Bender 4 Life Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I like both, as long as the line hasn't been crossed into "ClownBurst" territory. My old Tobacco LP is still beautiful, after all these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kubog Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Someone mentioned plaintops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobyjoe Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 When I bought my LP in 1975' date=' there were no flame tops available, and hadn't been for the 15 years prior, so I had no choice. If I would have had a choice, I certainally would have preferred a nice bookmatched flame top. But hey, I brought her to the dance, so dance we shall. I never been disappointed in this guitar in any way, and not a reason in the world to replace it OR buy another, especially at today's prices. [img']http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2312/2327165660_9e4b20a9f5_o.jpg[/img] Ditto. I remember the same thing and a few interesting stories. One dates back to the mid ‘70s. I was at a guitar store and a ’58 Gold Top showed up and I think the price was about $7000.00. I remember looking at and playing this guitar and thinking, “who would pay $7000.00 for this, because a new Custom or Standard were $800.00 to $1000.00." The second story is also from the ’70s when I saw a ’59 Flame Top. I remember thinking, “yuck, what is wrong with the top on this guitar?” It looked so weird that I did not even want to touch it and it was $9000.00 – I remember laughing at the price after I put my eyeballs back into my head and picked my jaw off the ground! It is important to note that new Gibsons were about $800.00 at the time. The last story I will share is of another Flame Top from the ‘70s. It was after the following two stories happened when I came across a ’58, ’59, or ’60 Flame Top, but the neck was broken right where the neck meets the head. I remember the neck was almost broken in half and it has a screw in it to hold it together and it was obviously unplayable. The price was only a couple hundred dollars. Now the sad part, did I buy any of these wonderful guitars? NO! But man I wish I had!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Put it this way, if ever someone bequeaths me a bit of dough and I decided to treat myself to another LP - a plain top would come top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston004681 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Anyone else prefer a plain top sunburst? There's just something about a plain topped LP that I find attractive. Don't get me wrong' date=' flame looks cool, but sometimes it's a bit much.[/quote'] Read my sig. For the stupid: R8's have plain tops. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston004681 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Someone mentioned plaintops? oohhhh....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Unit Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Here is my 1980 plain top. Funny but I 've never considered it plain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJLII Posted May 27, 2009 Author Share Posted May 27, 2009 My R8 (um, on the right) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud N Proud Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I have always been a bigger fan of the plain tops. Seems like a lot of people are always asking me why when I say that. No real reason other then they just look so cool to me compared to the figured tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossroadsnyc Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Wow, some of you guys have such wonderful photography skills! Especially Tim ... seriously man, I'm about to ask you to open up a guitar photography studio so you can offer courses on how to do it ourselves. I'm going to have to work on my skills, because I don't think this picture does my guitar justice ... though, in the spirit of contributing to the thread, here she is once again! Plain Tops Unite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmith9509 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I also prefer plaintop bursts to flamed. Flamed is just a bit too "blingy" for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryvincent Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 my '06 R8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 even if i'm not a plain top fan, it's way much better a plaintop than a not so flamed or not so matched top. If flamed.. let's go zebras ot nothin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Wow' date=' some of you guys have such wonderful photography skills! Especially Tim ... seriously man, I'm about to ask you to open up a guitar photography studio so you can offer courses on how to do it ourselves.[/quote']I have a 6.0 mega pixel Canon Elf, it's your everyday digital camera. I set the picture quality to "superfine" and set the picture size to something huge like 1,600 x 1,200, or 2,272 x 1,704. Then I set my camera on continuous mode and snap a whole lot of pictures, even hundreds sometimes, and move around (in this case) the guitar while snapping pictures. There's your lesson. That'll be $25...pay up. I may be buying a Canon SLR sooner or later. Then you'll really see some nice shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLesPaul107 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 My 2007 R8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmeds Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Can I Play? Just a few snapshots of my R8 Gloss Plain Top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passingtime Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Flametops are real eyecatching but I prefer the subtlety of a Plaintop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 STUNNING TOP!!!! =D> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmeds Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Thanks Flight959! She's a keeper with incredible tone and the right feel for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stump Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 I have one of each- a DC Standard in Trans Black Flame and this plain top- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboy Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 I like the plain too. I have a bit of the best of both worlds in my classic. It flames out at certain angle, if you turn it in the light, I have pitcures where it looks like a flame top and some where it is pretty plain looking. I like that better than a flame top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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