Tjackson Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Hi there! I’ve just scored this scruffy les Paul having had a deal on a melody maker fall through on me. I’m going to pick it up on Saturday morning. It will be my second ever Gibson, and I’ve not owned one for over 10 years so I’m pretty excited, even though it’s scruffy. I did quite a lot of reading before buying it to determine authenticity, please if anyone spots anything I didn’t notice I’d love to know before I go and collect it. I bought it knowing that the headstock has a repair to it, and that as stated above its scruffy as all heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjackson Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Just now, Tjackson said: Hi there! I’ve just scored this scruffy les Paul having had a deal on a melody maker fall through on me. I’m going to pick it up on Saturday morning. It will be my second ever Gibson, and I’ve not owned one for over 10 years so I’m pretty excited, even though it’s scruffy. I did quite a lot of reading before buying it to determine authenticity, please if anyone spots anything I didn’t notice I’d love to know before I go and collect it. I bought it knowing that the headstock has a repair to it, and that as stated above its scruffy as all heck. I am struggling to upload more than one photo due to file size... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 That's not scruffy. That's mojo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I like its looks. I'd give it a good home. Hope its a good'n. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersonsGuitar Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 On 4/29/2021 at 10:11 PM, Tjackson said: Hi there! I’ve just scored this scruffy les Paul having had a deal on a melody maker fall through on me. I’m going to pick it up on Saturday morning. It will be my second ever Gibson, and I’ve not owned one for over 10 years so I’m pretty excited, even though it’s scruffy. I did quite a lot of reading before buying it to determine authenticity, please if anyone spots anything I didn’t notice I’d love to know before I go and collect it. I bought it knowing that the headstock has a repair to it, and that as stated above its scruffy as all heck. I think I saw this one on reverb or somewhere - not sure if it’s normal or not but the finish looks quite thick. Almost polyurethane-ish in the way it has chipped to me, but then perhaps they used a lot of plasticisers in the late 90s and a studio with dot inlays sounds odd... having said that I wasn’t around in the 90s so what do I know ! Perhaps double check by having a look at pickups and the electronics if you can? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjackson Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 All I’ve looked at so far is the back of the pots, all say Gibson. I know there were 90s studios with dot inlays over trapeze. And I’ve got no idea with the finish, I bought it prepared to refinish it if needed but I quite like it’s shabby-ness. I will try to sneak a peak at the pickups today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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