in the 1957 reissue. There's also a difference in the color of the gold finish, but you might have to have them side by side to tell them apart. Same thing can be said for the inlays; the historic fretboard inlays are pointier than the Standards. Now if you want to make yourself crazy about the difference between a historic and a standard, take it to an airport scanner or an x-ray machine and look inside, that's a different story..... Gotta love goldtops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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