wrighty3693 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Take a look people! http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/85310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty3693 Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 It's modeled after the Jeff Beck Oxblood so the colour suits the purpose of the guitar. But your point is correct and much appreciated. Wrighty2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 It should be a Gold Top IMO in 1954 there only have been GT Lesters.... Peter This is another one of those faux "Inspired by" models. In this case Jeff Beck, who played a oxblood refinished '54 LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Apparently there's a whiff of ambiguity about the "legend" of Beck's 1954 "Oxblood" Les Paul. "According to the Arthurian-type folk-history associated with the instrument, the original "Oxblood" was basically a heavily modded 1954 Les Paul Goldtop. The story, according to Gibson, goes thus: While recording in Memphis, Tenn., Beck paid a visit to a popular music store called Strings and Things to check out the stock. The guitar that caught his attention was a ’54 Gibson Les Paul that a customer had dropped in for some very specific modifications. One request was that its original Goldtop finish be stripped off in favor of a deep chocolate-brown finish, a color that turned out to exhibit some oxblood tints in certain light. Other modifications included the installation of full-size humbucking pickups in place of the P-90s, altering the full and rounded early ’50s neck shape to a slightly thinner profile and changing the original tuners for modern replacements. Legend has it that the customer didn’t like the results, but Jeff Beck did." ...according to some sources, the story is often embellished with a comment that the "original customer" was John Mayall of Bluesbreakers fame...but there seems to be little to substantiate this... (Source: http://www.gearwire.com/gibson-1954jeffbecklespauloxblood.html) This (rather poor quality clip) is supposedly the original in action, in 1974. [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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